Express Entry

Express Entry: The application system for Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades and Canadian Experience Class permanent residence. Permanent residence: Apply for federal permanent residence and pass the applicable admissibility checks. A provincial nomination is not the grant of permanent residence. Canadian citizenship: As a permanent resident, accumulate at least 1,095 days of physical presence in the previous five years. Eligible pre-PR temporary days count as half-days, up to 365 days. Tax filing, language and citizenship-test requirements apply where required. Citizenship is based on actual qualifying presence. Simply holding a Canadian permit or owning a business does not meet the residence test.

Check eligibility for one of the three Express Entry programmes, obtain language results and any required educational assessment, then create the profile. If invited, file the complete permanent-residence application by the invitation deadline and complete IRCC’s medical, security and admissibility checks.

Qualify for at least one of the three programmes. Work experience, language, education and job-offer or trade-certification tests differ by programme.

Create an accurate profile with current language results and educational assessment where needed. Provide work records, required settlement funds, police certificates and medical evidence when invited. Meeting the minimum criteria does not guarantee an invitation.

Successful applicants and eligible accompanying family receive permanent residence, following an invitation and approval.