Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Profile questions, proof-of-funds controls, rankings, rounds and expiry rules can change. Update facts and verify the live account before relying on any score.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
- 01RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Identify the program basis to report
Review the current CEC, FSW and FST program pages and record the factual program basis the applicant plans to declare without treating the review as an eligibility verdict.
- Expected output
- A dated program-basis note linked to current official pages.
- Checkpoint
- The note records facts and unresolved controls; it does not claim that IRCC will find the applicant eligible.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Express Entry: Create your profile and enter the pool · www.canada.ca - 02RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Gather profile source records
Prepare passport, language results, ECA or Canadian education, applicant-selected NOC/TEER work history, status, family, provincial interest, job-offer and funds records used by the live profile.
- Expected output
- A profile-source index with valid identifiers and dates.
- Checkpoint
- Every time-limited record remains valid and each family member and material history period is included.
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Create the IRCC profile
Sign in to the applicant’s own IRCC account, start the Express Entry profile and enter exact facts from the prepared source records.
- Expected output
- A completed draft profile tied to the applicant’s account.
- Checkpoint
- Names, dates, report numbers, work periods and family composition match the source index.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Express Entry: Create your profile and enter the pool · www.canada.ca - 04RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Review NOC, dates and declarations
Before transmission, review every applicant-selected occupation code, duty record, work date, status, relationship, education and language declaration for consistency and disclose uncertainty rather than guessing.
- Expected output
- A dated pre-submission review of all profile sections.
- Checkpoint
- No value was invented to increase a score and no FileNorth suggestion replaced the applicant’s factual answer.
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Submit and retain the pool record
Submit the profile, retain the profile number, job-seeker or validation codes shown and the complete fact snapshot used on that date.
- Expected output
- An official submitted-profile and pool-entry record.
- Checkpoint
- Pool entry is not described as an invitation, nomination or permanent-residence approval.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Express Entry: Create your profile and enter the pool · www.canada.ca - 06RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Keep the profile current
Update passport, language, education, work, status, family, job-offer, nomination and funds changes before the profile expires and monitor only official invitation messages.
- Expected output
- A current change log and account-message file.
- Checkpoint
- The profile has not expired and every material change has been reflected before any invitation response.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Express Entry: Create your profile and enter the pool · www.canada.ca
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare passport and status records, accepted language results, ECA/education identifiers, applicant-selected NOC/TEER work dates and duties, job-offer or nomination records, funds and family history, the complete profile snapshot, profile/validation codes, change log and official account messages.