Immigrate To Canada

Express Entry Express Entry is an online system that is used to manage immigration applications from skilled workers. There are 3 immigration programs managed through Express Entry

1. Canadian Experience Class 

The Canadian Experience Class is for skilled workers who have Canadian work experience and want to become permanent residents.

Minimum Requirements:
You must

• meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability
  • writing
  • reading
  • listening
  • speaking
• have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last 3 years before you apply

Education
There is no education requirement for the Canadian Experience Class.

• If you went to school in Canada, you can get points for a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian
  • secondary institution (high school) or
  • post-secondary institution

or

• If you have foreign education, you can get points for:
  • a completed foreign credential, and
  • an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report for immigration purposes from a designated organization

Language ability
You must:

• meet the minimum language level of:
  • CLB 7 for NOC 0 or A jobs or
  • CLB 5 for NOC B jobs
• take approved language tests for:
  • Writing,reading, listening and speaking
• describe the test results in your Express Entry profile

2. FEDERAL SKILLED WORKER PROGRAM
This program is for skilled workers with foreign work experience who want to immigrate to Canada permanently. Federal Skilled Worker Pro

This program has minimum requirements for:

• skilled work experience
• language ability
• education

You must meet all the minimum requirements to be eligible.

Skilled work experience
Your skilled work experience must be

• in the same type of job (have the same NOC) as the job you want to use for your immigration application (called your primary occupation)
• within the last 10 years
• paid work (have been paid wages or earned commission—volunteer work or unpaid internships don’t count)
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Language ability
You must:

• get a minimum score of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7 in all 4 abilities
• enter the test results in your Express Entry profile

Education
If you went to school in Canada, you must have a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian:

• secondary institution (high school) or
• post-secondary institution

If you have foreign education, you must have:

• a completed credential
• and an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) for immigration purposes from a designated organization

Proof of funds
You must show that you have enough money for you and your family to settle in Canada.

3. Federal Skilled Trades Program
The Federal Skilled Trades Program is for skilled workers who want to become permanent residents based on being qualified in a skilled trade.

Minimum requirements
To be eligible, you must

• meet the required language levels for each language ability
  have at least 2 years of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work experience) in a skilled trade within the 5 years before you apply
• meet the job requirements for that skilled trade as set out in the National Occupational Classification, except for needing a certificate of qualification
• have a
  • valid job offer of full-time employment for a total period of at least 1 year or
  • certificate of qualification in that skilled trade issued by a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal authority

Education
There is no education requirement for the Federal Skilled Trades Program. But, if you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool, there are 2 ways you can do this.

• If you went to school in Canada, you can get points for a certificate, diploma or degree
  or
• If you have foreign education, you can get points for a completed educational credential, if you have an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report for immigration purposes from a designated organization

Language ability
You must meet the minimum score of Canadian Language Benchmark 5 for speaking and listening, and Canadian Language Benchmark 4 for reading and writing.

Proof of funds
You must show that you have enough money for you and your family to settle in Canada.

Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
This program is for workers who

• have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
• want to live in that province and
• want to become permanent residents of Canada

Each province and terriTORRY has its own “streams” (immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements. 
 You must

• meet the eligibility requirements of the province or territory and
• submit an Express Entry profile and show that you meet the minimum criteria for Express Entry, including being eligible for one of the immigration programs it covers.

Choose a province or territory
To be nominated by a province or territory, you must follow the instructions on their website and contact them directly:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon

The criteria by province and territory vary and can change without notice.

Caregivers
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot are 5-year pilot programs that lets qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada with the goal of becoming permanent residents.
If you’ve been offered a job in Canada as a caregiver or have experience working in Canada as a caregiver, you may be able to apply for permanent residence through one of these pilots.
The application process will be different depending on your situation and how much qualifying work experience you have.