Express entry is an electronic application management system for processing permanent residence applications. It allows people to submit a profile to be considered as skilled immigrants. Candidates with the highest rankings are invited to apply for permanent residency.

How Express Entry Works

Express Entry is an online system that we use to manage applications for permanent
residence from skilled workers.

• If you fill out a profile for Express Entry, your application will be ranked according to a points system.
• Highly ranked candidates, you will be invited to apply for permanent residence as a skilled immigrant.
• Your Permanent Resident application will then be processed within 6 months, once you have applied.

Immigration Programs Covered under Express Entry?

Canadian Experience Class
This class is for skilled workers who already have Canadian work experience and want to become permanent residents.

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• Have at least 12 months of full-time (or equal amount in part-time) skilled work experience in Canada. Work experience in one or more occupations that are listed in the skill type 0 or skill level A or B on the NOC matrix.
• Apply within 3 years of obtaining your skilled work experience
• Have had legal status while working, or studying, in Canada
• Meet minimum language levels in English or French; and
• Plan to live outside the province of Quebec

Federal Skilled Worker
The Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program is for skilled workers with foreign work experience who want to immigrate to Canada permanently.

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• Have at least 1 year of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience
• Meet minimum language levels in English or French
• Have a Canadian (equivalent) post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree
• Have a job offer; or
• Be eligible to work in Canada; or
• Be able to prove that you have enough money to support yourself and your dependents after you arrive in Canada;
• Plan to live outside the province of Quebec

What kind of Work Experience do I Need?

Your work experience must be in a trade that is part of Skill Level B in the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Skilled trades for the Federal Skilled Trades Program are organized under these groups of the National Occupational Classification (NOC):

• Major Group 72,industrial, electrical and construction trades
• Major Group 73,maintenance and equipment operation trades
• Major Group 82,supervisors and technical jobs in natural resources, agriculture and related production
• Major Group 92,processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators
• Minor Group 632chefs and cooks
• Minor Group 633butchers and bakers

The major NOC groups are subdivided into different occupations, and they are all skill type B.

Our immigration services include flexible options where you can choose between Full Representation and Do-It-Yourself file review.