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CRS score at 28 with a master's degree and CLB 9

469 points, applying alone, with three or more years of skilled work outside Canada and none in Canada. French at NCLC 7 would take it to 531.

CRS scoreIRCC grid

469of 1,200

Cheapest gain: Listening to CLB 10+, +3

  • Age 28110
  • Education135
  • English, CLB 9 in all four124
  • Skill transferability100
  • Total469

Against the latest rounds

Canadian Experience Class: lowest score 51849 shortSep 29, 2026 · 2,000 invited
French-language proficiency: lowest score 382Needs NCLC 7Aug 19, 2026 · 5,000 invited · needs NCLC 7 in all four French skills

67,076 of the 229,904 profiles in the pool score 469 or more (29%).

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How this profile adds points, cheapest first

One more test sitting

  1. +12to 481
    English CLB 10 in all four skills

    The most English can give. Practise for the retake

  2. +3to 472
    Listening to CLB 10+

    English listening from CLB 9 to CLB 10+, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  3. +3to 472
    Reading to CLB 10+

    English reading from CLB 9 to CLB 10+, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  4. +3to 472
    Writing to CLB 10+

    English writing from CLB 9 to CLB 10+, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  5. +3to 472
    Speaking to CLB 10+

    English speaking from CLB 9 to CLB 10+, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

French to a test level

  1. +74to 543
    French NCLC 9 in all four skills

    The most a second language can add, plus the French bonus. Check your French level free

  2. +62to 531
    French NCLC 7 in all four skills

    NCLC 7 in all four French skills adds the French bonus and makes you eligible for French-language draws. Check your French level free

  3. +4to 473
    French NCLC 5 in all four skills

    Second-language points only; the French bonus starts at NCLC 7. Check your French level free

Time in Canada

  1. +40to 509
    One year of skilled work in Canada

    Only counts for work done in Canada with authorization.

  2. +30to 499
    A Canadian post-secondary credential of three years or longer

    Study points for a credential earned in Canada.

An application

  1. +600to 1069
    A provincial or territorial nomination

    A province picks you through its own stream; then Express Entry adds 600 points.

French adds 62 points here

The free French test checks your reading on TEF Canada and TCF Canada-style questions, no account. Then the course takes each skill to NCLC 7.

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How we work this out

Method

  1. This profile: applying alone, the age and degree shown, the same CLB level in all four English skills, three or more years of skilled work outside Canada, no work or study in Canada, no French, no nomination.
  2. Points come from IRCC's CRS grid. Each step in the plan is the same calculation with one thing changed.

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