These are the types of senior managers who might have received ITAs in Canada’s new Express Entry category

Express Entry round: CRS score 429 On March 5, Canada held its first Express Entry draw under the senior managers with Canadian work experience category, issuing 250 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) at a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 429. This article will provide fictional examples of candidates who could have been invited. See your eligibility for all Express Entry streams Entering Canada through an Intra-Company Transfer work permit Anna Bure is a 37-year-old professional from Poland with extensive experience in logistics and transportation management for a leading freight company. She worked for 12 years in management roles before being promoted to director of logistics for the company’s operations in North America (NOC 00015). She is transferred to the Canadian office through an Intra-Company Transfer work permit , and works in this position for a year. She has a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management outside Canada, and advanced English skills (CLB 9). With over a year of Canadian work experience in a senior leadership role , here is what her score looks like: CRS scoring factor Anna's qualification Anna’s score Core points Age 37 66 Education Bachelor’s degree 120 Official language proficiency (English) CLB9 124 Official language proficiency (French) NA 0 Canadian work experience 1 year 40 Skill transferability Post-secondary degree + Language ability Bachelor’s degree + CLB 9 25 Canadian work experience + post-secondary degree 1 year of Canadian work experience + Bachelor’s degree 13 Foreign work experience + Language proficiency 12 years of foreign work experience + CLB 9 50 Foreign work experience + Canadian work experience 12 years of foreign work experience +1 year of Canadian work experience 25 Total Skill Transferability 88* Total 438 *Skill transferability factors have a capped maximum score of 100, meaning that regardless of how many points a candidate scores based on the skills criteria, they can only earn a maximum total score of 100 for all of their skill transferability factors. Getting a high-profile job offer in Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Mindy Cho is an operations professional who has worked with a leading grocery store chain in different parts of the world, including China, France, and the United Kingdom. Having worked 15 years, she is headhunted for the role of vice president of operations (NOC 00014) at a grocery store chain in Canada that specializes in international food brands. The company organizes for her to move to Canada under the high-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) . She works in Canada for two years under this program. Mindy has a bachelor’s degree in business, intermediate English skills (CLB 8), and intermediate French skills. CRS scoring factor Mindy's qualification Mindy’s score Core points Age 39 55 Education Bachelor's degree 120 Official language proficiency (English) CLB 8 92 Official language proficiency (French) NCLC8 12 Canadian work experience 2 years 53 Skill transferability Post-secondary degree + Language ability Bachelor’s degree + CLB 8 13 Canadian work experience + post-secondary degree 2 year of Canadian work experience + Bachelor’s degree 25 Foreign work experience + Language proficiency 15 years of foreign work experience + CLB 8 25 Foreign work experience + Canadian work experience Over 15 years of foreign work experience +2 year of Canadian work experience 50 Total Skill Transferability 88 Additional Points French language skills NCLC 8 50 Total 470 See your eligibility for all Express Entry streams Study to PR Pathway Faiz Rahman is a single 40-year-old working professional with 12 years of experience working in Singapore as a real estate developer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting. Faiz moves to Canada to pursue a master’s of Business Administration (MBA), also taking the opportunity to visit his sister, Aisha, a Canadian permanent resident. Following the completion of this program, Faiz gets a three-year Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) and gets a job as a general manager at a Canadian real estate management company (NOC 00012). After working there for a year and a half, a competing real estate firm taps him for general manager, and he completes a year of work experience in that position. Faiz’s CRS score is as follows. CRS scoring factor Faiz's qualification Faiz’s score Core points Age 40 50 Education MBA 135 Official language proficiency (English) CLB 8 92 Official language proficiency (French) NA 0 Canadian work experience 2 years 53 Skill transferability Post-secondary degree + Language ability MBA + CLB 8 25 Canadian work experience + post-secondary degree 2 years of Canadian work experience +MBA 50 Foreign work experience + Language proficiency 12 years of foreign work experience + CLB 8 25 Foreign work experience + Canadian work experience 12 years of foreign work experience +2 year of Canadian work experience 50 Total Skill Transferability 100 Additional Factors Sibling in Canada Sibling in Canada 15 Canadian education credential Canadian credential of 3 years or longer 30 Total 475 Moving to Canada through a Spousal Open Work Permit Emmanuel Mensa is a married 35-year-old human resources professional from Ghana. Emmanuel has a two-year post-secondary credential from Ghana and nine years of experience working in Human Resources. Over the course of his career, he advanced to the role of senior HR manager. He has advanced English proficiency (CLB 9). Emmanuel moved to Canada after his wife received a tenure-track job offer as a professor at a Canadian university. Because her occupation is classified as TEER 1, Emmanuel was eligible for a Spousal Open Work Permit (SOWP), allowing him to accompany her to Canada and work without restriction to a single employer. After arriving in Canada, Emmanuel secured a position as vice president of human resources at a Canadian bank (NOC00012), where he now has one year of Canadian work experience. His wife holds a PhD and has advanced English proficiency (CLB 10). She also has one year of Canadian work experience as a university professor. Based on their human capital factors and work experience, Emmanuel and his wife’s scores are as follows: CRS scoring factor Emmanuel's qualification Emmanuel’s score Core points Age 35 70 Education Two year program at a university, college, trade or technical school 91 Official language proficiency (English) CLB 9 116 Official language proficiency (French) 0 0 Canadian work experience 1 year 35 Skill transferability Post-secondary degree + Language ability Two year program + CLB9 25 Canadian work experience + post-secondary degree 1 year of Canadian work experience + two year program 13 Foreign work experience + Language proficiency 9 years of foreign work experience + CLB9 50 Foreign work experience + Canadian work experience 9 years of foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience 25 Total skill transferability 88 Spousal factors Spouse’s level of education PhD 10 Spouse’s official language proficiency CLB10 20 Spouse’s Canadian work experience 1 year 5 Total 435 See your eligibility for all Express Entry streams