09/10/2026
🇨🇦 EXPRESS ENTRY TO CANADA: HOW DOES IT REALLY WORK?🍁
Express Entry is Canada’s online system for selecting skilled workers who want to become permanent residents. To enter in express entry, you are required to create a profile and receive Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. The score is based on age, education, language and work experience. The score maximum is 1200. The higher you have, the higher the chances.
Here’s the process 👇🏽
✅️ Check eligibility
You need to qualify for at least one of the programs. If you are outside Canada, you qualify for number two and three, based on your skills.
🇨🇦 Canadian Experience Class
🇨🇦 Federal Skilled Worker Program
🇨🇦 Federal Skilled Trades Program
✅️ Take a language test.
IT CAN BE English test or French.
Most common is IELTS. The higher you get the better.
✅️ Get your education verified.
If your education is from outside Canada, you may need an Educational Credential Assessment. They evaluate your education level and its equivalency to Canadian education. Most commonly used is World Education services( WES)
✅️Create your Express Entry profile.
You enter your age, education, language results, work experience and other information.
✅️ Get your CRS score
Your profile is ranked based on factors such as age, education, language ability and work experience.
✅️ Wait for an invitation to apply
If your score is among the highest in that specific draw, IRCC will send you an Invitation to Apply.
✅️ Submit your PR application
After receiving an ITA, you generally have 60 days to submit your complete PR application
✅️ IRCC processes your application
This can include medical, biometrics, police/background checks and other requirements.
Its important to note, you can create your profile and stay in the pool for more than a year, based on the scores of other people in the pool.
It is also required more money for education verification, IELTS and proof of funds. So generally you need alot of resources for thia process, especially if you applying as a family.