Importance of a Good CRS Score

The immigration system of Canada Express Entry is extremely competitive. Individuals who want to settle in Canada permanently or temporarily must be eligible for one of the federal economic immigration programs. After holding the eligibility, they may able to create a profile in Express Entry pool. On successful creation of a profile in the pool, the score is been assigned to the candidate's profile under the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).

The profile holding top rank in the pool will be then issued an ITA (Invitation to Apply) for Canadian PR. They have to submit a complete application package to the Canadian authority within 90 days of receiving ITA. IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) takes 6 months time to process the application.

The Express Entry seems very easy, but its details are much more complex than our thought. This blog post will tell the ways, through which candidate already present in the pool can improve his CRS score, and just to increase his chances of being invited to apply. Good CRS score will be then nominated in the Canada Express Entry Draw to apply for Canadian permanent resident.

Knowing the Comprehensive Ranking System

CRS score
Once you found your eligibility for a federal economic immigration program. You created an Express Entry profile in the pool and a score is been assigned to your profile by CRS. Now, you need to wait to get the invitation to Apply. Yes, this is the right procedure only when you have a high CRS score; else, you need to work to increase your CRS score. Just to get nominated in Express Entry Draw by Canadian immigration authority.

By keeping a passive attitude towards your Express Entry profile will not serve your purpose of improving your rank among the applicants under the CRS. The CRS is a dynamic system and the score assigned to your profile is not “permanent”- it means you can try different methods to improve it.

Some modifications may add a few points to your CRS score, but these points could bring the result in your favor. But, other improvements can add like 600 additional CRS points, which will guarantee you that your profile would be surely invited to apply in a subsequent Canada Express Entry Draw from the pool.

How you can improve your CRS score

Some methods to improve your CRS score may require doing a lot of hard work, but some methods are also there through which you increase your
CRS score without efforts. Let’s look at these:


  • Sibling in Canada
  • Education
  • Language
  • Work Experience and
  • Provincial Nominee Programs

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