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Express Entry's Labour Market Integration Factor: Navigating the New CRS Points for High-Wage Occupations

A session for immigration practitioners on navigating the newly announced Express Entry CRS changes, including the Labour Market Integration Factor and new points for high-wage occupations.

  • Instructor

Andrew Carvajal

  • Date

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  • Price

Free

  • Duration

Approx. 1 hour

  • Format

Attend Live Online and On-Demand Recording

The live session is full

We’ve reached capacity for the live session on October 27, so registration is closed for now. The course will open for enrolment again once the recording is available.

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Summary

The first stage of the Express Entry reforms takes effect on November 3. This free session, led by Andrew Carvajal, walks through the new labour market integration factor: how high-wage occupations are defined and listed, the two routes to the new points, the new definition of a qualifying job offer, the genuineness assessment officers will apply, and what to do with a client's Express Entry profile before November 3.

Course outline

  • Stage of Express Entry reforms
    • Reforms announced earlier this year vs. what will be implemented on November 3
    • What the first stage covers and what is still to come
  • High-wage occupations
    • How they are defined: the occupation’s median wage, not the candidate’s salary
    • The three wage levels and how the list is built and updated
    • Lock-in at ITA
  • The new points for the labour market integration factor
    • Route 1: Canadian work experience bonus (70, 40 or 20)
    • Route 2: job offer points (100, 70 or 50)
    • Examples comparing the two routes
  • The new definition of a qualifying job offer
    • Before vs. after November 3
    • Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades eligibility
  • Genuineness assessment and evidentiary burden
    • The officer’s five factors
  • Profile strategy before November 3
    • Automatic recalculation covers work experience, not job offers
    • How to update a client's Express Entry profile
  • Critical perspective and what comes next
    • Risk of a flood of weak or fraudulent offers
    • Invitation pause and expected cut-off scores

CPD credits

Not for CPD Credit

Single course
Free

What is included

  • Attendance at the live webinar
  • Access to recorded webinar for a limited time

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