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To apply for the Canada permanent resident process, you will need to have your CRS score calculated. The total CRS score is 1200 points, which is divided into two parts. The first 600 consists of your skills and the remaining 600 is issued by the state government of Canada and other additional factors. The CRS points are split into the following ways:

Core/Human Capital Factors: These include points for age, qualification, work experience, and language. This comprises overall 500 points for unmarried applicants and 460 for married applicants.
Spouse or common-law partner factors: These include the Spouse or common-law partner’s language skills and education. This part is applicable only to applicants who have a spouse/Common-law partner to accompany them. This comprises 40 Points for spouse attributes.
Skills transferability: This section provides additional scores to your profile by accessing it based on the combination of factors mentioned above For instance: • a combination of your Education and IELTS (50 points) or • a combination of your Work experience and IELTS (50 Points)
Additional points: This section awards 600 additional points for arranged employment (positive Labour Market Impact Assessment required) or Provincial Nomination.

How to calculate CRS score in 2024?

Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

The total CRS score is 1200 which is split into 600 (Human capital + Skill Transferability) and the other 600 (Additional factors). The CRS score on your profile is calculated based on a consolidation of the four factors below:

Factor	CRS Score Without Spouse	CRS Score With Spouse
Core Human Capital Factors	500	460
Spouse Factor	Not Applicable	40
Skills Transferability	100	100
PNP+Additional Points	600 (Max)	600 (Max)
Total	1200	1200

Core/Human Capital Factors

Your age, education qualifications, language proficiency, and work experience are considered the core/human capital factors. The maximum you can score here is 450 with spouse and 500 without spouse.

Factors [Max. points]	Points per factor [With a spouse or common-law partner]	Points per factor [Without a spouse or common-law partner]
Age	100	110
Level of education	140	150
Official languages proficiency	150	160
Canadian work experience	70	80
Total CRS score	500	460

Spouse Or Common-Law Partner Factors

This is exclusively for candidates accompanying their spouse or common-law partners to migrate to Canada as a permanent resident. A maximum of 40 points can be obtained from the human capital factors.

Factors	Points per factor
Level of education	10
Official language proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10
Total	40

Skill Transferability Factors

Consolidation of your educational level, foreign work experience, and certificate of qualification combined are your overall points for skills transferability. A maximum of 50 points can only be claimed under this section.

Education	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
Superior level of official language proficiency and a post-secondary degree	50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	50
Foreign work experience (India)	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
Superior official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB 7] or higher) and foreign work experience	50
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience	50
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations)	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
Superior official language proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

Additional Points (Maximum 600 Points)

You can obtain a maximum of 600 points under this section in two ways.

You may get an additional 600 points for nomination from any Canadian province which is Provincial Nominee Program Canada.

You can get an additional points with the following:

Arranged employment: TEER 0 Major group 00 - 200
Arranged employment: NOC TEER 1, 2, or 3, or any TEER 0 other than Major group 00 - 50
Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident) - 15
Post-secondary education in Canada - 30
French language skills - 50
Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident) - 15

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All applicants who create their Express Entry profile are given a score based on factors that play important role in economic success of the immigrants once they migrate to Canada

Core / human capital factors

Your age, education, language proficiency, and Canadian work experience are considered the core/ human capital factors. The maximum you can score here is 450 with spouse and 500 without spouse.

Factors	Points per factor – With a spouse or common-law partner (500)	Points per factor - Without a spouse or common-law partner (460)
Age	100	110
Level of education	140	150
Official languages proficiency	150	160
Canadian work experience	70	80

B. Spouse or common-law partner factors

This is exclusively for those candidates who are accompanying their spouse or common-law partners. A maximum of 40 points can be obtained as a part of the human capital factors.

Factors	Points per factor (Maximum 40 points)
Level of education	10
Official language proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10

C. Skill Transferability factors (Maximum 100 points)

A consolidation of your educational level (maximum 50 points), foreign work experience (maximum 50 points), and certificate of qualification (maximum 50 points) clubs your overall points for skills transferability.

Education	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a post-secondary degree	50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	50
Foreign work experience (india)	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB] level 7 or higher) and foreign work experience	50
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience	50
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations)	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)

You may get an additional 600 points for nomination from any Canadian province or 200 -> arranged employment, 30 -> Canadian study, 50 -> French language proficiency besides English, and 15 -> siblings residing in Canada.

