How much score is required for Canada express entry from India?

When it comes to immigration, most of the Indian families, especially, north Indians prefers Canada over any other country. In better words, since decades, the intricate relationship between Indian communities and Canada’s immigration has always been the topic of many articles and discussions. Whether it’s “Super Sikh” Nav Bhatia or Ajay Aggarwal, the Indian community has never missed a chance to leave its impression on the Canadian soil.

So if you are also interested in immigrating to Canada to fulfill the dream of a better life, then you have multiple options to ease your entry in Canada as a permanent resident. Being a PR, you can luxuriate in numbers of benefits like other Canadian citizens such as free education for kids, free health care and more. Moreover, PR holders can also apply to Canadian citizenship after completing three years in Canada with PR status.

The Government of Canada operates different immigration programs for Indian workers, students, professionals, businessmen, entrepreneurs and more. Among all, Federal Express entry program is one of its most popular immigration programs to invite prospects with relevant skills and experience to propel the rate of growth of its economy. It has three economic sub-categories including, Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class.

Each sub-category has its set of eligibility and requirements to determine the potency of an individual for the Canadian market. However, applications from all these three categories dump to the express entry pool only where all submitted applications are evaluated against each other and obtain CRS score.  Higher scoring candidates succeed to receive Invitation to Apply (ITA) through the Express entry draw for Canadian PR. So, all the interested Indian candidates who wish to consider their profile for Federal Express Entry program, they first need to understand its number game.

There are two point-based frameworks for Express entry program including

• Minimum point-table or 67-point table (maximum points -100)
• CRS point table (maximum points - 1200)

Minimum point-table or 67-point table for Express entry program:

To become eligible for Federal Express entry program, an Indian candidate needs a minimum score of 67 points out of 100 with no sort of predisposition. There are six selection factors such as age, level of Education, work experience, language ability, connections in Canada and arranged employment according to which each profile or application gets rated.

So, the following is the table detailing the maximum share of each selection factor in the minimum score table.

Factors	Maximum points
Age 18-35 12 36 11 37 10 38 09 39 08 40 07 41 06 42 05 43 04 44 03 45 02 46 01	12
Level of Education Doctorate 25 Master degree or any professional degree listed in NOC 2016 skill level A 23 Two or more secondary credential 22 1-year, 2-year and >or=3 years 15, 19. 21 respectively Secondary diploma/high school diploma 05	25
Work Experience 1 year 9 2-3 years 11 4-5 years 13 6 or more years 15	15
Adaptability	10
Language proficiency first official language 24 second official language 04	28
Arranged Employment	10

CRS point table (maximum points - 1200)

Once a candidate qualifies the minimum eligibility criteria for Express entry, he/she needs to create the profile for the same. In express entry pool, there are four components including Core human capital factors, Accompanying spouse or common-law partner factors, Transferability factors and Additional points (for Provincial Nomination or a qualifying offer of arranged employment) which together constitute the CRS point table for accessing profiles. All those who score more than the announced lowest score in the draw, need to send applications for Canadian PR within 60 working days.

The following is the table detailing the maximum share of each component in the CRS point table:

Components	Maximum points
Core human capital factors	without spouse: 500 with spouse: 460
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner factors	40
Transferability factors	100
Additional points (for Provincial Nomination or a qualifying offer of arranged employment)	600

Let’s understand the contribution of each component in detail. It may help Indian candidates in improving CRS score for ensured selection for ITA.

Core human capital factors:

Factors	Maximum points without spouse	Maximum points with spouse
Age	110	100
Education level	150	140
Language proficiency	160	150
Working experience in Canada	80	70

Spouse or common-law partner factors:

Factors	Maximum points
Education level	10
Language proficiency	20
Working experience in Canada	10

Transferability factors:

Factors	Maximum points
Education; with a good/strong official language proficiency and a post-secondary degree 50 with Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree 50	100
Or, foreign work experience; with a good/strong official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7 or higher) and foreign work experience  50 with Canadian work experience and foreign work experience  50	100
Or, Certificate of qualification; with a good/strong official language proficiency and a certificate of qualification 50 with Canadian work experience and a certificate of qualification 50	100

Additional points:

Factors	Maximum points
Post secondary education in Canada	30
Arranged employment	200
PNP nomination	600
French language ability	Max 30 points
Sibling in Canada	Max 15 points

Moreover, it is worth noting here that so far in 2019, the minimum cut-off drawn in Express Entry draw was 438 on January 30, 2019. So, to be on the safe side, you need to score more than 445 out of 1200 in the point-assessment grid for Express entry program from India. In case you have any query related to eligibility or application process of the program, feel free to contact experts of countrywide visas.

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