CRS score at 34 with a bachelor's degree and CLB 7
309 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 371.
CRS scoreIRCC grid
309of 1,200
Cheapest gain: Listening to CLB 8, +6
- Age 3483
- Education120
- English, CLB 7 in all four68
- Skill transferability38
- Total309
Against the latest rounds
219,420 of the 229,904 profiles in the pool score 309 or more (95%).
How this profile adds points, cheapest first
One more test sitting
- +105to 414English CLB 10 in all four skills
The most English can give. Practise for the retake
- +93to 402English CLB 9 in all four skills
CLB 9 in every skill also doubles the extra points for your degree and work abroad. Practise for the retake
- +6to 315Listening to CLB 8
English listening from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 315Reading to CLB 8
English reading from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 315Writing to CLB 8
English writing from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 315Speaking to CLB 8
English speaking from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
French to a test level
- +155to 464French NCLC 9 in all four skills
The most a second language can add, plus the French bonus. Check your French level free
- +62to 371French 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
- +4to 313French 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
- +78to 387One year of skilled work in Canada
Only counts for work done in Canada with authorization.
- +30to 339A Canadian post-secondary credential of three years or longer
Study points for a credential earned in Canada.
An application
- +600to 909A provincial or territorial nomination
A province picks you through its own stream; then Express Entry adds 600 points.
Your next birthday takes 6 points off your age score, so a sooner profile keeps them.
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
- 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.
- Points come from IRCC's CRS grid. Each step in the plan is the same calculation with one thing changed.
Sources
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Express Entry: Language test results
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Express Entry: Category-based selection
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Express Entry rounds of invitations
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