Express Entry System favors the candidates who have a definite job offer in any one of the provinces of Canada.
If you are looking forward to immigrating to Canada and rely on the Express Entry system that nominates candidates according to the points of the CRS score. This article concerns you.
For any candidate to have an employment offer in Canada means that the candidate will get 50 to 200 extra points added to their CRS points. More the CRS point is, more are the chances of getting an Invitation to Apply for a Permanent Residency status in Canada.
Very rarely it is possible that Express Entry candidates are showered with points. 2 years ago in 2019, only 13 percent of the Express Entry candidates who had a job offer got additional points and also Invitation to Apply.
If luck favors you and you are selected then the reward point is up to 50. To grab 200 points you have to be sure that you have a job offer in the exact particular occupation listed. The 50 points reward is for those who have a valid employment offer in a skilled profile.
Is your job offer “valid”?
A valid job offer defined by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada is defined as full-time, continuous paid work. Thirty hours per week should be the required full-time for one employer and two weeks for employers under Federal Skilled Trades Program. It could also be seasonal work but it has been still valid even after one year of your being granted a permanent resident visa.
The job profile should also belong to one of the categories mention in the NOC list of occupations.
For securing points, a Labour Market Assessment is analyzed by an employer which helps them to hire foreign talent. In other words, the employer has to prove that hiring an international talent will do no harm to the Canadian economy.
But there are few occupations that cannot be helped by the LMIA. A candidate shall get points for such job offers as well but they should have a minimum experience of one year to be able to apply for a Canadian PR Visa. The candidate’s work permit should bear the name of the employer you are currently working under.
Let us once again go through the points discussed above:
- If a candidate has a work permit for an occupation that does not require LMIA in that case the candidate should have a working experience of one year in that particular job profile. It also states that the candidate should positively have a legit job offer one year after getting the permanent residency status.
- The candidate should have a paid position, full time job for at least a year
- If the candidate is an employer with the same organization which issued the LMIA work permit then he or she will be allowed to work in Canada legally from the day of the application. Moreover, the applicant must also be working one year after attaining a PR in Canada.
- A positive LMIA that the job giver holds must have the candidate’s information such as the name or the designation etc.
Besides, the very crucial piece of information that is unnoticed is that the LMIA is important for the CRS points.
Also, you must take note that you cannot be employed in Canada with an open work permit if your employer has not done LMIA. However, your Canadian Work Experience will help you fetch a nomination in a PNP, you will still not be eligible to receive the 50 to 200 points that would be otherwise granted just for having an employment offer.
The immigration official who will be responsible to scrutinize your immigration case must believe that your potential will drive you to do the job for which you have been offered a role. If your job profile is regulated then the immigration, refugees, and citizenship Canada will also want to see your validation of the certificates and licensing and other professional norms required for professional occupations. You can also opt for another process of enquiring the province or the territory of Canada where you have wished to settle eventually, about the licensing and certification.
