This program is designed for the skilled workers with a foreign work experience interested in migrating to Canada permanently.
The Government of Canada imposed the Express Entry Immigration system under the Economic Class including the Federal Skilled Worker Program, dated January 1, 2015.
Federal Skilled Workers are persons with:
- suitable education
- work experience
- specified age
- language abilities according to one of Canada’s official languages and
- Selected candidates to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry Immigration system
Under this program, the Federal Skilled Workers submit an express of interest profile to the express entry pool. They are required to match across 347 eligible occupations and meet the minimum requirements before submitting the application. Then a comprehensive ranking system will be employed to rank the candidates. A candidate with the highest rank will be selected for an invitation to apply for permanent residence. Once a candidate receives an application, it is mandatory to submit the application within 60 days.
Below are the requirements that Federal Skilled Worker applicants need to qualify for admission to the Express Entry Pool:
Essential Conditions:
- Hold one-year of continuous full-time paid work experience or a similar in part-time continuous employment within the previous 10 years as per one of 347 eligible occupations listed under the applicable National Occupational Classification system; AND
- The work experience is mandatory to be classified as one of the types within the meaning of the National Occupational Classification system;
- Skill Type 0 (Managerial Occupations),
- Skill Level A (Professional Occupations), or
- Skill Level B (Technical Occupations and Skilled Trades); AND
- Sufficient score points under the skilled worker point grid based on six selection factors. Presently, the pass mark is 67 points;
- Exhibit suitable settlement funding;
- Go through a successful security background and medical examination.
Express Entry: Eligible Federal Skilled Worker Occupations:
- 0011 Legislators
- 0012 Senior authorities managers and officers
- 0013 Senior managers – monetary, communications and different commercial enterprise offerings
- 0014 Senior managers – fitness, training, social and network offerings and club organizations
- 0015 Senior managers – exchange, broadcasting and different offerings, n.e.c.
- 0016 Senior managers – production, transportation, manufacturing and utilities
- 0111 Financial managers
- 0112 Human sources managers
- 0113 Purchasing managers
- 0114 Other administrative offerings managers
- 0121 Insurance, actual property and monetary brokerage managers
- 0122 Banking, credit score and different funding managers
- 0124 Advertising, advertising and public family members managers
- 0125 Other commercial enterprise offerings managers
- 0131 Telecommunication providers managers
- 0132 Postal and courier offerings managers
- 0211 Engineering managers
- 0212 Architecture and technology managers
- 0213 Computer and records structures managers
- 0311 Managers in fitness care
- 0411 Government managers – fitness and social coverage improvement and software administration
- 0412 Government managers – financial analysis, coverage improvement and software administration
- 0413 Government managers – training coverage improvement and software administration
- 0414 Other managers in public administration
- 0421 Administrators – post-secondary training and vocational training
- 0422 School principals and directors of standard and secondary training
- 0423 Managers in social, network and correctional offerings
- 0431 Commissioned police officials
- 0432 Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officials
- third Commissioned officials of the Canadian Forces
- 0511 Library, archive, museum and artwork gallery managers
- 0512 Managers – publishing, movement pictures, broadcasting and acting arts
- 0513 Recreation, sports activities and health software and carrier administrators
- 0601 Corporate income managers
- 0621 Retail and wholesale exchange managers
- 0631 Restaurant and meals carrier managers
- 0632 Accommodation carrier managers
- 0651 Managers in client and private offerings, n.e.c.
