Canada Immigration CRS calculator

How Do You Define a Comprehensive Ranking System?

To evaluate applicants’ scores under the Canadian Skilled Worker Points System, changes have been made to the CRS point’s calculator. To be eligible for immigration to Canada as a skilled worker, applicants must receive a minimum score of 67 points. You will be assessed on varies factors , such as, Skills, Language proficiency , Work Experience etc.

In order to evaluate, assign scores to, and rank applicant profiles in the Federal Express Entry Pool, the Government of Canada uses a points-based system called the Comprehensive Ranking System. Your CRS Calculator score will be calculated based on the responses you enter in your Express Entry profile. If you are eligible for the status of a Permanent Resident in Canada under the Express Entry Program, your anticipated CRS score will decide that. As a result, this tool establishes your eligibility for Canadian immigration.

How Does the CRS Calculator Work?

The credentials that applicants provided when creating their profiles in the pool are used by Express Entry to determine the candidates’ CRS score. Education, age, language ability, and other considerations are included in the selection process.

According to the following criteria, the CRS calculator assigns points to candidates’ express entry profiles:

Core Human Capital factors
Variables related to a common-law spouse or partner
Factors linked to a nomination from a province, an acceptable pre-employment offer, study abroad experience, Canadian relative, and/or French language proficiency

Candidates for Express Entry are eligible for a total of 1,200 points under the CRS’s scoring system for Canadian immigration.

The Applicants who don’t have a common-law spouse or partner with them are:

The greatest possible score for a factor under Core Human Capital is 500.
The total possible score for a factor under “skill transferability” is 100.
If a candidate is nominated by their province, they can get up to 600 points; or
A suitable pre-arranged work offer is eligible to receive up to 200 points.
The maximum number of points that may be earned while studying in Canada is thirty.
The ability to speak both French and English together can get you up to 50 points.
In Canada, a relative may obtain a maximum of 15 points.

The candidates that have a common-law spouse or partner with them have:

For the principal applicant, a maximum of 460 points may be attained in the Core Human Capital criteria;
The common-law partner or spouse may obtain up to 40 points in the Core Human Capital criteria;
If a candidate is nominated by their province, they can get up to 600 points; or
A pre-arranged work offer that qualifies can earn up to 200 points;
The maximum number of points that may be earned for Canadian study abroad is 30;
A combined total of 50 points may be awarded for proficiency in both French and English;
a relative in Canada may receive up to 15 points (the principal applicant’s relative plus the accompanying common-law partner or spouse are both taken into account);

How can your CRS Score be raised?

Express Entry draws are usually held once in every two weeks. Therefore, you can always raise your CRS before submitting an Express Entry application for a later draw. If you fall short of the CRS cut-off in the given draw, there are a number of options to raise your score. By doing this, you can raise your CRS score and gain the necessary points for the forthcoming Express Entry draw, when you will be invited to apply for a Canada PR visa (ITA).

Here are some suggestions for raising your CRS score:

Boost your language proficiency

By earning high results on language exams like the IELTS, you can raise your CRS score. For instance, you may increase your CRS rank by up to 136 direct points if you achieve CLB level 9 on the language test. The maximum number of points for taking a French language exam is 72.

Program for Provincial Nominees

You will gain an additional 600 points for your profile in Express Entry if you receive an ITA for a Nomination from a Canadian province.

Get a job offer that LMIA has approved.

Your CRS score may increase by up to 200 points if you accept a job offer from a Canadian business that has been recognized by the LMIA Labor Market Impact Assessment.

Acquire a degree in Canada

You can earn up to 30 points for completing a diploma or degree that is recognized in Canada.

Submitting the application with a Common-Law Partner or Spouse

You will receive bonus points for three different reasons if you include your common-law partner or spouse in your application. The Common-Law Partner’s/ Spouse’s language competency will count for 20 points, while their job history and educational background in Canada each count for 10 points. Consequently, you are only allowed to raise your Express Entry CRS score by a total of 40 points.

Work history in Canada

If you continue to work and have fewer than three years of full-time work experience, you can raise your CRS score by a maximum of 150 points.

