The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSW) is a Canadian immigration stream for skilled workers who have work experience and want to become permanent residents. This immigration stream commands some of the highest volume of applications to immigration, refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). However, this doesn’t mean that competition isn’t there. As a matter of fact this is one of the most competitive programs and expert advice from a regulated Canadian immigration consultant (RCIC) is highly recommended.
The primary eligibility criteria for the FSWP is a minimum of 67 points under the following six human capital selection factors.
The maximum points for each of the factors are:
At least one year of paid continuous full-time or equal amount part-time skilled work experience in Canada or abroad in the NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 in the past ten years. The work must be paid and must come to 1560 hours in total. There are different ways of achieving these hours. Contact us to know more.
CLB 7 or NCLC7 as a minimum is required in either of the approved language tests for English or French, respectively
Canadian secondary or post-secondary school assessed and certified by an approved Education Credential Assessment (ECA) Report
Sufficient funds for you (and your family) to settle in Canada unless you have a valid offer of arranged employment in Canada or are currently working or authorized to work in Canada.
You must not be inadmissible to Canada. Normally, if you’re inadmissible to Canada, you won’t be allowed to enter the country. If you have a valid reason to travel to Canada that is justified in the circumstances, IRCC can issue a temporary resident permit.
You must show an intent to live outside the province of Quebec as they have their own immigration laws.
To ensure its validity and equivalence to the Canadian educational system, an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is required for all foreign education credentials, including a degree, diploma, or certificate.
The IRCC has a list of designated organizations for ECA, and the processing time and cost vary for each.
World Education Services https://www.wes.org/ca/eca/
Comparative Education Service – University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies https://learn.utoronto.ca/comparative-education-service
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada https://www.icascanada.ca/
International Qualifications Assessment Service https://www.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.aspx
International Credential Evaluation Service https://www.bcit.ca/ices/eca/
The IRCC has also designated professional bodies for ECA for physicians and pharmacists as below:
Medical Council of Canada, the professional body for doctors https://mcc.ca/services/repository/educational-credential-assessment/
Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, the professional body for pharmacists https://pebc.ca/
No. Job offer is not required for federal skill worker program. However, you get extra points if you do have an offer.
Yes. There are other streams available that you can consider based on your unique circumstances. Set up a free consultation with us and we can discuss further.
If you have minimum 1 year experience outside Canada you may apply for Federal Skilled Worker Program, whereas, for CEC you need 1 year experience in Canada.
Federal Skilled Worker Program is a point-based program that is different fro CRS and minimum required score is 67 under Human Capital Factors.
According to historical stats, around 80% of the applications are processed within 6 months.
Federal Skilled Worker Program assesses applicant's eligibility using a points-based system which is different from Express Entry CRS --a system that is used to rank the profile for draws once the profile is entered into the Press Entry system.
There's no exact timeline for Federal Skilled Worker Program draws but you can expect them happening every quarter or sometime more frequently.
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