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Canada Skilled Worker Immigration - Points basedimmigration

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Canada Skilled Workers Points requirement goes down to 67 points.

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Introduction

Overview of Changes

Factor 1: Education

Factor 2: English and French Ability

Factor 3: Work Experience

Factor 4: Age

Factor 5: Arranged Employment

Factor 6: Adaptability

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Introduction

Canada's points score requirement was reduced from 75 to 67 points on 18

September 2003. This means a considerable increase in the number of people who

meet the Canada visa requirement for the Canadian skilled worker category. Theprevious requirement of 75 points from 28 June 2002 meant that even most highly

qualified people did not gain enough points. In addition, changes to Canadian

immigration law in 2008 affect which occupations are eligible for skilled immigration.

Overview of Changes

The overall Canada visa requirement has been reduced to 67 points. This will greatly

increase the number of people who can come under the skilled worker immigration

category. Moving to Canada has become easier in this sense.

This is the most popular visa category for an immigration to Canada. If you gain at

least sixty-seven points, and can show that you can successfully establish yourself in

Canada and have skills in an eligible occupation, it is usually possible to meet the

Canadian visa requirement in order to immigrate to Canada under this Scheme.

Recent changes to Canadian immigration law affect applications made on or after 27

February, 2008. To be eligible for processing, you must either:

have a job offer with an eligible employer

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have been legally residing in Canada for at least one year as a temporary

foreign worker or an international student

be a skilled worker with at least one year of experience in one or more eligible

Canadian skilled occupationswithin the last ten years

As of 5 November 2011, Canadian Citizenship and Immigration will accept a total of

1,000 applications from international students who have completed at least two years

of study towards a PhD and or who graduated from a Canadian PhD program in the 12

months before the date their application is received.

Factor 1: Education - maximum 25 points

University Degrees

PhD, or Master's, AND at least 17 years of full-time or full-t ime equivalent study 25

Two or more university degrees at the Bachelor's level AND at least 15 years of full-timeor full-time equivalent study

22

A two-year university degree at the Bachelor's level AND at least 14 years of full-time orfull-time equivalent study

20

A one-year university degree at the Bachelor's level AND at least 13 years of full-time orfull-time equivalent study

15

Trade or Non-university Certifi cate or Diploma

A three-year diploma, trade certificate or apprenticeship AND at least 15 years offull-time or full-time equivalent study

22

A two-year diploma, trade certificate or apprenticeship AND at least 14 years of full-timeor full-time equivalent study

20

A one-year diploma, trade certificate or apprenticeship AND at least 13 years of full-timeor full-time equivalent study

15

A one-year diploma, trade certificate or apprenticeship AND at least 12 years of full-timeor full-time equivalent study

12

Secondary School Educational Credential 5

Factor 2: English and French language ability - maximum 24

If you are fluent in both official languages English and French you will be awarded 24points. If not, you must firstly decide which language you are more fluent in. This will

be your "first official language". You can gain up to 16 points for the first official

language, and up to 8 points for the second official language. Your points score will be

based on your ability to read, write, listen to, and speak English and French. The

definition and table are below:

Skill Level Criteria

High-proficiency You can communicate effectively in most community and workplacesituations. You are fluent and can speak, listen, read and write thelanguage very well.

Moderate proficiency You can communicate in this language and can make yourselfunderstood in most situations. You speak, listen, read and write thelanguage well.

Basic or no proficiency You have little ability in the language and have difficultycommunicating in this language.

Calculating your language points:

First Language (Maximum 16) Speak Listen Read Write

High-proficiency 4 4 4 4

Moderate proficiency 2 2 2 2

Basic proficiency 1 to 2 1 to 2 1 to 2 1 to 2

No proficiency 0 0 0 0

Second Language (Maximum 8) Speak Listen Read Write

High-proficiency 2 2 2 2

Moderate proficiency 2 2 2 2

Basic proficiency 1 to 2 1 to 2 1 to 2 1 to 2

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No proficiency 0 0 0 0

Total points achieved for speak + listen + read + write for both languages.

