Skilled Workers and Professionals

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

1. Education (up to 25 points)
2. English and French language ability (up to 24 points)
3. Work Experience (up to 21 points)
4. Age (up to 10 points)
5. Arranged Employment (up to 10 points)
6. Adaptability (up to 10 points)
7. 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:

• Arranged Employment Offer (AEO)
• Labour Market Opinion and Work Permit (LMO/WP)
• 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.