Canada Skilled Worker Immigration - Points Based

Your application to come to Canada as a skilled worker will also be assessed against a point system consisting of six selection factors. You can assess your qualifications using the skilled worker self-assessment test from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The current pass mark is 67 points for all factors combined. The six selection factors are:

If your score is the same or higher than the pass mark, then you may qualify to immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker. Review the information about immigrating to Canada as a skilled worker and decide if you want to apply.

NOTE THAT, there is an important change in application criteria. You have to have your language tests results prior to make any application and that should not be more than one year old.

You should not submit your test results (IELTS or other approved tests) or written submission to the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) in Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada along with your application. If the application is recommended for further processing, the test results or written submission should be submitted to the responsible Visa Office.

FACTOR 1 # EDUCATION

Points are awarded for earned educational credentials as well as the number of years of full-time studies or full-time equivalent studies. To be awarded points, you must meet both stated criteria.
Full-time studies: At least 15 hours of instruction per week during the academic year. This includes any period of workplace training that forms part of the course.
Full-time equivalent studies: If you completed a program of study on a part-time or accelerated basis, count the length of time it would have taken to complete the program on a full-time basis.
Use the chart below to determine your points.

FACTOR TWO # LANGUAGE ABILITY IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

The ability to communicate and work in one or both of Canada’s official languages is very important to you as a skilled worker. Proficiency in English, French or both will help you in the Canadian labor market.
You will be awarded up to 24 points for your basic, moderate or high proficiency in English and French. You will be given points based on your ability to:

• listen
• speak
• read and
• write

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Use the following table to determine how many points you will be awarded for your test scores with the International English Language Testing System (IELTS):

FACTOR THREE # EXPERIENCE

Experience is defined as continuous full-time or equivalent part-time paid work experience. You will earn points for the number of years you have spent in full-time (37.5 hours per week), paid work.

You must meet the following minimum work experience requirements to be eligible to apply as a skilled worker:

• You must 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 in an occupation of Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B of the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC). See below for instructions on determining the NOC category for your work experience.
• You must have had this experience within the last 10 years.

In order for your application to be eligible for processing, you must either:

• have an offer of arranged employment, OR
• be a foreign national who has been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or an international student, OR
• be a skilled worker who has had at least one year of experience* in one or more of the following occupations (Known to be as 38 Categories) within the last ten years:

          0111: Financial Managers
          0213: Computer and Information Systems Managers
0311: Managers in Health Care
0631: Restaurant and Food Service Managers
0632: Accommodation Service Managers
0711: Construction Managers
1111: Financial Auditors and Accountants
2113: Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
2143: Mining Engineers
2144: Geological Engineers
2145: Petroleum Engineers
3111: Specialist Physicians
3112: General Practitioners and Family Physicians
3141: Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
3143: Occupational Therapists
3142: Physiotherapists
3151: Head Nurses and Supervisors
3152: Registered Nurses
3215: Medical Radiation Technologists
3233: Licensed Practical Nurses
4121: University Professors
4131: College and Other Vocational Instructors
6241: Chefs
6242: Cooks
7213: Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades
7215: Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
7217: Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
7241: Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)
7242: Industrial Electricians
7251: Plumbers
7252: Steamfitters, Pipe fitters and Sprinkler System Installers
7265: Welders and Related Machine Operators
7312: Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
7371: Crane Operators
7372: Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
8221: Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying
8222: Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service
9212: Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities

Factor 4 # Age

Factor 6 # Adaptability

If you have a spouse or common-law partner, points for each element can be awarded only once, either for you or for your spouse or common-law partner (except for the points under Adaptability criteria “A” below).
Use the chart below to determine your points. Even if you qualify under several criteria, you will be awarded a maximum of 10 points.

Major Criteria to look into to be successful

• You are in good health
• You do not have any criminal convictions in your country or where you lived in from the age of 18
• You have good command in English (IELTS band score 6.0 or equivalent)
• Your spouse have reasonable command in English (IELTS band score 4.5 or equivalent)
• Your spouse is a university graduate

Do you have sufficient funds?

