I literally just submitted my application 10 minutes ago and got a message saying “I am no longer eligible to be in the pool” and that I “don’t meet the minimum criteria”. When I used the ‘Come to Canada’ tool a few weeks back it said I was eligible for Express Entry. It’s also not showing any scores.
Profile wise I am single, 38, 7+ years US experience, IELTS 9, Masters and Bachelors from US
Is it a matter of waiting a bit or is this basically it? Also anyone know the latest CRS cut-off score? Thanks!
What do you mean “submitted your application”? For EE profile or just for the CRS calculator? What’s your score? Did you say “No” for the ECA question?
If you made a mistake and can’t determine why then just create a new profile from scratch with new email address and all the works, and then resubmit.
Thanks for the response. Yes I submitted my profile for Express Entry - the very first step so that they can determine if you are eligible for the pool or not. I did reply ‘No’ for the ECA question because the ECA is still in the works and from other threads on this forum I surmised that you can submit your profile without ECA and it won’t hurt your CRS - perhaps that is not correct?
Thanks for tip about creating with new e-mail address.
So it asks if you got an ECA done - however if you say ‘No’, it does not ask for ECA number and allows you to submit the EE Profile nonetheless. Only if you answer ‘Yes’ to the ECA question does it ask for the ECA number. That’s the flow, I checked with a new e-mail.
Hmm…that is weird; I’m not exactly sure if there’s a workaround. If you select “Yes” without entering a number does it let you go forward? This is kind of a gray-area since you are going to get ECA eventually, you can select “yes” if it lets you go forward without the number, since you are technically not misrepresenting anything. If the ECA number is mandatory, you will have to wait for the ECA. If you want to play it safe I’d say wait for the ECA. @anon25417004 any thoughts?
I suppose I could try selecting Yes and not putting in ECA as I am also just plain curious at this point - but am leaning towards playing it safe and waiting until I get ECA.
Update: I submitted my profile again after I got the WES certification and entered the certification details this time and it placed me in the pool. So moral of the story is submit your profile only after you get the ECA evaluation since you need to fill those details - don’t be fooled if the system lets you submit profile without ECA details since if you do so it will say you are ineligible.
Yes, ECA stands for Educational Credential Assessment. You have to get your highest degree evaluated from one of the designated ECA firms. The most popular one is WES Canada. This can be a little complicated based on where your degree is from and based on that what documents you will need to submit. There are various threads on there about this additionally the WES Canada website itself has a lot of information.Without an ECA you cannot claim the degree on your Express Entry application.
My wife and I submitted EE profile yesterday (my wife as the primary applicant as she got better IELTS scores) with 2173 as the job code. She is doing her MS (in US) now, so we got ECA/ WES only for her BE but did mention about her MS in the profile and selected the options which states that she is still studying MS and we don’t have ECA for it. (there is an option to select no ECA).
After submitting the application, it showed that we are eligible and gave us a score of 428 (we were expecting only 423, i guess the entry for MS gave the extra 5 points). While creating a profile in job bank, we realized 2174 would be a better fit, so we completed the job bank profile with 2174 yesterday and today morning we edited our EE profile and changed to 2174.
Within few mins, we received an email saying we are ineligible and not allowing us to do any changes to our profile. Wondering what could be the reason… is it coz of the different job codes in job bank & EE profile? No ECA for MS? or changes in job codes are not allowed after submitting the profile?
Any suggestions on what to do now? create a new profile with 2173? or wait till she completes her MS and get ECA done for it?
Some more back ground info:
We both have 8 yrs of exp from TCS.
Come to Canada tool says we are eligible.
CRS scores 423 (BE with ECA), 428 (MS (No ECA) & BE with ECA, this I found out only yesterday while applying). 467 (MS & BE with ECA)
You need to first decide on a code that matches your/her job responsibilities as will be stated on the reference letter (those should match whatever description you see in 2173/2174 or any other). If both of those code descriptions match her experience then go to CRS calculator and try entering both codes and see which one gives you more points. Make sure you get the reference letter than have her job duties similar to this code.
Once you decide on the NOC code, create another EE profile and this time select Bachelors and say Yes to ECA. If your resulting points are still similar to earlier points then it’s likely you will get ITA. Since she does not have a Masters yet you can’t get the ECA for that and selecting NO for ECA will most likely render the profile ineligible as others on this forum have experienced.
You can either wait to get the Masters degree (with ECA, as submitting without ECA can also render the profile ineligible) or submit with a bachelors with ECA right now.
- but am leaning towards playing it safe and waiting until I get ECA.