Obtaining a valid job offer from a Canadian employer can greatly impact your chances of being invited to apply for permanent residence.
Having a job offer can get you an additional 50 or 200 CRS points depending on the skill level of the occupation:
Adaptability | Points |
|---|---|
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada | 15 |
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test) | 25 |
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills | 50 |
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential of one or two years | 15 |
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential three years or longer | 30 |
Arranged employment - NOC 00 | 200 |
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B | 50 |
Provincial or territorial nomination | 600 |
You can search through the NOC list of occupations in module 2 to see if your job offer will get you an additional 50 or 200 CRS points based on the Skill Type/Level of the occupation.
In many cases, obtaining a Canadian job offer will greatly increase your chances of receiving an ITA in a subsequent draw from the Express Entry pool. Further, having a job offer in Canada can potentially open up new options/pathways that can lead to permanent residence.
Find a job with Job Match
You can begin your job search by using the Canadian government’s online Job Bank, which is a database that can match you with Canadian employers looking for workers with particular skills.
To sign up for the Job Bank, you will need to provide your Express Entry profile number and Job Seeker Validation Code (which you received when you created your Express Entry profile).
The process of creating your account is as follows:
You can now use the Job Bank to search for a job in Canada and continue to use the Job Bank even after you have landed in Canada as a permanent resident.