Hello all,

I am just after some advice on the best way for my husband and I to move to Canada with our 3 children (8, 4 & 1). This is something we have wanted to do for a while but have never actually looked into it until now and feel a bit lost in all the information as to whats the best way for us. Our background is; I am educated to Masters Degree level and have worked in HR/recruitment administrator roles for the past 2 years. My Husband works in car production in a supervisor based role and has been doing this for roughly 5 years. He has also started an open uni degree in business and has completed his first year.

I have calculated our CRS which comes out at 456 and foreign skilled worker score element is 72. However, when checking eligibility for EE using their eligibility questionnaire this states we are not eligible which is confusing as we seem to score ok using the CRS questions?

Any advice would be appreciated? Thanks!

Have you put in language test results?

yes, we haven’t undertaken any tests as of yet as we would only want to pay to do these if we had a good chance, so i put second to highest marks to not be over confident. Unsure why the questionnaire says we are ineligible when all others seem to suggest we have a good chance?

Are you saying you’ve got an ECA? And what amount are you putting for proof of funds?

to qualify for FSW you need to score 76 on the FSW point scheme. CRS is only applicable once you qualify. That being said it’s unusually to score well on CRS but not on FSW.

Think you’ve got your numbers back to front....the qualifying score for FSW is 67, not 76.

haha oh yea, doh

I figured out, the proof of funds is where I was going wrong! I was rounding it to $25k for the sake of the questionnaire and this is what was making me ineligible, now I understand you need to meet the very specific figure they suggest per number of people which we are now going to save further for. Thanks for you help everyone!

Thought that might be it! It’s usually something simple like that. Worth noting the the POF amount is considered by most to be ludicrously low, so do aim for as much over it as you can. It won’t last long unfortunately! There are a few threads around with cost of moving figures which may be useful.

Good luck.