You must:
- have at least 2 years of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work experience) in a skilled trade within the 5 years before you apply
- meet the job requirements for that skilled trade as set out in the National Occupational Classification (NOC)
- show that you performed the duties listed in the lead statement of the occupational description in the NOC, including all the essential duties
- most of the main duties
- Skilled trades NOC groups
- Your work experience must be in one of the following NOC groups:
- Major Group 72, technical trades and transportation officers and controllers
-excluding Sub-Major Group 726, transportation officers and controllers - Major Group 73, general trades
- ajor Group 82, supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production
-Major Group 83, occupations in natural resources and related production
-Major Group 92, processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors, and utilities operators and controllers
-Major Group 93, central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors, excluding Sub-Major Group
932, aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
-Minor Group 6320, cooks, butchers and bakers
-Unit Group 62200, chefs. Job offer or certificate of qualification
You must:
- take approved language tests in English or French for writing; reading; listening; speaking
- meet the minimum score required in all 4 abilities
- enter the test results in your Express Entry profile
- Your language tests are valid for 2 years after the date of the test result. They must be valid on the day you apply for permanent residence
There is no education requirement for the Canadian Experience Class.
If you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool, there are 2 ways you can do this.
- If you went to school in Canada, you can get points for a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian: secondary institution (high school) or post-secondary institution;
- If you have foreign education, you can get points if you have both of these a completed educational credential an educational credential assessment report for immigration purposes that is from a designated organization shows your education is equal to a completed certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian secondary institution (high school) or post-secondary institution
You may also need:
- provincial nomination (if you have one)
- written job offer from an employer in Canada (if you have one)
- proof of work experience
- certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a Canadian province or territory (if you have one)
- You must show that you have enough money for you and your family to settle in Canada, unless you
-are currently able to legally work in Canada
-have a valid job offer from an employer in Canada - An immigration medical exam (IME) from a panel physician is a requirement for permanent residence. Your family members must also
- have a medical exam, even if they aren’t coming with you.
You must include police certificates when you apply for permanent residence.
Online system will ask for a police certificate for: you and your family members who are 18 years or older and every country you (or a family
member) stayed in during the last 10 years for 6 months or more in a row. You don’t need to give us police certificates for any period of time
before you were 18 years old or for time spent in Canada.
Other additional documents:
- birth certificate, if you’re declaring dependent children
- Use of a Representative form (PDF, 137 KB), if you’ve hired a representative common-law union form (PDF, 2.22 MB), if you’ve declared your marital status as “common-law”
- marriage certificate, if you’ve declared your marital status as “married”
- divorce certificate and legal separation agreement, if you’ve declared your marital status as “divorced”
- death certificate, if you’ve declared your marital status as “widowed”
- adoption certificate, when a dependent child is listed as “adopted” proof of relationship to a relative in Canada
- digital photos to confirm your identity
- other name to confirm aliases authority to release personal information to a designated individual form (PDF, 1.74 MB)
- any other documents that you feel are relevant to your application.