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CRS – Skill Transferability – Foreign Work Experience

HassanH

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Apr 22, 2017
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Greetings,

I have an inquiry about a confusing score that I hope you guys can help with...

I recently applied for Express Entry under the FSW program, upon completion of my profile I received the following points for my work experience:
CRS – Skill Transferability – Foreign Work Experience : 25 points

And we know that, as per the website, you are awarded 25 points if you have 3+ years of work experience with "CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9" OR for 1-2 years of experience with "CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities".

As of today, my work experience is exactly 1 year, 11 months.
My IELTS General Training scores are:
Speaking 8.5 , Reading 8 , Listening 7.5, Writing 8
So my corresponding CLB levels are 10, 10, 8, 10.

Since I have one CLB below 9 (Listening), then I should have been awarded 13 points instead of 25. I was wondering if the system takes into account the high grades I got in the other sections and averages them with the Listening section, which is why I got an average of 25, or could it be an error ?

Appreciate your thoughts on this,

Thanks :)