Qualifications for Canada Express Entry - Permanent Residence Application

Express Entry (EE) is the fastest way for foreign workers to become a Canadian Permanent Resident. Express Entry was launched by the Canadian Government on January 1, 2015 to select skilled immigrants as Permanent Residents to Canada based on their likelihood to successfully settle in Canada and adapt to living as a Canadian.

Qualifications for Canada Express Entry
  • Express Entry is a points based system used to manage applications for Permanent Residence under three federal economic immigration programs

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  • WATCH: Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah explain Canadian Express Entry Permanent Residence Applications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5VFahB5obQ 

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  • Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker requirements

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  • Must have 67/100 points

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  • Have at least one year (1,560 hours) of work in your field

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  • It must be paid

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  • Experience must be in the same NOC skill type (0, A or B)

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  • Your experience must have occurred in the past ten years

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  • It must meet the skill type or levels, per the National Occupational Classification (NOC) of 2011

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  • Language abilities (English and/or French)

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  • Educational requirements

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  • Age

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  • A valid job offer

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  • Economic criteria 

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  • Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class requirements 

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  • At least one year of work experience in Canada within the last three years prior to submitting the application

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  • The work experience must be in Canada and with proper authorization

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  • The work experience must be a managerial job (NOC skill level 0) OR a professional jobs (NOC skill type A) OR aTechnical job and skilled trade (NOC skill type B)

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  • Express Entry: Federal Skilled Trades Program requirements

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  • No plans to live in the Province of Quebec as it does not use this system

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  • Language skills at the necessary minimum benchmark levels

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  • Two full years of full-time experience in a skilled trade

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  • An offer of full-time employment must be made (for at least one year of employment) or a "certificate of qualification in that skilled trade issued by a Canadian provincial or territorial authority" must be available

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  • The job must meet the criteria for skilled trades as laid out by the NOC (these are Major Group 72, industrial, electrical and construction trades; Major Group 73, maintenance and equipment operation trades; Major Group 82, supervisors and technical jobs in natural resources, agriculture and related production; Major Group 92, processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators; Minor Group 632, chefs and cooks; and Minor Group 633, butchers and bakers)

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  • To learn more about Canada\'s Express Entry Program for Permanent Residence and whether you qualify, contact Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah contact@Ackahlaw.com or visit  https://www.ackahlaw.com/immigration-services/express-entry-applications  

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