Factor 3: Work experience - maximum 21 points

The Canada immigration points system wants individuals with at least one year of full

time experience in the last ten years in a management or professional or highly skilled

occupation. These are listed as Skill Type O, Skill Type A or Skill Type B. You can

check that you meet the Canada visa requirements by doing the following:

Look at the list of occupations (noc)that meet the requirements of the skilled

worker category. Then make a note of the four digit code next to your

occupation.

1.

You then put in the four digit code in quick search on the left of the National

Occupational Classification (NOC) web site.

2.

You must make sure that your work experience matches that stated in the NOC. You

do not have to meet the "employment requirements" section of the particular job listed

on NOC.

You may need to look at a number of different occupations to find one that matches

your work experience. If your occupation does not come under skill level O, A or B or

your experience did not occur in the last ten years your application will be refused.

Once you have confirmed that you meet the above requirements, you can now

estimate your points score. You are granted 15 points for one year of work experience

and two points for each further year up to a maximum of 21 points.

Years of experience 1 2 3 4+

Points 15 17 19 21

Factor 4: Age - maximum 10 points

Your points score is calculated based on your age on submission of the application:

Age Points Score

16 or under 0

17 2

18 4

19 6

20 8

21-49 10

50 8

51 6

52 4

53 2

54 and over 0

Factor 5: Arranged employment (maximum 10 points)

You will gain 10 points in the Canada immigration points system if you have a job offer

approved by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) as a job where it will

be difficult to find someone to fill the vacancy from the resident labour market. You

must be able to do the job, and meet the educational and, where relevant, licensing

and regulatory requirements for the job.

You should note that it is the employer who applies to HRDC and not yourself. You

may also gain the ten points in some circumstances if you are already in employment

in Canada.

HRDC-confirmed permanent offer of employment 10

You are in Canada holding a temporary work permit and can show the

following:

Your employment is validated by HRDC, including sectoral confirmations 10


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Your employment is exempt from HRDC validation under international agreements (e.g.,NAFTA) or is of significant benefit to Canada (i.e., intra-company transferee)

10

Factor6: Adaptability (maximum 10 points)

You can receive a maximum of 10 points based on any combination of the elements

listed below:

1. Your accompanying spouse or common-law partner's level of education

Secondary school (high school) diploma or less 0Completed a one or two-year post-secondary program and has at least 13 years ofeducation

3

Completed a three-year post secondary program and has at least 15 years of education 4

Completed a three-year university degree and has at least 15 years of education 4

Completed a Master's or Ph.D. and has at least 17 years of education 5

2. You or your accompanying spou se or commo n-law partner has studied in

Canada

No, or less than two years post-secondary education in Canada 0

Completed a post-secondary program of at least two years in Canada since the age of 17 5

3. You or your accompanying spou se or commo n-law partner has worked in

Canada

No, or less than one year full-time work in Canada 0

Worked full-time in Canada for at least one year 5

4. You or your accompanying spou se or commo n-law partner has family in

Canada

No 0

Have a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, nephew, niece, child orgrandchild who is a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident living in Canada

5

5. Arranged Employment

No 0

You have already received points under the Arranged Employment Factor 5

You will either need to show the following levels of funds tocome under the skilled worker category or have "arrangedemployment".

You can look up the relevant exchange rate at Currency Convertor.

For a single person $11,086

For a family unit consisting of the following:

2 persons $13,801

3 persons $16,967

4 persons $20,599

5 persons $23,364

6 persons $26,350

7 persons or more $29,337

You do not have to show that you have these funds if you have arranged employment

in Canada.

Please note that to be able to successfully emigrate to Canada you will have to show

that you are in good health and do not have any criminal convictions.

You can add up your points score below:

You will need to gain sixty-seven points under the new selection criteria.

Factor Maximum Points Your Score

1 Age 10


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2 Education 25

3 Language Ability 24

4 Work experience 21

5 Arranged employment 10

6 Adaptability 10

Total: 100

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