Streamlined Permanent Residency Application System to be Implemented January 1, 2015

• Federal Skilled Worker Program;
• Federal Skilled Trades Program;
• Canadian Experience Class; and
• a portion of the Provincial Nominee Program.

Express Entry Application Process 

Prospective applicants for the Express Entry program must submit an online Express Entry profile. Candidates will be ranked based on considerations such as skills, language proficiency, education, Canadian work experience and other factors. 

The highest ranking candidates – those with valid job offers or provincial/territorial nomination certificates - will be invited to apply for permanent residence, after which they will have 60 days to submit an electronic application for permanent residence. 

Other candidates will be ranked against each other based on the above factors, and will have to register with the Job Bank. Employers can use the Job Bank to match a candidate for an open position. These other candidates will be eligible to re-apply for the Express Entry program after twelve months. 

What This Means for Employers and Foreign Nationals 

The following foreign nationals who apply before December 31, 2014 will be subject to the current system:

• foreign nationals who have completed their English or French language testing, and who have accumulated twelve months of work experience in Canada under the Canadian Experience Class;
• foreign nationals applying for the Federal Skilled Worker Program who have received their educational accreditation and language test results; and
• foreign nationals with provincial/territorial nomination certificates.

This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the global immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen or send an email to [email protected].

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