Hi,

I have been in Canada since Feb 2018 under a work permit tied to my employer. Myself and my spouse are now applying for PR. I submitted our profile and we came our with a score of 430 which I understand is not high enough to be invited for PR. For the Canadian work experience - my score is 56. Under Other – CRA – Arranged employment – My score is zero. Should I be expecting this score to be 50? Based on the the fact that I have a job offer with my current employer?

Thanks in advance for your help!

It depends on the job offer, not all are eligible to qualify for the arranged employment points. Do you have a LMIA and if so, did you include the number for it when you set up your EE profile? Do you have a written job offer? What is your NOC code and is it a permanent job offer?

Hi, thanks for the response. It is a permanent written job offer and it is exempt from LMIA. The job code is 1111 for financial accountants. If I should be getting points for this, I can't see where I went wrong on the profile so is it worth deleting my profile and starting again?

How is your work permit exempt from needing a LMIA?

Hi, not sure but it was issued on this basis. So not sure if it is exempt due to the company or the profession!

OK, you need to find that out, as without a LMIA or a reason for the exemption you won't get the points - you'll need to provide proof of it being exempt. What does it say on your work permit? Just checking, but your employer is definitely named on it, it's not an open work permit?

Was it a company transfer maybe?

Thanks for your patience . Yes, it was a company transfer. But I don't see on the profile questionnaire where you would input this information? I have already answered the question regarding it being exempt.

Ah, ok.

When you selected the answer for the question about whether a positive LMIA was granted for your work permit, did you select the 'no' option or one of the 'no, the job is exempt' options - if so, which one?

Hi, I selected, 'no' the job is exempt'.