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Given below are the significant changes to the Express Entry System of Canada:

1. Changes to Qualifying Job Offer: Candidates with a qualifying job offer supported by a Labor Market Impact Assessment were worth 600 points under the CRS. As of November 19, there will be new ways of being awarded either 50 or 200 points for the same. Given below is the break-up:

(a) 200 points, if the offer is for employment in an occupation contained in Major Group 00 [Senior Managerial Positions] of the National Occupation Classification; or

(b) 50 points, if the offer is any other qualifying offer of arranged employment.

Individuals who work in Canada through an Intra Company Transfer can also claim points for a qualifying job offer. The worker must have been working in Canada for at least one year and the job offer must be made by the same employer named on the work permit.

2. ITA Timelines: The validity for submission of the PR application has been increased from 60 to 90 days. An invitation is valid for the period of time beginning on the day after it is issued by the Minister and ending on the 90th day after that day, and any application for a permanent resident visa in response to that invitation must be made within the 90 day period.

3. Canadian Study is now a factor. A foreign national would be assigned the following points for holding a Canadian educational credential:

(a) 0 points, if the foreign national has a secondary school educational credential;

(b) 15 points, if the foreign national has an eligible credential from a one-year or two-year post-secondary program; and

(c) 30 points, if the foreign national has

(i) an eligible credential from a post-secondary program of three years or more,

(ii) an eligible credential from a university-level program at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required, or

(iii) an eligible credential from a university-level program at the doctoral level.

Information source: IRCC, Canada