Education	Maximum points per factor
Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident)	15
French language skills	50
Post-secondary education in Canada ( 1 & 2 Years)	15
Post-secondary education in Canada ( 3 Years or more)	30
Arranged employment (NOC O,A,B)	50
Arranged employment (NOC O,A,B)	200
PN nomination	600

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors + C. Transferability factors + D. Additional points = Grand total – Maximum 1,200 points

CRS Points breakdown, section by section

CRS – A. Core / human capital factors
With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points total for all factors.
Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points total for all factors.

Age	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 100 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 110 points)
17 years of age or less	0	0
18 years of age	90	99
19 years of age	95	105
20 to 29 years of age	100	110
30 years of age	95	105
31 years of age	90	99
32 years of age	85	94
33 years of age	80	88
34 years of age	75	83
35 years of age	70	77
36 years of age	65	72
37 years of age	60	66
38 years of age	55	61
39 years of age	50	55
40 years of age	45	50
41 years of age	35	39
42 years of age	25	28
43 years of age	15	17
44 years of age	05	06
45 years of age	0	0

Level of Education	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 140 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 150 points)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	0
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	84	90
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	91	98
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	112	120
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	119	128
Master's degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree,” the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry,	126	135
optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

Official languages proficiency - first official language
Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):
32 with a spouse or common-law partner
34 without a spouse or common-law partner

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 128 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 136 points)
Less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 4 or 5	06	06
CLB 6	08	09
CLB 7	16	17
CLB 8	22	23
CLB 9	29	31
CLB 10 or more	32	34

Official languages proficiency - second official language
Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):
6 with a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)
6 without a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 24 points)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 22 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 24 points)
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	01	01
CLB 7 or 8	03	03
CLB 9 or more	06	07

Canadian work experience	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 80 points)
None or less than a year	0	0
1 year	35	40
2 years	46	53
3 Years	56	64
4 years	63	72
5 years or more	70	80

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital factors
With a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 460 points
Without a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 500 points

CRS – B. Spouse or common-law partner factors (if applicable)

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education	With spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 points)	Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	n/a
Secondary school (high school graduation)	02	n/a
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	06	n/a
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute	07	n/a
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	08	n/a
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	09	n/a
Master's degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree”, the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry	10	n/a
law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)
Doctoral level university degree (PhD)	10	n/a

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Spouse's or common-law partner's official languages proficiency - first official language

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening )	Maximum 20 points for section Maximum 5 points per ability	Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
CLB 4 or less	0	n/a
CLB 5 or 6	01	n/a
CLB 7 or 8	03	n/a
CLB 9 or more	05	n/a

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse's Canadian work experience	Maximum 10 points	Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
None or less than a year	0	n/a
1 year	05	n/a
2 years	07	n/a
3 years	08	n/a
4 years	09	n/a
5 years or more	10	n/a

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Subtotal : A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points
CRS – C. Skill transferability factors (Maximum 100 points for this section) Education

With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree	Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points)	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50

Foreign work experience – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher)

Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
No foreign work	0	0
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience	13	25
3 years or more of foreign work experience	25	50

Foreign work experience – With Canadian work experience

Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points)
No foreign work	0	0
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience	13	25
3 years or more of foreign work experience	25	50
Certificate of qualification (trade occupations) – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities
[CLB] 5 or higher)	(Maximum 25 points)	(Maximum 50 points)
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors - Maximum 600 points
CRS – D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)

Additional points	Maximum 600 points
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test)	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills	30
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential of one or two years	15
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential three years or longer	30
Arranged employment - NOC 00	200
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	600

Subtotal: D. Additional points – Maximum 600 points
Grand total: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points

How to boost your CRS score in 2024?

Re-attempt IELTS:

Re-taking IELTS and achieving more than your current score can boost your CRS score. Also taking up French language tests can boost your CRS by 74 points.

Apply For Eligible Provincial Nominee Program Canada

Check your eligibility with the provincial Government of Canada. If eligible, apply for targeted PNP and secure 600 additional points.

Secure an LMIA Job Offer:

Approach Canadian employers for an LMIA job offer which can add up to 200 CRS Points.

Pursue Education in Canada

Study in Canada to attain a maximum of 30 CRS points.
- 1 or 2 year course: 15 Points
- 3 years or more: 30 Points

Add your spouse to your application

Add your spouse or Common-law partner to your PR application. If your spouse's language proficiency is better or has obtained extra band score in language proficiency then you can switch your spouse to be the primary applicant.

Work In Canada

Working in Canada for 1560 hours can be considered as one year of experience in Canada and qualify under a different stream called Canadian Experience Class (CEC). Upon having 3 years of Canadian work experience one can claim up to 80 points for the primary applicant and 10 points for the spouse.

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