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Have you tried the CRS score simulator (CRS calculator tool)? http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

Your age will be a positive factor towards your CRS score.
Your short work experience and IELTS score won’t give you much CRS points. Did you give IELTS recently?

  1. The degree evaluations have to be done specifically for Canadian immigration; your US evaluations will not work. They also have to be recent.

  2. You need to evaluate your highest degree to get the score for that degree. You have to do it, there’s no way around it. If you have a bachelors and masters just evaluate the masters and make sure you only count that towards your CRS points. Education Credentials Assessment (ECA) for all degrees?

  3. Good question. Your job does sound like it comes under software engineer category NOC. Is your Masters in MIS? If your Bachelors education is in CS (?) and your job is in high-skilled data science I don’t see why not. However, this link states Database Analysts/Information Systems in a different NOC (2172 or 2171). But it also states that your job-requirement-education must be in relevant field. Now your masters is in IS and Bachelors is in? Correct me if I’m wrong but my understanding is your are not really a DBA but a proper software engineer doing big data stuff?

If you are getting the same number of CRS points for either 2173 or 2172 then it shouldn’t make a difference. You will need to get reference letters from employers stating detailed duties and responsibilities anyway and those should clarify, based on the link above, what NOC you fall under. @anon25417004 any thoughts?

  1. Try the CRS calculator tool on CIC website and see what it comes to. Cohen’s calculator should also work. Check https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/become-candidate/rounds-invitations/results-previous.html for latest CRS cutoff figures. You should be able to get an ITA in one of the rounds whenever the cutoff is/becomes lower than your score. However you should get the Masters ECA done ASAP since they require the ECA number for the profile to be submitted to the EE pool.

In my opinion most people don’t go for law firms, however it is your choice. Most people I know do it on our own since it’s transparent, everything is online, and not as complicated as the US immigration process. Honestly, I don’t really know if hiring a law firms makes it easier or not since I did it on my own.

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