- 0711 Construction managers
- 0712 Home constructing and protection managers
- 0714 Facility operation and upkeep managers
- 0731 Managers in transportation
- 0811 Managers in herbal sources manufacturing and fishing
- 0821 Managers in agriculture
- 0822 Managers in horticulture
- 0823 Managers in aquaculture
- 0911 Manufacturing managers
- 0912 Utilities managers
- 1111 Financial auditors and accountants
- 1112 Financial and funding analysts
- 1113 Securities retailers, funding sellers and brokers
- 1114 Other monetary officials
- 1121 Human sources professionals
- 1122 Professional occupations in commercial enterprise control consulting
- 1123 Professional occupations in advertising, advertising and public family members
- 1211 Supervisors, fashionable workplace and administrative help workers
- 1212 Supervisors, finance and coverage workplace workers
- 1213 Supervisors, library, correspondence and associated records workers
- 1214 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations
- 1215 Supervisors, deliver chain, monitoring and scheduling co-ordination occupations
- 1221 Administrative officials
- 1222 Executive assistants
- 1223 Human sources and recruitment officials
- 1224 Property directors
- 1225 Purchasing retailers and officials
- 1226 Conference and occasion planners
- 1227 Court officials and justices of the peace
- 1228 Employment coverage, immigration, border offerings and sales officials
- 1241 Administrative assistants
- 1242 Legal administrative assistants
- 1243 Medical administrative assistants
- 1251 Court reporters, clinical transcriptionists and associated occupations
- 1252 Health records control occupations
- 1253 Records control technicians
- 1254 Statistical officials and associated studies help occupations
- 1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
- 1312 Insurance adjusters and claims examiners
- 1313 Insurance underwriters
- 1314 Assessors, valuators and appraisers
- 1315 Customs, deliver and different brokers
- 2111 Physicists and astronomers
- 2112 Chemists
- 2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers
- 2114 Meteorologists and climatologists
- 2115 Other expert occupations in bodily sciences
- 2121 Biologists and associated scientists
- 2122 Forestry professionals
- 2123 Agricultural representatives, specialists and specialists
- 2131 Civil engineers
- 2132 Mechanical engineers
- 2133 Electrical and electronics engineers
- 2134 Chemical engineers
- 2141 Industrial and production engineers
- 2142 Metallurgical and substances engineers
- 2143 Mining engineers
- 2144 Geological engineers
- 2145 Petroleum engineers
- 2146 Aerospace engineers
- 2147 Computer engineers (besides software program engineers and designers)
- 2148 Other expert engineers, n.e.c.
- 2151 Architects
- 2152 Landscape architects
- 2153 Urban and land use planners
- 2154 Land surveyors
- 2161 Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
- 2171 Information structures analysts and specialists
- 2172 Database analysts and facts directors
- 2173 Software engineers and designers
- 2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers
- 2175 Web designers and developers
- 2211 Chemical technologists and technicians
- 2212 Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
- 2221 Biological technologists and technicians
- 2222 Agricultural and fish merchandise inspectors
- 2223 Forestry technologists and technicians
- 2224 Conservation and fishery officials
- 2225 Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists
- 2231 Civil engineering technologists and technicians
- 2232 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
- 2233 Industrial engineering and production technologists and technicians
- 2234 Construction estimators
- 2241 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
- 2242 Electronic carrier technicians (family and commercial enterprise gadget)
- 2243 Industrial tool technicians and mechanics
- 2244 Aircraft tool, electric and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors
- 2251 Architectural technologists and technicians
- 2252 Industrial designers
- 2253 Drafting technologists and technicians
- 2254 Land survey technologists and technicians
- 2255 Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology
- 2261 Non-unfavourable testers and inspection technicians
- 2262 Engineering inspectors and regulatory officials
- 2263 Inspectors in public and environmental fitness and occupational fitness and safety
- 2264 Construction inspectors
- 2271 Air pilots, flight engineers and flying teachers
- 2272 Air site visitors controllers and associated occupations
- 2273 Deck officials, water shipping
- 2274 Engineer officials, water shipping
- 2275 Railway site visitors controllers and marine site visitors regulators
- 2281 Computer community technicians
- 2282 User help technicians
- 2283 Information structures checking out technicians
- 3011 Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
- 3012 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- 3111 Specialist physicians
- 3112 General practitioners and own circle of relatives physicians
- 3113 Dentists
- 3114 Veterinarians
- 3121 Optometrists
- 3122 Chiropractors
- 3124 Allied number one fitness practitioners
- 3125 Other expert occupations in fitness diagnosing and treating
- 3131 Pharmacists
- 3132 Dietitians and nutritionists
- 3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- 3142 Physiotherapists
- 3143 Occupational therapists
- 3144 Other expert occupations in remedy and assessment
- 3211 Medical laboratory technologists
- 3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants
- 3213 Animal fitness technologists and veterinary technicians
- 3214 Respiratory therapists, medical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
- 3215 Medical radiation technologists
- 3216 Medical sonographers
- 3217 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c.
