IRCC removed, with immediate effect on 27 March 2025, the arranged-employment points (50 or 200 CRS points) previously awarded in Express Entry for most LMIA-supported job offers. The change responded to evidence of LMIA misuse in for-sale job-offer arrangements. The 50 CRS points for provincial-nominee holders and certain other categories remained.
Express Entry candidates who previously relied on LMIA-based job offers for their CRS score.
Primary: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ↗
Corroborating: IRCC — Express Entry ↗
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