The higher your Express Entry Points under the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS Score), the better chance you have of being invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence. Having a job offer from Canada significantly increases your CRS Score, which brings you closer to immigration to Canada and gaining your permanent resident status. It is known to be a "Valid Job Offer" or also called "Arranged Employment", that can increase CRS Score by adding 50 or 200 Express Entry Points. Further is explained how many points for a job offer in Express Entry one can gain and what the requirements are. There are three scenarios when you can claim additional points for a job offer.
How Many Points For Job Offer In Express Entry One Can Get?
Foreign nationals who were offered employment in Canada can get:
- 200 CRS points for an offer of employment in a NOC 00 job. For example, when senior managers, executives, self-employed entrepreneurs, or business owner-operators get a job offer in Canada.
- 50 CRS points for an offer of employment in a NOC 0, NOC A, or B job. For example, when middle managers or professionals got a job offer in Canada.
What Are The Three Ways To Earn Between 50 To 200 Points?
It is not sufficient just to be offered a job in Canada. In addition to that, there are certain requirements that must be met before you can claim Express Entry job offer points, and those requirements vary and can generally fall under one of the three categories:
Scenario 1 – Canadian employer received a Positive LMIA [labour market impact assessment] to support foreign national's permanent resident visa application
Foreign national is not required to work in Canada up until their PR application is approved (but maybe working, if they have authorization). At the time of application for a permanent resident visa, LMIA must be valid, i.e., less than six months must have passed since the LMIA issuance date. Foreign national can claim an additional 50 or 200 Express Entry points if the following requirements are met:
- The Department of Economic and Social Development of Canada / Service Canada issued a positive LMIA to support permanent resident visa (or dual intent LMIA) that approves the job offer and names a foreign national and their position.
- Foreign national's prospective or current employer (i.e., the one notified on a positive LMIA) made them a job offer that meets the following requirements:
- be in writing
- not be from an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada
- set out details of the job, such as pay and deductions, duties, job conditions
- made by one employer
- continuous
- paid
- full-time (at least 30 hours a week)
- for at least one year after IRCC issues a permanent resident visa
- in a job that is NOC: Skill Type 0 or Skill Levels A or B
Scenario 2 – Foreign national works in Canada on an LMIA-Based Work Permit, and the work permit is and will be valid up until the permanent resident visa is approved
Temporary foreign worker must be working for the same Canadian employer during all the time up until his PR application is approved. The LMIA itself may have expired (i.e., more than six months passed since the issuance date), and the new one is not required in Scenario 2. Foreign national can claim an additional 50 or 200 CRS points if the following requirements are met:
- Foreign national is a holder of a valid Work Permit that was issued based on LMIA.
- Foreign national is currently working in Canada in a NOC 0, A, or B job on an LMIA-based Work Permit.
- Foreign national is currently working for an employer listed on an LMIA-based Work Permit.
- LMIA-based Work Permit must be valid up until a foreign national is accepted as a permanent resident.
- Foreign national is authorized to work in Canada on the day they apply for a permanent resident visa, and when the permanent resident visa is issued.
- Foreign national's current employer (i.e., the one notified on a valid LMIA-based Work Permit) made them a job offer that meets the following requirements:
- be in writing
- not be from an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada
- set out details of the job, such as pay and deductions, duties, job conditions
- made by one employer
- continuous
- paid
- full-time (at least 30 hours a week)
- for at least one year after IRCC issues a permanent resident visa
- in a job that is NOC: Skill Type 0 or Skill Levels A or B
For example, an owner-operator of a business in Canada who applied for the Owner-Operator LMIA and was approved can claim additional 200 CRS points for a valid job offer to immigrate through Express Entry under the Federal Skilled Worker Program.
Scenario 3 - Foreign national has a valid LMIA-Exempt Work Permit and has worked for at least one year in Canada for the same employer
Foreign national can claim an additional 50 or 200 Express Entry points if the following requirements are met:
- A foreign national is a holder of a valid Work Permit that is exempted from needing LMIA.
- Foreign national has gained one year of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work) for the employer specified in the valid LMIA-Exempt Work Permit. (Exemption under an international agreement , a federal-provincial agreement, or the “Canadian interests” category).
- Foreign national's current employer (i.e., the one notified on a valid LMIA-Exempt Work Permit) made them a job offer that meets the following requirements:
- be in writing
- not be from an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada
- set out details of the job, such as pay and deductions, duties, job conditions
- made by one employer
- continuous
- paid
- full-time (at least 30 hours a week)
- for at least one year after IRCC issues a permanent resident visa
- in a job that is NOC: Skill Type 0 or Skill Levels A or B
For example, a business owner who worked in Canada in a senior managerial capacity on an Intra-Company Transfer Work Permit, which is LMIA-exempt, can claim additional 200 CRS points for a valid job offer to immigrate through Express Entry under the Federal Skilled Worker program.