June 5, 2017 – Significant changes to the determination of CRS points under the Canada Express Entry System will take effect from June 6, 2017.
Points will be awarded under the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) in two new areas including strong French language ability, and having a sibling in Canada.
A summary of the changes is as follows:
- More points for French
language Candidates will score 15 additional points for a
level 7 in listening, speaking, reading and writing in the Niveu de
Competence Liguistique Canadiens (NLC) combined with an English
score of 4 or below in the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB).
Those points will rise to 30 if the French level 7 is combined with an English level 5 or above.
The extra points are in addition to the existing language points. Up to 136 points can be awarded for a candidate's first official language, and 24 points for the second.
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