Express Entry Application
Create and manage an Express Entry profile, understand CRS ranking and prepare for invitation rounds.
Explore Express Entry→Explore current federal, provincial, regional, family and business immigration options in a clear category-based hub. Start with the pathway that best matches your profile—without relying on outdated program names or “quick PR” promises.
Express Entry manages the Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker Program and Federal Skilled Trades Program. Category-based selection and French-language options can also affect how IRCC invites eligible candidates.
Create and manage an Express Entry profile, understand CRS ranking and prepare for invitation rounds.
Explore Express Entry→For eligible skilled workers with qualifying Canadian work experience who meet the current Express Entry requirements.
View CEC→For eligible skilled workers with qualifying skilled work experience who meet the FSW selection and Express Entry requirements.
View FSW→Review current Express Entry categories and understand how occupation, language and work-experience requirements affect category eligibility.
View Categories→The hub for French-speaking work, study and permanent residence options outside Quebec, including Mobility, FMCSP, Express Entry and FCIP.
Open French Immigration Hub→Provincial programs select candidates according to local labour-market and economic priorities. Some pathways connect to Express Entry, while others use non-Express Entry processing.
Current priority occupation information for B.C. targeted selection and sector planning.
View Priority Stream→Explore the BC Skilled Worker pathway and related Skills Immigration planning for eligible workers.
BC PNP Skilled Worker→A dedicated BC PNP pathway for qualifying employees supported by an eligible B.C. public health authority.
View Health Authority→Employer-driven OINP pathways for eligible workers with qualifying Ontario job offers.
Explore Ontario→Review Saskatchewan skilled worker, employer and targeted pathways under current SINP criteria.
Explore Saskatchewan→Skilled worker, international education and business pathways under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program.
Explore Manitoba→Explore Alberta worker pathways using the current AAIP name and current provincial criteria.
Explore Alberta→Explore current PEI worker, Express Entry and business pathways and selection priorities.
Explore PEI→Explore current Nova Scotia provincial pathways and employer/community opportunities.
Explore Nova Scotia→These programs combine federal immigration rules with participating employers, provinces or communities. A qualifying job offer and local endorsement or recommendation are central to many of these pathways.
Current Rural Community Immigration Pilot pathways for participating communities and designated employers.
View RCIP→Community-specific planning for West Kootenay designated employers, priority occupations and recommendation requirements.
West Kootenay RCIP→Employer-driven permanent residence for eligible workers and qualifying graduates in Atlantic Canada.
View AIP→Business ownership does not automatically create a work permit or permanent residence pathway. The correct strategy depends on the program, province, applicant background, investment, business plan and immigration requirements.
A qualifying LMIA-supported job offer can support employer-driven permanent residence planning, separately from a regular work-permit LMIA.
LMIA-Supported PR Offer→Review possible entrepreneur, significant-benefit, provincial or other business work-permit and investment routes.
Business / Investment→Explore Manitoba entrepreneur and farm investor pathways and current intake procedures.
Manitoba Business→Explore support for time-sensitive procedural fairness concerns and temporary entry or stay where inadmissibility is an issue.
For IRCC concerns involving misrepresentation, documents, eligibility, admissibility or other issues requiring a response before a decision.
Explore this service→For certain foreign nationals who are inadmissible or do not meet IRPA requirements but have a compelling reason to enter or stay temporarily.
Explore this service→Family sponsorship has its own eligibility, relationship, financial and admissibility requirements. Choose the page that matches the family relationship and application strategy.
For eligible spouses, common-law partners and applicable partner sponsorship situations.
Spousal Sponsorship→Explore other family-class sponsorship options and current intake requirements.
Family Sponsorship→Combine an outland spousal sponsorship strategy with a priority visitor visa plan where it applies.
Outland + Visitor Visa→A complete assessment should compare federal, provincial, regional and family pathways together—not just one program name or a previous draw score.