Express Entry into Canada – All You Need to Know

Express Entry is Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) new and efficient way of electronically managing applications for permanent residence under certain economic immigration programs. This program was introduced in January 2015 and has already gained much popularity due to its expeditious nature.

Note that Express Entry is not an immigration program but in substance a method which enables CIC to select candidates for the following economic immigration programs:

-          Federal Skilled Worker Trades Program (FSTP)

-          Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSW)

-          Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

-          Certain Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP)

Express Entry is your first step to starting your process of eligibility under any of the mentioned programs above. Essentially, the Express Entry system is made up of two steps.

Express Entry Process

Step One: Determine Eligibility through creating an online Express Entry Profile.

To determine your eligibility under one of the economic immigration programs, the online Express Entry Profile will enable CIC to award you points for skills and experience from the information you provide to them. Each candidate will be awarded up to 1200 points regarding your skills, work experience, language competency, education and various other data.

Should your information be suited under one of the economic immigration programs, you will be entered into CIC’s Express Entry pool of candidates where you will be ranked amongst other candidates based on your information and if you have secured a job offer in Canada. CIC will assess you against a 1200-point ranking criteria.

At A. Princewill Law Firm, through our free online assessment our team of highly skilled professionals will be able to guide you through this process to determine your eligibility to enter into the pool of candidates and assist you should you not already have a job offer.

Step Two: Candidates with the highest-ranking scores will be provided an invitation to apply for permanent residence.

Candidates are all assessed according to their ranking through the Comprehensive Ranking System which will award you points for your provided information. Having a job offer and/or Provincial Nomination, relevant skills and experience will award you with the most points and enable you to receive an invitation to apply; however, this is not guaranteed.

Should you receive an invitation from CIC to apply for permanent residence, you will have 60 (sixty) days to submit an online application for the corresponding economic immigration program you were invited under. During this step, it is imperative that the applicant have all the relevant supporting documentation required to prove his/her skills and experience mentioned in their online Express Entry profile.

At A. Princewill Law firm, our highly skilled representatives will be able to assist you in collecting the relevant paper-work and supporting documents to enable you to submit a strong application. Our many years of experience and resources make the daunting process of applying for an economic immigration program simple and expeditious (Be sure to fill out our free assessment to obtain a jump start to your immigration process).

Through Express Entry, CIC is striving to ensure quick processing times of six months or less and minimal to no backlog, which is why each candidate will be allowed to stay in the pool for 12 (twelve) months. The candidate is allowed to submit a new profile should they not receive an invitation to apply within the 12 (twelve) months.

Express Entry for Employers

Employers seeking a skilled foreign employee in the event they cannot hire a Canadian or current permanent residence to satisfy their labour needs can use Express Entry to select employees. This advantageous process allows employers to use their existing recruiting and hiring processes alongside the flexibility to select specific candidates based on their skills and experience.

Employers can find candidates through private sector job boards, sometimes through Provincial Nominee Programs and to be introduced later on this year through the Job Bank Match Service. By using Job Bank, Express Entry will match registered Employers, Provincial, and Federal government to candidates in the Express Entry pool to enable them to receive an invitation to apply for permanent residence. You as the employer have the ability to browse and examine each candidate and to make a pick from the pool.

The major advantage to an employer using this system is that the workers they need can be in Canada in 6 six months or less.

·         Are you a professional, skilled worker or trades person?

·         Would you like to become a permanent resident of Canada?

·         Are you an employer who wants to quickly fill a position in your organization and there are no suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residence? 

Contact us today to discuss your situation in detail or complete a free online immigration assessment.

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