What changes have recently been made to Express Entry?
Note: If we invited you to apply before June 6 2017, these changes will not affect you.
The CRS scores of all profiles in the pool will be updated automatically before the next invitation round after the updates. This could take up to two weeks.
We have made improvements to the Express Entry system.
Changes as of June 6, 2017
You can get additional points for good French skills
If you score NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), you will get
- 15 additional points if you scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or you have not had an English test); or
- 30 additional points if you scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills
This is in addition to points you get for official languages.
Points for siblings in Canada
You can now earn 15 additional points if you (or your spouse or common-law partner who will come with you to Canada) have a brother or sister who is:
- living in Canada and
- a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
To get these points, the brother or sister must also be
- 18 years old or older
- related by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption
- have a parent in common
Job Bank registration voluntary
It is now up to you if you want to create a Job Match account with Job Bank.
If you meet the minimum entry criteria for Express Entry, you will be automatically be
- placed into the pool
- eligible for invitation rounds right away
You can still create a Job Match account to help you look for work.
New approach to rank candidates with the same CRS score
We can now break ties between candidates with the same rank in the pool.
The Express Entry system ranks candidates in the pool by their CRS score. In case of a CRS tie, the system will then rank all tied candidates based on the date and time that they submitted their profile.
For example:
The highest ranked candidates are invited during rounds of invitations. If we issue 3,500 invitations during a round, the system will pick the top 3,500 candidates at that time. The cut-off for the round is set by the CRS and submission date of the 3,500th candidate. It could look something like this:
| Rank | CRS | Profile submission (Date and time) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3498 | 422 | October 14, 2016 at 20:40:56 | Invited |
| 3499 | 422 | February 5, 2017 at 11:32:01 | Invited |
| 3500 | 422 | March 27, 2017 at 08:12:23 | Invited |
| 3501 | 422 | March 27, 2017 at 9:54:39 | Still in the pool |
| 3502 | 423 | June 3, 2017 at 22:57:12 | Still in the pool |
Note, if you update your profile, the system will keep the original date and time stamp when you first submitted your profile. But, your profile will have a new time and date stamp if:
- you choose to withdraw your profile and create a new one instead or
- your profile expires and you submit a new one