Hi everyone. My name is Jade Calver. I own and operate Calver and Associates Canadian
Immigration Services. Today we're going to talk about getting permanent
residency through the express entry system and how to obtain permanent
residency even though you have a low CRS score and how you can improve that score.
One of the first ways is that you can apply through a PNP program. Many of the
provinces have express entry programs and they'll work in different ways.
Provinces such as Ontario and British Columbia, they have to tell you that
they're going to nominate you. However, there are other provinces, such as the
smaller provinces especially if you have a connection to the province you can
actually apply directly to that province and say that you are interested in their
Express Entry Program. Some of those programs have their own point system for
Express entry and so you can actually contact them and apply that way and then
through that channel you can get a nomination which gives you 600 points
in the Express Entry system and then you can be nominated for permanent
residence. Another way is to improve your language results. Lots of people, they
don't understand how the point system works under Express entry. So
for example, if you're taking the IELTS you're going to want the equivalency of
what's called CLB 9. So that's a Canadian language benchmark level 9 and
so what that means in the IELTS is three it's one 8 and three 7's and so
depending on your score - say, for example, you're just off by half a point - you know
increasing your score and the language results by just half a point in one of
the bands of the IELTS, that can actually make a very big difference in
your overall CRS score. Additionally, a lot of clients from french-speaking
countries or countries where they've had significant French education, or, say a
francophone and speak English and French they actually will ignore the
fact that if they take French and English tests - so if they are proficient in
both Canada will not only give you points for your best language - so
whichever language you have better marks in is considered your first language
but if you take the French test, for example, in addition to the IELTS - the
TEF, then they'll give you even more higher language scores and then that also
qualifies you for some additional - some additional programs under the PNPs.
In addition to that, further your education. This one obviously takes a little bit
longer but it's important to note that some people say ok well I don't want to
back to school but if you're young, so say if you're in your mid-20s, for example, even if you
are able to do, for example, a one-year postgraduate certificate or a one-year
master's (if you can, do it online) as long as it's an accredited master's
program in your home country and it's equivalent to a Canadian master's.
Again, that jump in education level - if it takes a year - it still can mean a big
difference in terms of your eligibility for permanent residency and be
competitive under the Express Entry system. Another thing is if you have a
spouse, obviously this requires some discussion with your family but if you
have a spouse and he or she is listed on the application - if you remove them
from the application - so say that they're not accompanying, then you're given
allocated points as if you're someone who's coming single and effectively what
that does is it can increase your points depending on your spouse's profile. So
some of my clients, they've removed their spouse to get permanent residency and
then once you are approved for permanent residency and you move to
Canada and you can sponsor your spouse or children, if applicable for permanent
residency. Aside from this, there's also of course
coming to Canada first temporarily. So, whether that be through study or work a
valid labor market impact assessment for your position will automatically grant
you 50 or 200 points based on a level - depending on the level of work and then
in addition to that, so getting a Canadian credential will give you extra
points depending on the length, you get different levels of points and then
work in Canada. So when you're skilled work in Canada also give some additional
points and it also qualifies you for the Canadian Experience Class. So those are
all of my pointers for increasing your points under the Express Entry CRS
system. If you'd like to talk about your application a little bit more and
increasing your score, you can contact us online. We're at calverimmigrationservices.com. Thanks very much.