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CRS score at 35 with a master's degree and CLB 8

354 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 416.

CRS scoreIRCC grid

354of 1,200

Cheapest gain: Listening to CLB 9, +8

  • Age 3577
  • Education135
  • English, CLB 8 in all four92
  • Skill transferability50
  • Total354

Against the latest rounds

Canadian Experience Class: lowest score 518164 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

202,000 of the 229,904 profiles in the pool score 354 or more (88%).

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How this profile adds points, cheapest first

One more test sitting

  1. +94to 448
    English CLB 10 in all four skills

    The most English can give. Practise for the retake

  2. +82to 436
    English 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

  3. +8to 362
    Listening to CLB 9

    English listening from CLB 8 to CLB 9, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  4. +8to 362
    Reading to CLB 9

    English reading from CLB 8 to CLB 9, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  5. +8to 362
    Writing to CLB 9

    English writing from CLB 8 to CLB 9, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

  6. +8to 362
    Speaking to CLB 9

    English speaking from CLB 8 to CLB 9, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake

French to a test level

  1. +144to 498
    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 416
    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 358
    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. +90to 444
    One year of skilled work in Canada

    Only counts for work done in Canada with authorization.

  2. +30to 384
    A Canadian post-secondary credential of three years or longer

    Study points for a credential earned in Canada.

An application

  1. +600to 954
    A provincial or territorial nomination

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

Your next birthday takes 5 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

  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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