Summary of maximum points per factor for Express Entry candidates

Core Human Capital Factors

Factors	Points for every Factor – With no Common-Law Partner or Spouse	Points for every Factor – With Common-Law Partner or Spouse
Age	110	100
Level of Education	150	140
Official languages proficiency	160	150
Canadian Work Experience	80	70

Spouse or Common-Law Partner Factors

Factors	Points for every Factor (Maximum 40 points)
Education Level	10
Proficiency in Official Languages	20
Work Experience in Canada	10

Core Human Capital + B. Common-law partner or Spouse factors = Maximum 500 points (without OR with a common-law partner or spouse)

Skill Transferability Factors

Education	Points for every Factor (Maximum 50 points)
With excellent proficiency in the official language and post-secondary credentials	50
With work experience in Canada and post-secondary credentials	50
Overseas Work Experience	Points Per Factor (Maximum 50 points)
With excellent proficiency in official languages (CLB Canadian Language Benchmark level 7 or more) and post-secondary credentials	50
With overseas work experience and Canadian work experience	50

Qualification Certificate (for individuals in trade jobs)	Points Per Factor (Maximum 50 points)
With excellent proficiency in official languages and qualification certificate	50

Core Human Capital + B. Common-law partner or Spouse + C. Skill Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

Additional Points

Factors	Maximum points per factor
Sibling in Canada (permanent resident or citizen)	15
French Language proficiency	30
Canadian Post-secondary education	30
Prearranged employment	200
Provincial Nomination	600

Core Human Capital + B. Common-law partner or Spouse + C. Factors for Transferability + D. Extra Points = Total of Maximum 1,200 points

CRS Points Breakdown

Core/ Human capital factors

With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points
Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points

Age (In years)	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
17 or less	0	0
18	90	99
19	95	105
20 to 29	100	110
30	95	105
31	90	99
32	85	94
33	80	88
34	75	83
35	70	77
36	65	72
37	60	66
38	55	61
39	50	55
40	45	50
41	35	39
42	25	28
43	15	17
44	5	6
45 or more	0	0

Level of Education	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	0
A secondary diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One-year degree, diploma, or certificate from a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes	84	90
The two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes	91	98
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes	112	120
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	119	128
Master’s degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For professional degree, the degree program must have been in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)	126	135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

Official language proficiency – the first official language

Maximum points for each ability ( Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing):

32 with a spouse or common-law partner
34 without a spouse or common-law partner

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
Less than 4	0	0
4 or 5	6	6
6	8	9
7	16	17
8	22	23
9	29	31
10 or more	32	34

Official language proficiency – the second official language

Maximum points for each ability (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing)

6 with a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)
6 without a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
4 or less	0	0
5 or 6	1	1
7 or 8	3	3
9 or more	6	6

Canadian Work Experience (In-years)	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
0 or less than 1	0	0
1	35	40
2	46	53
3	56	64
4	63	72
5 or more	70	80

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital factors

With a spouse or common-law partner Maximum 460 points
Without a spouse or common-law partner Maximum 500 points

Spouse or Common-law partner factors

Spouses or common-law partners level of education	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	–
Secondary school (high school graduation)	2	–
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes	6	–
The two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institutes	7	–
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes	8	–
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	9	–
Master’s degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For professional degree, the degree program must have been in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)	10	–
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	10	–

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s official languages proficiency – the first official language

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
4 or less	0	–
5 or 6	1	–
7 or 8	3	–
9 or more	5	–

Spouse’s Canadian work experience (In-years)	Maximum 10 points	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
0 or less than a year	0	–
1	5	–
2	7	–
3	8	–
4	9	–
5 or more	10	–

Subtotal : A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points

Skill Transferability factors

With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree	Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials were issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points)	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials were issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50

Foreign work experience With good official language proficiency (CLB 7 or higher

Foreign Work Experience (In Years)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
0	0	0
1 or 2	13	25
3 or more	25	50

Foreign Work Experience + Canadian Work Experience

Foreign Work Experience (In Years)	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points)
0	0	0
1 or 2	13	25
3 or more	25	50

Certificate of qualification (trade occupations) With good official language proficiency (CLB 5 or higher)	Points for a certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for a certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

Additional Points

Additional Points	Maximum 600 points
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test)	25
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills	50
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential of one or two years	15
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential three years or longer	30
Arranged employment – NOC 00	200
Arranged employment any other NOC 0, A, or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	600

Subtotal: D. Additional points Maximum 600 points

Grand total: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points

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