- 3219 Other clinical technologists and technicians (besides dental fitness)
- 3221 Denturists
- 3222 Dental hygienists and dental therapists
- 3223 Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants
- 3231 Opticians
- 3232 Practitioners of herbal healing
- 3233 Licensed sensible nurses
- 3234 Paramedical occupations
- 3236 Massage therapists
- 3237 Other technical occupations in remedy and assessment
- 4011 University professors and lecturers
- 4012 Post-secondary coaching and studies assistants
- 4021 College and different vocational teachers
- 4031 Secondary faculty teachers
- 4032 Elementary faculty and kindergarten teachers
- 4033 Educational counsellors
- 4111 Judges
- 4112 Lawyers and Quebec notaries
- 4151 Psychologists
- 4152 Social workers
- 4153 Family, marriage and different associated counsellors
- 4154 Professional occupations in religion
- 4155 Probation and parole officials and associated occupations
- 4156 Employment counsellors
- 4161 Natural and implemented technology coverage researchers, specialists and software officials
- 4162 Economists and financial coverage researchers and analysts
- 4163 Business improvement officials and advertising researchers and specialists
- 4164 Social coverage researchers, specialists and software officials
- 4165 Health coverage researchers, specialists and software officials
- 4166 Education coverage researchers, specialists and software officials
- 4167 Recreation, sports activities and health coverage researchers, specialists and software officials
- 4168 Program officials precise to authorities
- 4169 Other expert occupations in social technology, n.e.c.
- 4211 Paralegal and associated occupations
- 4212 Social and network carrier workers
- 4214 Early youth educators and assistants
- 4215 Instructors of men and women with disabilities
- 4216 Other teachers
- 4217 Other spiritual occupations
- 4311 Police officials (besides commissioned)
- 4312 Firefighters
- 4313 Non-commissioned ranks of the Canadian Forces
- 5111 Librarians
- 5112 Conservators and curators
- 5113 Archivists
- 5121 Authors and writers
- 5122 Editors
- 5123 Journalists
- 5125 Translators, terminologists and interpreters
- 5131 Producers, administrators, choreographers and associated occupations
- 5132 Conductors, composers and arrangers
- 5133 Musicians and singers
- 5134 Dancers
- 5135 Actors and comedians
- 5136 Painters, sculptors and different visible artists
- 5211 Library and public archive technicians
- 5212 Technical occupations associated with museums and artwork galleries
- 5221 Photographers
- 5222 Film and video digital digicam operators
- 5223 Graphic arts technicians
- 5224 Broadcast technicians
- 5225 Audio and video recording technicians
- 5226 Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in movement pictures, broadcasting and the acting arts
- 5227 Support occupations in movement pictures, broadcasting, pictures and the acting arts
- 5231 Announcers and different broadcasters
- 5232 Other performers, n.e.c.
