Informed immigration: How to calculate your Canada CRS score

 

If you are aware of the basics of Canada immigration, you must be aware of Canada CRS score and how it plays an important role in deciding your chances at getting Canada PR. It takes a high Canada CRS score for your Express Entry profile to ensure that it has a chance to be picked to be invited to apply for permanent residence.

Here we will understand the calculation of the Canada CRS score and what it means in different cases.

The background

The CRS is a ranking system applied in Canada immigration’s points-based system to make an assessment of immigration applications. These applications are sent by foreign individuals coming to the Express Entry system.

The Express Entry system is an application management system. It takes care of applications to 3 economic class immigration programs. They are CEC, FSTP, and FSWP.

It’s not just at the national level that candidates are invited to apply for Canada PR. Provinces that require skilled people to meet their labor market requirements also access and invite candidates in the Express Entry pool. They are offered provincial nomination, on accepting which 600 extra CRS points are awarded to the candidates.

How CRS helps with permanent residence

In the points-based system, the CRS scores assigned to immigration candidates in the Expert Entry pool carry a great deal of significance. IRCC uses the Canada CRS score to decide who to be invited to apply for Canada PR. The higher your points are, the more your chances are to grab an opportunity to apply for Canada PR.

Criteria to calculate CRS score

The different factors considered to calculate the CRS score include:

• Education
• Age
• Work experience in a skilled job
• Proficiency in English

The maximum CRS point possible is 1,200. Most of the candidates come under the 500 points range.

The CRS ranking system

If you have included your spouse in your invitation, there will be a reduction of 40 points in your profile for core human capital factors compared to single candidates.

Certain other factors that influence the CRS score and add to it include:

• Skill in the French language
• Sibling in Canada
• Having a provincial nomination
• Arranged employment
• Canadian education

Breaking down the CRS components

Core human factors

For core human capital factors, you get a maximum of 100 points if you are applying for Canada PR as a single individual. This will be 110 if you are applying along with your spouse. Here are the details about scoring for different human capital factors:

Age

Age	Max points with a spouse accompanying: 100	Max points with without spouse accompanying: 110
under 18	0	0
18	90	99
19	95	105
20-29	100	110
30	95	105
31	90	99
32	85	94
33	80	88
34	75	83
35	70	77
36	65	72
37	60	66
38	55	61
39	50	55
40	45	50
41	35	39
42	25	28
43	15	17
44	5	6
45 or older	0	0

Education level

Level of education	Max points with spouse accompanying: 140 for principal applicant (PA), 10 for spouse	Max points without spouse accompanying: 150
Less than secondary school credential	0	0
Secondary school credential	28 for PA; 2 for spouse	30
One-year post-secondary program	84 for PA; 6 for spouse	90
Two-year post-secondary program	91 for PA; 7 for spouse	98
Post-secondary program of 3 or more years	112 for PA; 8 for spouse	120
Two or more post-secondary programs, of which at least one was completed after a post-secondary program of three or more years	119 for PA; 9 for spouse	128
Master’s or entry-to-practice professional degree	126 for PA; 10 for spouse	135
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.)	140 for PA; 10 for spouse	150

Proficiency in the first language (English/French)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)	Max points with spouse accompanying: 128 for the principal applicant; 20 for spouse	Mas points without spouse accompanying: 136
For each language ability	32 for PA; 5 for spouse	34
CLB 3 or lower	0	0
CLB 4	6 for PA; 0 for spouse	6
CLB 5	6 for PA; 1 for spouse	6
CLB 6	8 for PA; 1 for spouse	9
CLB 7	16 for PA; 3 for spouse	17
CLB 8	22 for PA; 3 for spouse	23
CLB 9	29 for PA; 5 for spouse	31
CLB 10 or higher	32 for PA; 5 for spouse	34

Proficiency in the second language (English/French)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)	Max points with spouse accompanying: 22	Max points without spouse accompanying: 24
For each language ability	6	6
CLB 4 or lower	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or higher	6	6

Canadian work experience

No. of years	Max points with spouse accompanying: 70 for principal applicant (PA); 10 for spouse	Max points without spouse accompanying: 80
Less than 1	0	0
1 year	35 for PA; 5 for spouse	40
2 years	46 for PA; 7 for spouse	53
3 years	56 for PA; 8 for spouse	64
4 years	63 for PA; 9 for spouse	72
5 years or more	70 for PA; 10 for spouse	80

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Note:

PR – Permanent Residence/Permanent Resident

CRS – Comprehensive Ranking System

PNP – Provincial Nominee Program

IRCC – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

FSWP – Federal Skilled Worker Program

FSTP – Federal Skill Trades Program

CEC – Canadian Experience Class

CLB – Canadian Language Benchmark