Skilled Workers and Professionals

The Canadian skilled worker immigration programme is a points based system assessed on the following six factors:

• Education (up to 25 points)
• English and French language ability (up to 24 points)
• Work Experience (up to 21 points)
• Age (up to 10 points)
• Arranged Employment (up to 10 points)
• Adaptability (up to 10 points)

Applicants must attain at least 67 points in order to qualify for a permanent residence in Canada.

You must also meet the following minimum requirements to apply as a skilled worker:

• you have at least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment;
• your work experience must be Skill Type 0 (managerial jobs), A (professional jobs) or B (technical jobs and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC); and
• you must have had this experience within the last 10 years.
• Your work experience must be in a profession listed below (note there are many job titles under each of these headings):
  • Accommodation Service Managers
  • Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
  • College and Other Vocational Instructors
  • Chefs
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Cooks
  • Construction Managers
  • Contractors and Supervisors, Pipe Fitting Trades
  • Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
  • Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
  • Crane Operators
  • Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
  • Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)
  • Financial Auditors and Accountants
  • Financial Managers
  • General Practitioners and Family Physicians
  • Geological Engineers
  • Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
  • Head Nurses and Supervisors
  • Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
  • Industrial Electricians
  • Licensed Practical Nurses
  • Managers in Health Care
  • Medical Radiation Technologists
  • Mining Engineers
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Petroleum Engineers
  • Physiotherapists
  • Plumbers
  • Registered Nurses
  • Restaurant and Food Service Managers
  • Specialist Physicians
  • Steamfitters, Pipe Fitters and Sprinkler System Installers
  • Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying
  • Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service
  • Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities
  • University Professors
  • Welders and Related Machine Operators

If you are not on the above list of occupations and wish to emigrate to Canada you must have one of the following:

1. Arranged Employment Offer (AEO)
2. Labour Market Opinion and Work Permit (LMO/WP)
3. Provincial Nominee Certificate (PNP)

All of the above will require a job offer under current Canadian immigration regulations.

You also need to show that you have enough money to support yourself and your dependants after you arrive in Canada, and pass a medical examination and security and criminal checks.