- 5241 Graphic designers and illustrators
- 5242 Interior designers and indoors decorators
- 5243 Theatre, fashion, showcase and different innovative designers
- 5244 Artisans and craftspersons
- 5245 Patternmakers – textile, leather-based and fur merchandise
- 5251 Athletes
- 5252 Coaches
- 5253 Sports officers and referees
- 5254 Program leaders and teachers in recreation, game and health
- 6211 Retail income supervisors
- 6221 Technical income specialists – wholesale exchange
- 6222 Retail and wholesale buyers
- 6231 Insurance retailers and brokers
- 6232 Real property retailers and salespersons
- 6235 Financial income representatives
- 6311 Food carrier supervisors
- 6312 Executive housekeepers
- 6313 Accommodation, travel, tourism and associated offerings supervisors
- 6314 Customer and records offerings supervisors
- 6315 Cleaning supervisors
- 6316 Other offerings supervisors
- 6321 Chefs
- 6322 Cooks
- 6331 Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale
- 6332 Bakers
- 6341 Hairstylists and barbers
- 6342 Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners
- 6343 Shoe repairers and shoemakers
- 6344 Jewellers, jewelry and watch repairers and associated occupations
- 6345 Upholsterers
- 6346 Funeral administrators and embalmers
- 7201 Contractors and supervisors, machining, steel forming, shaping and erecting trades and associated occupations
- 7202 Contractors and supervisors, electric trades and telecommunications occupations
- 7203 Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
- 7204 Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
- 7205 Contractors and supervisors, different production trades, installers, repairers and servicers
- 7231 Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
- 7232 Tool and die makers
- 7233 Sheet steel workers
- 7234 Boilermakers
- 7235 Structural steel and platework fabricators and fitters
- 7236 Ironworkers
- 7237 Welders and associated system operators
- 7241 Electricians (besides business and electricity machine)
- 7242 Industrial electricians
- 7243 Power machine electricians
- 7244 Electrical electricity line and cable workers
- 7245 Telecommunications line and cable workers
- 7246 Telecommunications set up and restore workers
- 7247 Cable tv carrier and upkeep technicians
- 7251 Plumbers
- 7252 Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler machine installers
- 7253 Gas fitters
- 7271 Carpenters
- 7272 Cabinetmakers
- 7281 Bricklayers
- 7282 Concrete finishers
- 7283 Tile setters
- 7284 Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
- 7291 Roofers and shinglers
- 7292 Glaziers
- 7293 Insulators
- 7294 Painters and decorators (besides indoors decorators)
- 7295 Floor masking installers
- 7301 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
- 7302 Contractors and supervisors, heavy gadget operator crews
- 7303 Supervisors, printing and associated occupations
- 7304 Supervisors, railway shipping operations
- 7305 Supervisors, motor shipping and different floor transit operators
- 7311 Construction millwrights and business mechanics
- 7312 Heavy-responsibility gadget mechanics
- 7313 Refrigeration and air con mechanics
- 7314 Railway Carmen/women
- 7315 Aircraft mechanics and plane inspectors
- 7316 Machine fitters
- 7318 Elevator constructors and mechanics
- 7321 Automotive carrier technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- 7322 Motor car frame repairers
- 7331 Oil and stable gasoline heating mechanics
- 7332 Appliance servicers and repairers
- 7333 Electrical mechanics
- 7334 Motorcycle, all-terrain car and different associated mechanics
- 7335 Other small engine and small gadget repairers
- 7361 Railway and backyard locomotive engineers
- 7362 Railway conductors and brakemen/women
- 7371 Crane operators
- 7372 Drillers and blasters – floor mining, quarrying and production
- 7373 Water properly drillers
- 7381 Printing press operators
- 7384 Other trades and associated occupations, n.e.c.
- 8211 Supervisors, logging and forestry
- 8221 Supervisors, mining and quarrying
- 8222 Contractors and supervisors, oil and fueloline drilling and offerings
- 8231 Underground manufacturing and improvement miners
- 8232 Oil and fueloline properly drillers, servicers, testers and associated workers
- 8241 Logging equipment operators
- 8252 Agricultural carrier contractors, farm supervisors and specialised cattle workers
- 8255 Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds upkeep and horticulture offerings
- 8261 Fishing masters and officials
- 8262 Fishermen/women
- 9211 Supervisors, mineral and steel processing
- 9212 Supervisors, petroleum, fueloline and chemical processing and utilities
- 9213 Supervisors, meals, beverage and related merchandise processing
- 9214 Supervisors, plastic and rubber merchandise production
- 9215 Supervisors, woodland merchandise processing
- 9217 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather-based merchandise processing and production
- 9221 Supervisors, motor car assembling
- 9222 Supervisors, electronics production
- 9223 Supervisors, electric merchandise production
- 9224 Supervisors, fixtures and furniture production
- 9226 Supervisors, different mechanical and steel merchandise production
- 9227 Supervisors, different merchandise production and assembly
- 9231 Central manipulate and method operators, mineral and steel processing
- 9232 Petroleum, fueloline and chemical method operators
- 9235 Pulping, papermaking and coating manipulate operators
- 9241 Power engineers and electricity structures operators
- 9243 Water and waste remedy plant operators