Common Myths about Express Entry system in Canada

Express Entry is a transparent and competitive immigration program which ranks all suitable and qualified applicants against each other and then invites the best applicants to apply for permanent resident status in Canada. Candidates score against each other on the grounds of their age, qualifications, language skills, job experience and other considerations. Express Entry is the key driving force of economic immigration to Canada, but many people planning to immigrate via Express Entry are driven down the wrong path by some common misunderstandings.

Before applying applicants must get the misconceptions cleared regarding the Express Entry System in Canada. We have highlighted few myths below that you must read.

Myth 1: Everyone can submit an Express Entry Profile
One of most popular misunderstanding we notice, just under Express Entry is that everyone can build an Express Entry profile. Unfortunately this is not true. Only those who meet the criteria under the categories - Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program or Canadian Experience Class requirements are eligible to develop Express Entry Profiles. If you don't meet the requirements of any of these programs', then you will find yourself ineligible for Express Entry. Just because you fulfill a certified language test and get an educational credential evaluation, these documents alone will not imply you are fulfilling all the criteria of one of those three programs.
Myth 2: Express Entry program is a lottery system.
Express Entry does not represent a lottery system. Invitation rounds, also known as draws, there is no randomization. Applicants are allowed to rely on their CRS score only. You will not obtain an Invitation to apply, if you do not obtain the minimum CRS score necessary for a round of invitations.
Myth 3: If you build an Express Entry profile you will get an invitation to immigrate to Canada
Not everyone who builds an eligible Express Entry profile will receive an invitation to Apply, for the Canadian Permanent Residence application. Express Entry Profiles is available for just 12 months. Applicants should update Express Entry Profiles every 12 months, but they will never obtain an Invitation to Apply unless they can raise their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score if their Comprehensive Ranking System score is too small. The Express Entry system is not a lottery system, and candidates are not randomly selected — they are chosen based on their CRS score. Potential applicants may check preceding draw results to see whether or not their score will be able to compete.
Myth 4: To raise their CRS ranking, anyone should apply for a provincial nomination
While there are Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) in place in each of the provinces (except Quebec) and two of Canada's territories, every one of us is not eligible to apply for these programs. Most PNP streams the provinces and territories are offering require applicants to get a job offer in place. For some PNP streams, the provinces that do not demand a job offer take a glance at other factors including the applicant's primary National Occupational Classification (NOC) code, the Comprehensive Ranking System score, and any associations they may have to the particular province or territory.
Myth 5: Everyone uploading an Express Entry profile requires provincial nomination
In an Express Entry Profile provincial nomination is not required. A provincial nomination can add 600 points to the CRS score of a candidate, so those candidates whose CRS score is still high enough to be selected by themselves does not require a provincial nomination. In provincial nominations cost adds additional money in provincial government fees, and can end up taking longer time to process. Candidates who accept a provincial nomination must also show their purpose and willingness to live and work in the province that issued the provincial nomination to them.
Myth 6: Languages Scores are not mandatory if you speak English or French.
All applicants who build an Express Entry profile must take an authorized French or English language proficiency test. It doesn't matter whether you've done a certificate or masters in French or English, or lived in a country where the first language is English or French. Several candidates assume that their score will be automatically high as possible, as soon as they write the required authorized test and get the lowest possible scores easily required for their immigration program. That is not true at all, only those candidates can apply who accomplish a Canadian Language Benchmark. The way the CRS score works is simple, (CLB) level 9 will have higher CRS scores than those who meet the minimum requirements and for those who reach CLB level 10 will have even more points awarded.
Myth 7: You must have a job offer in hand to build an Express Entry profile
Not all the applicants are expected to be taken into consideration for an Express Entry job offer. You don't always require a job offer from a Canadian employer probably depends on for which immigration program individuals are eligible. For Federal Skilled Workers, certain candidates may require a specific job offer to reach the benchmark of minimum FSW points; however other candidates achieve the benchmark without a job offer. For Federal Skilled Trades, applicants may need a valid job offer to fulfill the minimum program criteria, but no job offer is needed if they have a certification of qualification provided by a provincial or territorial authority in Canada to practice their profession. Those candidates who do have a valid job offer will receive a further 50 or 200 points on their CRS score depends entirely on the NOC skill level of their job. To sum up, having an Express Entry profile doesn't necessarily include a job offer, so it increases the odds of being eligible to apply for permanent residency.
Myth 8: Express entry profile may only be generated for only one partner/spouse
Where an applicant is married or in a common-law relationship, their spouse or partner can also develop an Express Entry profile as long as they fulfill the criteria of the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program or the Canadian Experience Class. Couples generally select one person as their principal applicant based on who among them is getting the higher CRS score. However, it may be advantageous for both partners to create a profile if both are qualified to do so, because the person with the lower CRS score may actually be eligible for different PNPs, nearly doubling the opportunities of the couple acquiring a provincial nomination.
Myth 9: Excluding family from an Express Entry profile
When developing an Express Entry profile, the applicant must state, if relevant, their spouse or partner and whether or not they will be accompanied by the spouse or partner. If the applicant receives an Invitation to Apply, they will be asked to declare the information about their spouse or partner and any dependents, if applicable. That covers parental kids, adoptive kids, and step-children. Both spouses or partners and minor children may receive permanent status of residence with the applicant as long as they are not considered to be impermissible in Canada.
Myth 10: Express Entry limits your place of residence in Canada
Workers and families sincerely wish to immigrate to Canada into any of the Federal Skilled Workers Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, or Canadian Experience Class can use the Express Entry system. Candidates may also meet the criteria for a provincial nomination when they're in the Express Entry system. If you are invited to apply via Express Entry, you can consider moving to anywhere else in Canada except Quebec. Those who would like to immigrate to Quebec are suggested not to use the Express Entry System.

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