Way forward?

[AliRaza1]

Hello,

After a lot of thinking I have decided I am going to apply for the Canadian Express Entry. I have spent the entire day today browsing the CIC website. While it was very helpful, there are still some basic questions that I have not been able to find answers for. I am hoping people here could guide me.

My scenario: I would like my wife (a pharmacist) to be the main applicant. We are a young family (one 4 year old son). I am a Masters myself. I would like my wife to be the main applicant because I think this increases our chances of getting selected. We are from Pakistan.


My questions:

1) What is considered a good CRS score? Candidates with 300 - 400, do they have any chances of getting selected?

2) Do I (as the spouse) need to get all my educational certificates registered? Is it enough for me to just get my latest degree (Master's) assessed?


I understand my question may seem a bit naive but they are coming from somebody who has just started looking into this.


Thank you.

 

[manidhatt]

Hello,

After a lot of thinking I have decided I am going to apply for the Canadian Express Entry. I have spent the entire day today browsing the CIC website. While it was very helpful, there are still some basic questions that I have not been able to find answers for. I am hoping people here could guide me.

My scenario: I would like my wife (a pharmacist) to be the main applicant. We are a young family (one 4 year old son). I am a Masters myself. I would like my wife to be the main applicant because I think this increases our chances of getting selected. We are from Pakistan.


My questions:

1) What is considered a good CRS score? Candidates with 300 - 400, do they have any chances of getting selected?

2) Do I (as the spouse) need to get all my educational certificates registered? Is it enough for me to just get my latest degree (Master's) assessed?


I understand my question may seem a bit naive but they are coming from somebody who has just started looking into this.


Thank you.

At the moment and for the near future anything above 470 is considered as good score which can fetch you an ITA. If you're not around this score then you may consider PNP for each province which give you additional 600 points (after getting nominated by a province) which is a sure ITA.


Here is the crs tool

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

Play with this and see how much you two can score. Try putting your wife as main applicant first and then try again as you a primary applicant.

Rest, go through these forums and you will get a lot of knowledge regarding express entry.

Goodluck

 

[mgnlky]

You will only need to get your Masters degree evaluated since it will get you the highest points. I made the rookie mistake of getting my bachelors evaluated and later realized I wasted 200$.

 

[RockCan]

Hello,

After a lot of thinking I have decided I am going to apply for the Canadian Express Entry. I have spent the entire day today browsing the CIC website. While it was very helpful, there are still some basic questions that I have not been able to find answers for. I am hoping people here could guide me.

My scenario: I would like my wife (a pharmacist) to be the main applicant. We are a young family (one 4 year old son). I am a Masters myself. I would like my wife to be the main applicant because I think this increases our chances of getting selected. We are from Pakistan.


My questions:

1) What is considered a good CRS score? Candidates with 300 - 400, do they have any chances of getting selected?

2) Do I (as the spouse) need to get all my educational certificates registered? Is it enough for me to just get my latest degree (Master's) assessed?


I understand my question may seem a bit naive but they are coming from somebody who has just started looking into this.


Thank you.

First of all, I would like to say that your wife can't be a main applicant as she is a pharmacist, pharmacist has another requirement of having Canadian licence for pharmacist as well as a job offer (without LMIA) from a canadian employer. All other non-licenced profession only can claim their experience. Foreign Pharmacist experience doesn't count sadly.

 

[AliRaza1]

At the moment it seems getting nominated by a province is my family's only chance. I'll do some research and see where it takes me.

Thank you everyone for helping.