You must show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family members after you arrive in Canada. The money must be available to support the costs of living for yourself and your family. The amount is an estimate of what you would require to support yourself and your family without employment or other income. You cannot borrow this money from another person or Bank.
The amount of money you need to support your family is determined by the size of your family. These amounts are updated every year. Below is a guideline of fund.

• For a family unit consisting of the following:

• 1 person $10,168 (Single)
• 2 person $12,659
• 3 person $15,563
• 4 person $18,895
• 5 person $21,431
• 6 person $24,170
• 7 person or more $26,910

Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)

The Canadian Federal government has introduced PNP which facilitates foreign people to come and settle in specific provinces which required high number of skilled professional & workers. The process is much easier and faster (2-10 months) to get clearance to migrate to these regions in Canada. Currently, PNP exist in the following provinces and territories:

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

Information Technology Workers Program

The Canadian government is currently issuing temporary employment authorization visas under an expedited process, to qualified professionals and skilled persons under the "Information Technology Workers Program". Qualified individuals must meet certain requirements in terms of education and employment experience in order to qualify for the work visa. Following experts can apply under this program:

• MIS Software Designer
• Telecom Software Designer
• Embedded Systems Software Designer
• Senior Animator Effects Editor
• Multimedia Software Designer
• Software Developer-services
• Software Products Developer

If you already have a job offer in one of the categories mentioned above, please contact us for more advice. We will be glad to assist you and your employer through the work visa application process.

Canada Business Immigration

Entrepreneur Class
This program provides permanent residence to those applicants who demonstrate an ability to become economically established in Canada on the basis of their business experience and significant personal net worth.

The centerpiece of the program is that the entrepreneur invests and becomes involved in the active management of a qualifying business operated in Canada that will contribute to the economy and create employment.

The basic criteria are:

1. The applicant must have managed a qualifying business and have controlled an adequate percentage of equity of that business for at least two years in the period of five years preceding the application;
2. Have a personal net worth of $300,000;
3. And finally, undertake to control at least 33% of the equity of a qualifying Canadian business. Furthermore, the applicant must provide active and ongoing management of the qualifying Canadian business that will create at least one incremental full-time job for a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Investor Immigrant Visas (Federal Investment Class):

Under this program, an applicant’s investment is remitted to provinces, which will be used to help finance small businesses or provincial infrastructure. As an investor, the applicant makes a prescribed investment of CDN $400,000. This investment is placed with the Receiver General of Canada.

Approximately five years after becoming a permanent resident, the Canadian government returns the investment, without interest, to the applicant.

To be considered an investor, the applicant must:

1. have business experience;
2. have legally obtained net worth of at least CDN $800,000;
3. and Indicate in writing to an officer that they intend to make or have made an investment.

We have alternate funding assistance. Under this scheme, you have to transfer & invest rest CDN $100,000 into HSBC Bank Nominated Account and rest will be funded by HSBC or any other government approved financial institution. After lapse of five years, you will be refunded back your investment without interest and after deducting funding interest and other charges.

There are certain criteria to be considered when evaluating business experience under the investment class. Precisely, the applicant must show that they have managed a qualifying business for at least two years in the five years preceding the application, and that the applicant has managed at least five full-time employees during this same time period.

This program differs slightly from the Entrepreneur Program, in that the Investor is not intended to become actively involved in the management of a qualifying Canadian Business.

Self Employed Immigrant Visa:
This program is aimed at persons with relevant experience in world-class athletics or cultural activities or with farm management experience, who have the intention and ability to become self-employed in Canada. Minimum investment is CAD $ 100,000.

Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW):

Under this category, foreign skilled worker may come and work for certain level of years subject to you have a definite job offer and your sponsor (employer) is interested to accommodate you in the work place and able to pay and accommodate you in your workplace. TFW workers may be able to migrate to Canada if they fulfill certain requirements within their stipulated agreement period of service or any extended thereof.