Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.

The application process includes a points system analysis and meeting mandatory requirements.

Federal skilled worker applications are assessed for eligibility according to the criteria set out below

For your application to be eligible for processing, you must:include the results of your official language proficiency test, AND have a valid offer of arranged employment, OR have one year of continuous full-time paid work experience in at least one of the occupations listed here OR since November 5th  2011 be an international student enrolled in a PhD program in Canada (or graduated from a Canadian PhD program within the past 12 months) and meet certain criteria.

New changes from July 1st 2011 If you are applying under one of the 29 eligible occupations, as of July 1, 2011, a maximum of 10,000 Federal Skilled Worker applications will be considered for processing in the following 12 months. Within the 10,000 cap, a maximum of 500 federal skilled worker applications per eligible occupation will be considered for processing each year. These limits do not apply to applications with an offer of arranged employment.

For latest availabilty and number of visas issued in each category by Canadian Government  CLICK HERE

LATEST NEWS: MAY 8TH 2012

The cap has been reached. CIC has received 10,000 complete Federal Skilled Worker applications for processing since July 1, 2011.

If new Ministerial Instructions are not issued before July 1, 2012, the current cap of 10,000 new applications will re-set on that date.

Skilled worker with at least one year full-time (or equivalent ) paid work experience in last ten years are also eligible for Canadian immigration if their occupation is listed under the NOC shortage occupation list. Currently listed occupations are:- 

Current Shortage Occupation List    29 OCCUPATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FEDERAL SKILLED WORKER CATEGORY  These occupations are all Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification list.    Click on occupation for more details as to job titles, qualifications and duties expected to have been performed. 0631 Restaurant and Food Service Managers 0811 Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture) 1122 Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management 1233 Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners 2121 Biologists and Related Scientists 2151 Architects 3111 Specialist Physicians 3112 General Practitioners and Family Physicians 3113 Dentists 3131 Pharmacists 3142 Physiotherapists 3152 Registered Nurses 3215 Medical Radiation Technologists 3222 Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists 3233 Licensed Practical Nurses 4151 Psychologists 4152 Social Workers 6241 Chefs 6242 Cooks 7215 Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades 7216 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades 7241 Electricians (Except Industrial & Power System) 7242 Industrial Electricians 7251 Plumbers 7265 Welders & Related Machine Operators 7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics 7371 Crane Operators 7372 Drillers & Blasters - Surface Mining, Quarrying & Construction 8222 Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service

Points System    In addition to above eligibility criteria, skilled workers  also need to obtain minimum 67 points of the basis of :-    Education  Abilities in English and French languages  Work experience  Age  Arranged employment  Adaptability

Mandatory Requirements    Eligible applicants also need to:-   Demonstrate proof of enough money to support himself and dependents after arriving in Canada.  Pass medical examination.  Pass security and criminal checks.  Mandatory language tests are required for all skilled worker applications. Citizenship and Immigration Canada now only accepts designated third-party language tests as proof of language ability.

The cap has been reached. CIC has received 10,000 complete Federal Skilled Worker applications for processing since July 1, 2011.

However, certain applications are still eligible for processing. From now until June 30, 2012, we will only consider applications:

• with an offer of arranged employment, or
• submitted under the PhD stream (see below) until the cap of 1000 applications is reached.

The cap has been reached. CIC has received 10,000 complete Federal Skilled Worker applications for processing since July 1, 2011.

However, certain applications are still eligible for processing. From now until June 30, 2012, we will only consider applications:

• with an offer of arranged employment, or
• submitted under the PhD stream (see below) until the cap of 1000 applications is reached.

Skilled Worker Asessment Form

If your work experience falls in any of the above occupations and you wish to confirm the legal merits of submitting a Canadian immigration application. Click image on left  and complete the form for feedback.

We will only contact  you if there is potential in filing a permanant residence application.