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Express Entry

Applying for Express Entry

The Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program, three of Canada’s most popular immigration categories, are all managed through Express Entry.

Canada Experience Class

Those immigrants to Canada who are proven to be significant economic contributors are part of the Canada Experience Class (CEC). Staying in Canada for the allotted time, speaking English or French fluently, having relevant professional experience, and adjusting to Canadian culture are all essential for the Canadian Experience Class.

Canada Experience Class

Those immigrants to Canada who are proven to be significant economic contributors are part of the Canada Experience Class (CEC). Staying in Canada for the allotted time, speaking English or French fluently, having relevant professional experience, and adjusting to Canadian culture are all essential for the Canadian Experience Class.

Foreign nationals who have worked or studied in Canada and have acquired relevant experience are encouraged to apply for Canadian Experience Class status.

 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying for CEC should:

  • Be living outside Quebec Province.
  • Possess at least one year of comparable part-time skilled job experience.
  • Certified and legitimate work history
  • Apply while in Canada’s workforce or within a year of quitting employment.
  • Possess the necessary linguistic competencies (in speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and supporting documentation
  • Possess a current, valid passport.
  • Proof of your academic accomplishments
  • Prepare necessary paperwork
  • Medical certificate \Police certificate

Federal Skilled Worker

To qualify for this program, applicants must have job experience outside of Canada and a high level of education.
Therefore, the Federal Skilled Worker Program is meant for those with specific high-demand occupations outside Canada. The program evaluates applicants based on age, education level, language proficiency test scores (in English or French), work experience abroad, and adaptability factors such as previous employment in Canada or family living there.
Basic Requirements
Competent work history
Experience in 1 of the following Technically Equivalent Employment Roles (TEER) from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) constitutes skilled employment.
  • TEER 0
  • TEER 1
  • TEER 2
  • TEER 3
Professional job experience is required.
  • To qualify for a NOC occupation, you must provide evidence that, during the course of your primary occupation, you carried out the primary duties listed in the NOC’s lead statement for that occupation.
  • 1 year of full-time work, or 1,560 hours at 30 hours a week; other methods exist to meet this requirement.
  • At one place, total time: 30 hours a week times 12 months equals a full-time year’s work (1,560 hours)

Federal Skilled Trades

Qualified individuals in the skilled trades who wish to immigrate to Canada permanently can do so through the Federal Skilled Trades Program. 
We have the Federal Skilled Trades Program, which targets primarily skilled tradespeople like electricians or plumbers who possess specific qualifications, such as a valid job offer from an employer in Canada and meeting necessary language requirements. This program is proper highly for traders who have an intention of pursuing trading as a career too.
In order to qualify, you must

Attain the minimum standards for all language skills

  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Listening
  • Speaking

Working experience

  • Having worked in a skilled craft for at least 2 years full-time (or an equivalent amount of part-time employment) during the past 5 years, this work experience must have been for compensation (wages or commission) and not volunteer or unpaid internships.
  • Besides requiring a certificate of qualification, meet all of the National Occupational Classification’s requirements for employment in that skilled trade.
  • Hold a certificate of qualification in that skilled occupation issued by a Canadian provincial, territorial, or federal body OR a valid job offer of full-time employment for a cumulative term of at least 1 year.
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