CRS score at 40 with a bachelor's degree and CLB 7
276 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 338.
CRS scoreIRCC grid
276of 1,200
Cheapest gain: Listening to CLB 8, +6
- Age 4050
- Education120
- English, CLB 7 in all four68
- Skill transferability38
- Total276
Against the latest rounds
222,837 of the 229,904 profiles in the pool score 276 or more (97%).
How this profile adds points, cheapest first
One more test sitting
- +105to 381English CLB 10 in all four skills
The most English can give. Practise for the retake
- +93to 369English 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 282Listening to CLB 8
English listening from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 282Reading to CLB 8
English reading from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 282Writing to CLB 8
English writing from CLB 7 to CLB 8, the other three as they are. Practise for the retake
- +6to 282Speaking 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 431French NCLC 9 in all four skills
The most a second language can add, plus the French bonus. Check your French level free
- +62to 338French 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 280French 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 354One year of skilled work in Canada
Only counts for work done in Canada with authorization.
- +30to 306A Canadian post-secondary credential of three years or longer
Study points for a credential earned in Canada.
An application
- +600to 876A provincial or territorial nomination
A province picks you through its own stream; then Express Entry adds 600 points.
Your next birthday takes 11 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.
Similar profiles
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
Checked ; rounds to .