Express Entry Step by step instructions.

[vympel001]

Okay Thanks. I think this must have been answered multiple times here but can anyone help on the below questions

I am currently the secondary applicant with 6 years of work experience (all non-Canadian work experience)

1. In the pre-ITA stage do I need to enter my work experience? Many people have told me that I can leave the work experience section blank pre-ITA and once I get an ITA I can enter everything in the personal history section since I am not getting any points for this. I am a bit uncomfortable doing this since that would mean I am telling the Canada government that I have ZERO work experience in pre-ITA stage. Has anyone successfully got an approval with this strategy

My wife is the Primary applicant. She has a PhD. from USA and a Bachelors degree from India.

1. We got the WES evaluation done only for the PhD. since we were told that if highest degree was from USA you don't need to get the WES evaluation done for the Indian degrees. In the pre-ITA form should we enter her educational credentials for the Bachelors in India as well? In post ITA stage it will ask us for WES documents which we will not have. Many have suggested to enter only PhD. in pre-ITA stage and put the Bachelors degree in personal history section. Has anyone successfully followed this strategy?
2. She has 6 years of work experience across 2 companies, one with 5 years and the other with 1 year. But under EE you will get points for maximum only 3 years of work experience. We have a solid reference letter for the 5 years of work experience. My question is that in the pre-ITA form should we declare all 6 years or should we declare only 5 years as work experience and post ITA put the remaining 1 year in personal history?

Please let me know if anyone has faced the above situations and successfully followed a strategy and gotten an approval. Multiple previous posts on this portal have answered this question but it is a bit confusing as people say we can easily put the above details in the personal history post-ITA.

 

[Chaudharyritu]

Can anyone indicate how long it takes to receive the first PR Card after receipt of the COPR letter and providing the necessary photograph. I had received the COPR letter on 10th September 2020.

Hi, would u please tell that How many months it took for you to recieve copr after application submission?

 

[17ha15]

Hi guys, my spouse and I are applying for Express entry. She is the "main applicant" (she resides outside Canada) while I am the "secondary applicant" (I reside in Canada). We both submitted Police certificates from our home countries but I didn't submit a police certificate (Finger prints) from Canada because I thought that since I already live in Canada, they will not be needing it. So I only submitted the basic police certification from London ontario city (without any finger prints). I was wondering if this can lead to a rejection? some of my friends didn't submit it and their express entry application got approved and others waited until the officer requested the finger prints. What do you suggest in this case? Should I wait for the officer to request them or there might be a chance my Express entry application will be rejected? Thank you.

 

[sanoop_pushpajan]

Hi guys, my spouse wants to do post graduation from canada in dentistry. I have an experience of 5 years in software engineering and i'm willing to migrate .Could you please suggest me which program is apt for us to get into canada so that she can study and i can look for jobs over there.
Thanks.

 

[akh136]

Hello guys, pls advise on the following issue

POST ITA we have to enlist where all we have lived in past 10 years

Suppose lived in one city for 5 years but at multiple addresses as I was a tenant, do I give the addresses of all the apartments? or just one or two addresses is fine since city is same
How closely is this checked ?

 

[Bacelor]

Hello guys, pls advise on the following issue

POST ITA we have to enlist where all we have lived in past 10 years

Suppose lived in one city for 5 years but at multiple addresses as I was a tenant, do I give the addresses of all the apartments? or just one or two addresses is fine since city is same
How closely is this checked ?

I think just make sure it does not contradict with other information on other forms you provided such as education, travel or maybe marriage for example declared living in a city and provided marriage proof in another city at the same date! Or your study happened during a time you was away or travelling just avoid contradictory facts or just provide the real facts to be at the safe side.

My point is it could save you to validate other information without your notice

 

[ibaguign]

It's all on the CIC site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp

But...

(Please note that this info does not apply to the Federal Skilled Trades Program)

1) Determine your eligibility by doing this CIC quiz http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/ee-start.asp

2) Get your language test(s) done. You must get at least CLB 7 in each of the four sections for the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) or Canadian Experience Class (CEC) streams. But getting CLB 10 gives you maximum points for language.

How does CLB match back to the language tests? That info is here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/language/charts.asp

3) Get your qualifications assessed by doing an Education Credential Assessment. Details here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp

4) Determine the code that best applies to you on the National Occupation Classification (NOC) list http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/noc.asp

The occupation must be NOC 0, A, or B for FSW or CEC.

