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Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool

Updated: November 9, 2020

Update Log: French Bonus points increased
1) What is your marital status?

2) i. Is your spouse or common-law partner a citizen or permanent resident of Canada?

2) ii. Will your spouse or common-law partner come with you to Canada?
3) How old are you?
Choose the best answer:

If you've been invited to apply, enter your age on the date you were invited.
OR

If you plan to complete an Express Entry profile, enter your current age.
4) What is your level of education?
Enter the highest level of education for which you:

earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate or

had an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) if you did your study outside Canada. (ECAs must be from an approved agency, in the last five years)

Note: a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate must either have been earned at an accredited Canadian university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute in Canada. Distance learning counts for education points, but not for bonus points in your profile or application.
4b) Have you earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate?
Note: to answer yes:

English or French as a Second Language must not have made up more than half your study

you must not have studied under an award that required you to return to your home country after graduation to apply your skills and knowledge

you must have studied at a school within Canada (foreign campuses don't count)

you had to be enrolled full time for at least eight months, and have been physically present in Canada for at least eight months
4c) Choose the best answer to describe this level of education.

5) Official languages: Canada's official languages are English and French.

You need to submit language test results that are less than two years old for all programs under Express Entry, even if English or French is your first language.

i. Are your test results less than two years old?

ii. Which language test did you take for your first official language?

Enter your test scores:
Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

iii. Do you have other language results?
If so, which language test did you take for your second official language?

Test results must be less than two years old.

Enter your test scores for:
Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:
6) Work Experience

i. In the last ten years, how many years of skilled work experience in Canada do you have?
It must have been paid and full-time (or an equal amount in part-time).

Note: In Canada, the National Occupational Classification (NOC) is the official list of all the jobs in the Canadian labour market. It describes each job according to skill type, group and level.

"Skilled work" in the NOC is:

managerial jobs (NOC Skill Level 0)

professional jobs (NOC Skill Type A)

technical jobs and skilled trades/manual work (NOC Skill Type B)

If you aren't sure of the NOC level for this job, you can find your NOC.

ii. In the last 10 years, how many total years of foreign skilled work experience do you have?
It must have been paid, full-time (or an equal amount in part-time), and in only one occupation (NOC skill type 0, A or B).
7) Do you have a certificate of qualification from a Canadian province, territory or federal body?
Note: A certificate of qualification lets people work in some skilled trades in Canada. Only the provinces, territories and a federal body can issue these certificates. To get one, a person must have them assess their training, trade experience and skills to and then pass a certification exam.

People usually have to go to the province or territory to be assessed. They may also need experience and training from an employer in Canada.

This isn't the same as a nomination from a province or territory.
Additional Points
8) Do you have a valid job offer supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (if needed)?
A valid job offer must be

full-time

in a skilled job listed as Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B in the 2011 National Occupational Classification

supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or exempt from needing one

for one year from the time you become a permanent resident

A job offer isn't valid if your employer is:

an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada or

on the list of ineligible employers.

Whether an offer is valid or not also depends on different factors, depending on your case. See a full list of criteria for valid job offers.
8a) Which NOC skill type or level is the job offer?
You can use our online tool to find out if you don't know.

9) Do you have a nomination certificate from a province or territory?
10) Do you or your spouse or common law partner (if they will come with you to Canada) have at least one brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident?
Note: to answer yes, the brother or sister must be:

18 years old or older

related to you or your partner by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption

have a parent in common with you or your partner

A brother or sister is related to you by:

blood (biological)

adoption

marriage (step-brother or step-sister)
11) What is the highest level of education for which your spouse or common-law partner's has:

earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate; or

had an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)? (ECAs must be from an approved agency, in the last five years)

To get the correct number of points, make sure you choose the answer that best reflects your case. For example:

If you have TWO Bachelor's degrees, or one Bachelor's AND a two year college diploma, choose "Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years."

12) In the last ten years, how many years of skilled work experience in Canada does your spouse/common-law partner have?
It must have been paid, full-time (or an equal amount in part-time), and in one or more NOC 0, A or B jobs.

13) i) Did your spouse or common-law partner take a language test? If so, which one?
Test results must be less than two years old.

ii) Enter the test scores for:
Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:
Your results

All Express Entry candidates get a score out of 1,200, based on the four parts of the Comprehensive Ranking System formula.

We invite the highest-ranking candidates from the pool to apply as a permanent resident through regular “rounds of invitations.” See what minimum scores have been in the past.

About CRS Score Calculator:

This tool will help you calculate your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score based on the series of simple answers that you provide above. CRS Score is used to rank your profile in the Express Entry pool.

Disclaimer:

This Express Entry CRS score calculator is provided as-is without any warranty for general guidance and reference purposes only. Please use at your own risk. Official crs calculator can be found at: https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

What is Express Entry?

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) uses the Express Entry system to select the desired candidates to apply for permanent residence.

Three federal programs go through the Express Entry system: the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) program, the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) program, and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). You need to be eligible to one of these programs to be able to enter the Express Entry pool of candidates, where each candidate is assigned a CRS score.

