Why am I not eligible?
- Thread starter Jim_Ca
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Hi Jim_Ca,
review the common reasons for profile ineligibility below to see if any of the apply to you:
Common Reasons for Express Entry Profile Ineligibility
This guide is only relevant to persons who expect to be eligible under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) or Canadian Experience Class (CEC) programmes, NOT the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) programme
Intended Destination/Province
- You indicated Quebec as your intended destination/province
- If you’re applying under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) programme, you don’t have at least 67 out of 100 points on the FSW eligibility grid: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp
- If you’re applying under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) programme AND your educational credential(s) are foreign (i.e. not completed in Canada)…
- you indicated you haven’t completed an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) to determine the Canadian equivalency for your foreign educational credentials
- you indicated your Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is older than 5 years old
- you indicated you haven’t completed an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) to determine the Canadian equivalency for your foreign educational credentials
- If you’re applying under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) programme, AND don’t have VALID arranged employment in Canada (check here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/offer.asp)
- you did not indicate enough settlement funds to qualify (a single applicant, currently, has to show they CAD$12,300 or more for settlement purposes; if you have dependents (accompanying or not), you need to show more, depending on how many dependents you have)
- You indicated '8' or something similar in the section asking about your hours of work, instead of 37.5 or 40 (or a 'full-time' equivalent number), resulting in the system not calculating your years of full-time work experience correctly
- If you’re applying under either the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) or the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) programmes…
- your primary NOC Code is not Skill Type/Level 0, A or B
- If you’re applying under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) programme, you do not have…
- at least one (1) year of FULL-TIME work experience (or the part-time equivalent)
- that was continuous (it doesn’t have not interrupted by employment breaks other than normal vacation / sick/ personal leave, etc.)
- that was paid
- under your primary NOC Code (which must be Skill Type/Level 0, A or B)
- within the last ten (10) years
- at least one (1) year of FULL-TIME work experience (or the part-time equivalent)
- If you’re applying under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) programme, you do not have…
- at least one (1) year of FULL-TIME work experience in Canada (or the part-time equivalent)
- in one or more Skill Type/Level 0, A, or B NOC Codes
- within the last three (3) years
- at least one (1) year of FULL-TIME work experience in Canada (or the part-time equivalent)
- Your language test results are older than 2 years old
- If you’re applying under the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) programme…
- you didn’t attain at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) equivalency level 7 across EACH of the 4 language abilities on your language test (Note: CLB equivalency levels are not the same as the raw IELTS Score - see conversion of IELTS Scores to CLB Equivalency levels here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/language/charts.asp)
- If you’re applying under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) programme…
- you didn’t attain at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) equivalency level 7 across EACH of the 4 language abilities on your language test, if your primary NOC is Skill Type/Level 0 or A
- you didn’t attain at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) equivalency level 5 across EACH of the 4 language abilities on your language test, if your primary NOC is Skill Type/Level B
- you didn’t attain at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) equivalency level 7 across EACH of the 4 language abilities on your language test, if your primary NOC is Skill Type/Level 0 or A
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