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If your birthday falls after you receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA), but before submitting your application for permanent residence to IRCC, you are generally exempt from any potential negative impact on your CRS score due to aging due to IRCC’s Public Policy to exempt applicants for Permanent Residence from certain age-based requirements between invitation to apply and application which can be reviewed at:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/age-based-requirements.html 

If your education was completed outside of Canada, you will require an Educational Credential Assessment to obtain CRS points. Educational Credential Assessments must be valid on the day you submit your application for permanent residence to IRCC. Educational Credential Assessments are valid for five (5) years from the date of issue.

For this section applicants receive CRS points for each individual section of their language test. The four section scores are then added together. If you are married and received a CLB/NCLC 7 in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, you would receive 64 (16×4) CRS points. Your language test must be valid on the day you submit your application for permanent residence to IRCC. Language test results are valid for two (2) years from the date you wrote the test.

For this section applicants receive CRS points for each individual section of their language test. The four section scores are then added together. Your language test must be valid on the day you submit your application for permanent residence to IRCC. Language test results are valid for two (2) years from the date you wrote the test.

If your spouse’s education was completed outside of Canada, you will require an Educational Credential Assessment to obtain CRS points. Educational Credential Assessments must be valid on the day you submit your application for permanent residence to IRCC. Educational Credential Assessments are valid for five (5) years from the date of issue.

For this section applicants receive CRS points for each individual section of their spouse/common-law partner’s language test. The four section scores are then added together. The language test must be valid on the day you submit your application for permanent residence to IRCC. Language test results are valid for two (2) years from the date you wrote the test. If your spouse is fluent in French and English, they can only add CRS points for one official language. Writing an approved language test in French and English will not provide any additional CRS points.

Qualifying Canadian work experience is full-time (at least 30 hours per week) work experience, or the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience, obtained on a valid work permit, that was obtained within the 10-year period preceding the date on which CRS points are assigned to the Express Entry candidate in one or more occupations listed in

• (a) unit group 31100, 31101 or 31102 of the National Occupational Classification if, during that experience, the foreign national provides publicly funded medical services; or
• (b) TEER Category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification if the foreign national acquires the experience with one or more employers and is remunerated by the payment of wages or a commission.

Any periods of employment while engaged in full-time study on a Canadian study permit is not to be included in calculating a period of work experience.

This factor is based on a combination of the main applicant’s completed education AND their scores on their first official language test. The CRS score assigned to this specific section is the same whether the main applicant is married, common-law, or single.

Qualifying Canadian work experience is full-time (at least 30 hours per week) work experience, or the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience, obtained on a valid work permit, that was acquired within the 10-year period preceding the date on which CRS points are assigned to the Express Entry candidate in one or more occupations listed in

• (a) unit group 31100, 31101 or 31102 of the National Occupational Classification if, during that experience, the foreign national provides publicly funded medical services; or
• (b) TEER Category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification if the foreign national acquires the experience with one or more employers and is remunerated by the payment of wages or a commission.

Any periods of employment while engaged in full-time study on a Canadian study permit is not to be included in calculating a period of work experience.

The CRS score assigned to this specific section is the same whether the main applicant is married, common-law, or single.

Foreign work experience means any work experience not obtained in Canada. Qualifying foreign work experience means work that was full-time (at least 30 hours per week) work experience, or the full-time equivalent for part-time work experience, was obtained within the 10-year period preceding the date on which CRS points are assigned to the Express Entry candidate, and was paid. The CRS score assigned to this specific section is the same whether the main applicant is married, common-law, or single.

The CRS score assigned to this specific section is the same whether the main applicant is married, common-law, or single.

The CRS score assigned to this specific section is the same whether the main applicant is married, common-law, or single.

If an Express Entry candidate qualifies for more than one of the above factors, they can never be assigned more than 600 additional CRS points. For example, if a candidate has a provincial nomination AND a sister who is living in Canada whom is a Canadian citizen, they will only be assigned 600 additional CRS points instead of 615.