Get your credentials assessed
If you obtained your education, work experience or professional credentials outside Canada, you will need to get your credentials assessed:
1. To immigrate as a Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)
2. To work in some jobs in Canada, including certain trades
3. To study
Credential assessment will help you: see whether your credentials are equivalent to the standards set for Canadian workers determine whether you need more training, education or Canadian work experience understand the types of jobs for which you might be qualified help employers understand your qualifications You can start the credential assessment and recognition process before you arrive in Canada. This takes time and costs money. Note: Having your educational credentials recognized to immigrate to Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker, to qualify to work in a particular occupation (including getting a license), and to find a job are each separate processes.
Determine your eligibility – Federal skilled workers
Skilled workers are people who are chosen as permanent residents based on their ability to prosper in Canada.
We assess federal skilled worker (FSW) applications based on the factors set out below.
A) Basic eligibility
We will only process your FSW application if you have:
- at least one year of continuous and paid (full-time or an equal amount in part-time) work experience
- in a single occupation,
- within the last 10 years,
- at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2011 edition of the Canadian National Occupational Classification(NOC)AND
- You have this work experience in one of the eligible occupations,OR
- You have a valid offer of arranged employment,OR
- You are an international student who is enrolled in a PhD program in Canada (or who graduated from a Canadian PhD program within the past 12 months) and meet these criteria.
- You have this work experience in one of the eligible occupations,
No matter what category above you apply to, you must meet ALL the minimum requirements below.
B) Minimum requirements
Work experience
If your application is eligible to be processed, we will then assess it to see if your work experience, as described above, is valid.
Your work experience must be:
- at least one year (1560 hours), full-time or an equal amount in part-time,
- paid work (volunteer work, unpaid internships, etc. do not count),
- in the same occupation, and
- within the last 10 years,
- at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2011 edition of the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC)
You must show that you did the duties set out in the lead statement of the occupational description in the NOC, including all the essential duties and most of the main duties listed. If you do not show that your experience meets the description in the NOC, we will refuse your application.
Language ability
You must meet minimum language levels and include the results of a language test from an agency approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) when you apply that shows you meet the minimum language requirement ofCanadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7.
Education
You must have:
- a Canadian diploma, certificate, or credentialOR
- a foreign educational credential, and an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) by an agency approved by CIC to show it is equal to a completed Canadian secondary or post-secondary educational credential.
About the application cap
Due to the large number of applications we get, we can only consider a limited number of applications per year. As of May 1, 2014, there is an overall cap of 25,500 for new federal skilled worker applications. This includes a cap of 500 applications from PhD students. There are also sub-caps of 1,000 for each of the 50 eligible occupations. The caps do not affect people with a valid job offer. These are the last applications we will accept under the current system beforeExpress Entry launches in January 2015.
C) Six selection factors
If you meet all the conditions set out in sections A and B above, we will process your application based on the six selection factors in the skilled worker points grid.1 They are:
Six selection factors – Federal skilled workers
If you are eligible to apply as a federal skilled worker, we will assess you on a point system based on six selection factors.
| Selection Factor | Maximum points |
|---|---|
| English and/or French skills | 28 |
| Education | 25 |
| Experience | 15 |
| Age | 12 |
| Arranged employment in Canada | 10 |
| Adaptability | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
| Pass mark: 67 out of 100 points | |
If your score is 67 points or higher, you may qualify to immigrate to Canada as a federal skilled worker.
If your score is lower than the pass mark of 67 points, you will not qualify to immigrate to Canada as a federal skilled worker. It is better not to apply at this time.
Principal applicant
If you are married or you live with a common-law partner, either you or your spouse can apply as the principal (main) applicant.
Look at each selection factor and see which one of you is most likely to meet the eligibility requirements and earn the most points. That person should apply as the principal applicant. The other person would apply as a dependant.
D) Proof of funds
You must also show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family after you arrive in Canada.
E) Inadmissibility
Some people are inadmissible—they are not allowed to come to Canada. Several things can make you inadmissible, including being involved in:
- crime, or
- human rights violations.
You can also be inadmissible for:
- security,
- health,
- financial reasons, or
- other reasons.
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