The Express Entry system is a fast-track system for immigration for highly skilled workers and students. The skills and abilities of a candidate are assessed based on a point system known as the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). Canada CRS assesses the applicants and awards scores. The system aims to identify and give permanent residency status to applicants that demonstrate the ability to contribute to the innovative growth and economic prosperity of Canada. It is an electronic process that uses point-based system to choose the deserving candidates.

According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (CIC), candidates selected under the Express Entry Program are skilled workers who possess the ability to contribute to the development of Canada’s economy.

In order to get into the Express Entry pool, the applicant needs to meet the requirements of one of these programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, or the Canadian Experience Class.

What is a CRS score?

A Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score is assigned to each candidate, depending on several factors, including age, level of education, language proficiency, work experience, etc.

Beware that calculating your CRS points does not mean you are eligible to one of the three programs of Express Entry. You will need to make sure you are eligible to one of the three programs before. You see the eligibility criteria of each federal program here.

To be able to know your exact CRS score, you will need to have your language test results, and your Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) if your degree is not Canadian. If you do not have these, you can still try and see how many CRS points you can claim for other factors.

The Comprehensive Ranking System assesses the skills of the applicant based on six factors to determine the eligibility of the applicant for the Express Entry Visa:

Education
Language
Experience
Age
Arranged Employment
Adaptability

The CRS ranks eligible candidates for immigration to Canada through Express Entry under the following components:

Core human capital factors;

Accompanying spouse or common-law factors;

Skill transferability factors; and

Factors relating to a provincial nomination, a qualifying offer of arranged employment, Canadian study experience, a sibling in Canada, and/or French language ability.

There are a total of 1,200 points available under the Comprehensive Ranking System.

For candidates without an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, there are:

a maximum of 500 points available for core human capital factors;
a maximum of 100 points available for skill transferability factors;
600 points available for either a provincial nomination; or
up to 200 points available for a qualifying offer of arranged employment; and
up to 30 points for Canadian study experience.
up to 30 additional points for French language ability, combined with English language ability; and
a maximum of 15 points for a sibling in Canada.

For candidates with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, there are:

a maximum of 460 points available for core human capital factors of the principal applicant;
a maximum of 40 points for the core human capital factors of the spouse or common-law partner;
600 points available for either a provincial nomination; or
up to 200 points available for a qualifying offer of arranged employment; and
up to 30 points for Canadian study experience.
up to 30 additional points for French language ability, combined with English language ability; and
a maximum of 15 points for a sibling in Canada (one sibling of the principal applicant and the accompanying spouse/common-law partner is considered).

The highest scoring applications receive an invitation to apply for a Canada PR visa.

How CRS points are calculated with CRS Calculator?

The Express Entry Immigration Points Calculator helps provide an accurate calculation of points earned by major factors of Age, Education, Work Experience, Language Proficiency, etc. The candidates who secure a good CRS score via Express Entry Point Calculator can enter into the pool of Express Entry candidates.

As mentioned before, there are factors based on which Express entry candidates are awarded CRS points. Factors – Core Human Capital + Spouse/common-law partner + Skill Transferability = 600 CRS Points. Additional Factors (Provincial Nomination, French language proficiency) = 600 CRS points. The maximum CRS points a candidate can get are 1200 Points.

CRS points awarded when moving without spouse/common-law partner:


Core Human Capital	500
Skill Transferability	100
Provincial Nomination	600
Arranged Employment	200
Canadian Study Experience	30
For Sibling living in Canada	15
Language Proficiency	30

CRS points awarded when moving with spouse/common-law partner:


Core Human Capital	460
Skill Transferability	40
Provincial Nomination	600
Arranged Employment	200
Canadian Study Experience	30
For Sibling living in Canada	15
Language Proficiency	30

What are the Minimum Requirements to apply for Canada PR?

For any skilled immigrants with work experience in an eligible occupation to apply for Canada PR Visa through Express Entry Program (Federal Skilled Worker Program), they must meet the minimum of the following requirement to apply for Canada PR Visa:

Minimum of one year of work experience in a skilled occupation that is categorized under NOC (National Occupation Classification) skill type 0, A or B in the last 10 years
Minimum CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) level 7 under language proficiency
Education must be equivalent to the Canadian education system (Education Credential Assessment) and must have a minimum of a post-secondary degree, diploma or certificate
Must provide proof of settlement funds
Clear the unique 67 points system assessment

What is the Minimum CRS Score needed to be eligible for Canada PR?

IRCC has not fixed any minimum score for Express Entry through CRS, only high scoring candidates in a draw will be selected for Invitation to Apply (ITA). The cutoff CRS score for applying for permanent residency in Canada may vary from one invitation announcement to another.

Canada Permanent Residency attracts most people in this world and this is largely due to Canada’s reputation as an immigrant-friendly nation.

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Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool

Updated: November 9, 2020

Update Log: French Bonus points increased

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What is the Minimum CRS Score needed to be eligible for Canada PR?

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