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Skilled Workers Application - Federal Skilled Worker VISA
The Federal Skilled Worker visa is designed for individuals who have the qualifications, skills or experiences to fill Canada's skill shortages and contribute to the Canadian economy. Up to 100,000 Skilled Worker Visas will be made available between 2009 and 2010.
Applicants to the Federal Skilled Worker visa demonstrate that they meet the minimum visa requirements including having work experience in a designated occupation, a Canadian job offer, or be a foreign worker or student currently living in Canada. In addition, applicants must meet the pass mark on a points-based assessment. Successful applicants will obtain Canadian permanent residence, which will entitle them to live and work in Canada with few restrictions. Canadian permanent residents may also be eligible for Canadian citizenship.
Skilled workers who have the required education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other attributes that will help them to establish themselves successfully in Canada.
To be able to apply as a skilled worker under the current rules:
• You must have at the least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or its equivalent in part-time continuous work experience. Your work experience must be:
• Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations), or
• Skill Level A (professional occupations), or
• Skill Level B (technical occupations and skills trades)
[as defined in the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC)]
• You must have had this experience within the last 10 years
An application for a skilled worker applicant will be assessed on the basis of six selection factors. The six selection factors are:
• Education
• Abilities in English and/or French
• Work experience
• Age
• Arranged employment
• Adaptability
Improvements made to Canada’s Immigration System
FAST TRACK PROCESS
Federal skilled worker applications received on or after February 27, 2008, will now be assessed for eligibility according to the criteria set out in the instructions. If an application does not meet the criteria, it will not be processed, and the application fee will be fully refunded. New federal skilled worker applicants, including those with arranged employment, should receive a decision within six to 12 months.
According to the instructions, applications are eligible for processing if they:
• include an offer of arranged employment, or
• are from a foreign national living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student; or
• are from a skilled worker who has at least one year of experience under one or more of the 38 occupations listed at www.cic.gc.ca/eligible.
The occupations fall under high-demand areas such as health, skilled trades, finance and resource extraction.
The Action Plan for Faster Immigration’s instructions comply with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In addition, they do not apply to refugee and family applicants.
The eligibility criteria outlined in the Action Plan for Faster Immigration’s instructions for processing federal skilled worker applications are meant to reflect Canada’s labour market needs. The instructions can be adjusted over time as the labour market changes, in consultation with provinces, territories and stakeholders.
There are also many other ways to immigrate to Canada. People who are not successful through the Federal Skilled Worker Program may qualify under another category.
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