Express Entry Program
What is the Express Entry Program?
Citizenship and Immigration introduced a new program popularly known as Express Entry Program. The Program is a new complex application management process for prospective skilled immigrants inside and outside Canada under the economic Immigration Category.
The program is designed with the intent to attract prospective skilled immigrants from inside (Foreign workers & International Students) and outside Canada to fill up labor shortages in Canada. The program helps to fill up job vacancies created in Canada due to retiring baby boomers and the low birth rate among Canadians. The program facilitates more recruitment processes for skilled workers from outside Canada including Immigration to Canada within a period of less than 6 months.
The program promotes employers more hiring process of skilled workers from outside as the Immigration process with valid job offers faster. The program is designed to attract more active skilled immigrants from outside Canada with the intent of prospective skilled workers to be economically established earlier and contribute to Canada's economy. That is why the program introduces requirements of valid job offers from the Canadian employers in addition to other basic requirements in terms of education documents evaluation from CIC designated institutions and minimum requirement of IELTS General Training scores in all the modules of the exam.
Program Categories
1
Federal Skilled Workers
The Program is designed for High Skilled Worker having at least 1 year working outside Canada to facilitate Permanent Residence in Canada.
2
Federal Skilled Trade Class
The program is designed for workers having at 2 years work experience from outside Canada under Trade.
3
Canadian Experience Class
The program is designed for workers having at least 1 year work experience in Canada.
4
Provincial Nominee Program
Province has authority to provide PNP Nomination certificate to facilitate workers having at least 1 year experience in that province in Canada or at least few years work experience from outside Canada to facilitate permanent Residence in Canada with the intent workers will be living & working in that province
Program Requisites
Education Documents
Evaluation of Educational documents from CIC designated Institutions in Canada is a pre-requisite to applying for the Express Entry Program along with other necessary documents for Canada Immigration.
IELTS Score
IELTS General Training scores must be at least 6.0 in each module of the exam for High Skilled Workers applying under FSW program. It should be at least 6.0 in 3 bands and 5.5 in one band under Canadian Experience Class. IELTS General Training scores must be at least equivalent to CLB 5 under Skilled Trade Program.
Documents Required
Evaluation of Educational documents from CIC designated Institutions in Canada is a pre-requisite to applying for the Express Entry Program along with other necessary documents for Canada Immigration.
No education Evaluation is required for the Candidate having education from University, College or vocational Institute (both Public & Private) in Canada.