5) When you have those in hand you create your express entry profile. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/profile.asp and register for the Job Bank http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/home-eng.do?lang=eng

You'll be given points based on your age, education, number of years work experience, and language skills. The points system is detailed here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp

You'll be in a pool with thousands of other applicants http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/pool.asp

Of course, the more points you have the better. The max is 1200, with 600 of those points coming from your ability to snag a PNP or a job offer with a very hard to get Labour Market Impact Assessment http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/employers/lmo-basics.asp

For CEC applicants, the max is 600 but someone who has no work experience in Canada who is only eligible for FSW can only get up to 520 points.

6) Finally, wait for your invitation to apply (ITA). But in the interim you will need to do the following:

a) Have your application fee (C$550 each for principal applicant and spouse) and right of permanent resident fee (C$490 each for principal applicant and spouse) ready
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp

b) Identify how you will provide proof of funds http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp

c) check out what is required for the police certificates http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/information/security/police-cert/index.asp

d) find out how long it takes to get a date for the medical exam. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp

e) contact previous and current employers about them providing job letters. You must have at least 12 months of full-time, or an equal amount in part-time, skilled work experience. Full-time work means at least 30 hours of paid work per week. Work experience while you were a full-time student does not count.

f) research cities in the province(s) where you want to live.

I have found that EE accepts work experience while a student.

 

[utsu]

Hi guys,

Recently after the change in CRS tool have anybody affected without french skills?
I have counted my CRS points but it is affected after the introduction of French points, my points are decreased by 15 points now don’t know why. Does anybody had a same issue those who have count before one month and now it is different score?
Please let me know guys

 

[mach512]

Hi. I have a work permit from 1st February 2020 to Jan 31st 2021 and my first paystub was from Feb 1st, 2020. I have arrived in Canada on Feb 10th 2020 and received work permit with above dates. After 31st Jan 2020, my 1 year work experience will be completed. Would I be able to apply for Canadian experience class??

 

[Rounakm12]

Hi team,

I'm moving to a new address within Toronto, so my question is how to update the address in my PR application which is currently is in progress.
I tried online but it says:

We were not able to identify you using the information you provided. There could be three possible reasons:

• Please be sure the information you entered is correct and then try again.

Please suggest next step?

 

[gabrielfb]

Hey guys, how is the work time actually calculated? Do they take in consideration the total amount of hours or the amount of time? For example, in the IIRC website it says that 1560 hours is considered 1 year of work, so if I worked for 40 hours per week for 117 weeks, that would be 4680hrs and would be 3 years of full-time work, but 117 weeks is around 2 years and 3 months. Or do you need to work a total of 3 years, with at least 30hrs/week, regardless of the total of hrs/week? Thank you in advance.

 

[Dinu Anil]

hi . Is Six months distant certification degree can be used in Canada immigration?

 

[Newfoundland991]

Hello all! I apologize if this question was already answered at some point.
If someone could help, I would truly appreciate it.
When submitting EE profile, what level of education should I choose in my situation:
My WES ECA has 2 parts - 1 for Bachelor and 1 for Master’s. Should include both diplomas and add years studied for each level separately, or should I only include Master’s and total academic years.
Also, is this considered Master’s degree or 2 or more diplomas?

thanks again for help

 

[Maverick28]

Hello all! I apologize if this question was already answered at some point.
If someone could help, I would truly appreciate it.
When submitting EE profile, what level of education should I choose in my situation:
My WES ECA has 2 parts - 1 for Bachelor and 1 for Master’s. Should include both diplomas and add years studied for each level separately, or should I only include Master’s and total academic years.
Also, is this considered Master’s degree or 2 or more diplomas?

thanks again for help

You will be adding each credential in EE profile and the system will calculate the points based on the entry.

 

[Maverick28]

Hey guys, how is the work time actually calculated? Do they take in consideration the total amount of hours or the amount of time? For example, in the IIRC website it says that 1560 hours is considered 1 year of work, so if I worked for 40 hours per week for 117 weeks, that would be 4680hrs and would be 3 years of full-time work, but 117 weeks is around 2 years and 3 months. Or do you need to work a total of 3 years, with at least 30hrs/week, regardless of the total of hrs/week? Thank you in advance.

If it was a full time job with at least 30 hours/week, you will have to count 3 years based on the calendar days.