The new labour-market integration factor compares two options: eligible Canadian work-length points plus one high-wage experience bonus, versus a qualifying high-wage job offer. Only the higher option counts. The maximum is 150 without an accompanying spouse, or 140 with one. Skill-transferability calculations still use actual Canadian work duration, not the high-wage bonus or an offer. IRCC scoring changes.

An accompanying spouse’s education, language and Canadian work may add up to 40 points. If your spouse is not accompanying, or is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, use the no-accompanying-spouse calculation. The new high-wage bonus is not an extra spouse-factor bonus. IRCC CRS criteria; November changes.

The following illustrations apply IRCC’s published formula. Six eligible months at 2× plus six at 1.5× yield the 40-point bonus, not 70; six at 1.5× plus six at 1.3× yield 20. Eleven high-wage months alone yield no bonus. With no accompanying spouse, one year in the 2× tier gives 40 + 70 = 110, so a 100-point offer does not add anything. With an accompanying spouse, that comparison is 35 + 70 = 105 versus 100. Formula and thresholds.

A qualifying 100-point offer and no Canadian work gives 100 in this factor, but does not invent a year of Canadian experience for skill transferability. Five eligible years plus a 70-point high-wage bonus yields 150 without an accompanying spouse or 140 with one. IRCC factor limits.

For CRS Canadian-work scoring, use qualifying work physically in Canada during the previous 10 years. It generally must be authorized, paid through wages or commission, in TEER 0–3, and match the NOC lead statement and a substantial number of main duties including all essential duties. Full-time student work and ordinary self-employment are excluded; temporary-resident status is required. Separate provisions cover NOCs 31100, 31101 and 31102 providing publicly funded medical services. Ministerial Instructions, section 15.

Eligible high-wage work may be non-continuous and spread across different eligible occupations. Cap concurrent work at 30 hours per week in total: 60 hours in a week does not create two weeks. Do not enter the same hours in two NOC rows. The helper estimates full-time-equivalent months; it does not verify calendar dates, work authorization or overlapping jobs. IRCC work-counting rules.

CRS ranking rules and admission to the Canadian Experience Class are separate tests. Do not use the CRS 10-year window as proof that you satisfy a program’s eligibility window. Physician exceptions require checking the applicable conditions rather than simply selecting “physician” in this simulator. CEC and physician guidance.

From November 3 an LMIA is not required for qualifying Express Entry job offers, and an LMIA does not add points or priority. Offers may concern a new or existing position with a new or existing employer. This Express Entry change does not itself grant authorization to work in Canada. IRCC job-offer guidance.

A qualifying offer generally must be recent, written, paid, full-time, non-seasonal, continuous work in Canada for at least one year after permanent residence. A work permit alone is not an offer. The general skilled-worker route uses one employer; the skilled-trades route may use up to two and has specific eligible occupations. Publicly funded physicians may have an exception to continuous employment and one-year duration. Requirements and exceptions.

IRCC must assess the employer’s active business, reasonable employment needs, ability to fulfil the offer and compliance with employment/recruitment laws, as well as your ability and likely intention to perform the work. Revoked offers no longer qualify. The simulator’s checkboxes are your assumptions, not an officer’s genuineness assessment. IRCC assessment criteria.

A valid non-high-wage offer may still support FSW or FST program eligibility while earning zero high-wage CRS offer points. Provincial-program offer requirements are assessed separately; the calculator does not establish that a provincial stream or work-permit route accepts your offer. Program eligibility versus CRS.

Review and accurately include a qualifying job offer before November 3. IRCC says existing profiles will be recalculated automatically, which can take up to two weeks, with invitation rounds paused during that process. This calculator cannot update your IRCC account and is not proof that IRCC has recalculated it. IRCC profile-update notice.

Only as of November 3, 2026: IRCC currently instructs candidates with a qualifying offer without an LMIA to use the temporary entries below while its form still asks for an LMIA. These are IRCC’s published system-workaround instructions, not a statement that an LMIA was actually issued. Recheck the live IRCC instructions before using them; do not use them to invent an offer or before the stated effective date. Official temporary instructions.

IRCC’s October 16 list uses 2023–2025 wage data, with each NOC assigned its highest qualifying level over those three years. It is based on occupation-wide median wages, not your individual salary, location-specific salary or job title alone. A pay rise does not move your NOC into another tier. IRCC methodology and list.

If IRCC changes the list after your invitation, it says it will keep the level that applied on your invitation date, including additions, removals and tier changes. This simulator uses the October 16 snapshot, not an archive of every invitation-date list. Verify your actual invitation-date version before relying on a post-ITA score. ITA-date treatment.

Transferability is capped at 100 overall, with education combinations capped at 50 and foreign-work combinations at 50. A trades certificate-of-qualification combination is not the same as any occupational licence. Additional factors are capped at 600: nomination cannot be stacked beyond that cap with French, Canadian education or sibling points. Official points grid.

The simulator derives French additional points from all four entered abilities: 25 for NCLC 7+ in French, plus another 25 when all English abilities are CLB 5+. A second-language total is capped at 22 with an accompanying spouse, or 24 without. Use valid test results and completed credentials; foreign education needs an appropriate ECA. Ministerial Instructions, including section 32; CRS grid.

Practical preparation: retain dated employer letters describing duties, hours, pay and dates; authorization/status records; test reports and ECAs; and the actual written offer with employer and occupation details. Check licensing evidence and physician or trades exceptions where relevant. This is a preparation checklist, not a complete personalized IRCC document checklist.

As checked October 16, the current Ministerial Instructions still state the pre-November 1,200 overall maximum and 500/460 core caps; that page does not yet contain the November amendments. The newer announcement publishes the 150/140 labour-market integration limits. The simulator therefore shows the announced component calculation as a preview, not a verified new overall maximum. If a future component subtotal exceeds 1,200, it flags the result for legal-cap verification instead of presenting it as a confirmed CRS total. Recheck the amended instructions at implementation. Current legal caps; Announced component limits.