Express Entry is the online system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) to manage and process Immigration Applications from skilled workers in the following three Immigration programs:
- the Canadian Experience Class
- the Federal Skilled Worker Program
- the Federal Skilled Trades Program
In category-based rounds of invitations, IRCC invites candidates in the Express Entry pool who are eligible for a specific category to apply for permanent residence. Category-based selection allows Canada to invite candidates with the skills and experience needed to fill critical labour gaps in key sectors and occupations.
Categories for 2026
The new categories are
- medical doctors with Canadian work experience
- researchers with Canadian work experience
- senior managers with Canadian work experience
- transport occupations
- skilled military recruits who have a job offer from the Canadian Armed Forces
The renewed categories are
- French-language proficiency
- health care and social services occupations
- education occupations
- science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations
- trade occupations
The minimum work experience required for all renewed categories has been increased from six months to one year of experience in an eligible occupation, gained in Canada or abroad over the previous three years.
If you would like to have your eligibility to immigrate to Canada assessed or reassessed by our firm, we invite you to complete our Express Entry Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire at:
https://www.akcanada.com/assessment1.php
Our Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire is on a secure server; therefore, any information that you might provide to our firm cannot be viewed by anyone else on the Internet and all information provided to Abrams & Krochak will be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Our Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire is designed to enable our firm’s team of lawyers to assess your qualifications for Immigration to Canada in accordance with Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s selection criteria, at no charge to you, usually within a few hours but no more than one (1) business day from the time that your completed Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire is received. Business days in Canada are from 09:00 to 17:00, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. If Abrams & Krochak determines that we can assist you to immigrate to Canada, a member of our firm will provide you with a detailed breakdown of Abrams & Krochak’s fees and services, via e-mail.
We look forward to receiving your completed Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire and to hopefully seeing you soon in Canada!