Am I Qualified to Apply in Canada?

To process your immigrants Visa or Permanent Visa application you must check if your occupation is on the list of 38 high demand occupations.

The regulation dictates that you should have at least 1 year work

experience in occupations on the 38 high demand occupations within the last 10 years to be eligible for processing.

Click on link : 38 occupations

If you do then you will be eligible for processing.

If your present occupation is not on the 38 list of high demand occupations by the Canadian Government they you are not currently on process.

There are other options to immigrate to Canada.


Alternate application process.


At present Canada is only processing 38 occupations.

38 occupations


What they are looking for are individuals with 4 years work

experience and a college education.

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Roadmap for Canadian Employers

The Employer's Roadmap will help employers fill vacancies and will help skilled migrants to start work in Canada more quickly.Employers are key partners in helping internationally trained workers find jobs in their areas of training, and this resource makes it easier for employers to assess their qualifications.The introduction of new resource for employers interested in hiring overseas trained workers happened last June 16,2009

The Employer's Roadmap is exactly what is needed to make the process of hiring and retaining internationally trained workers a lot more efficient."

The Employer's Roadmap deals with the following issues:

* How to hire internationally trained workers, such as how to recruit, assess and select them.
* It includes suggestions on how to integrate and retain overseas workers once they become new employees.
* Information is provided on the range of national and regional resources available across the country to support employers.

The Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO), part of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and TASC have worked together to create the Roadmap. This is just one of a number of measures that the Government of Canada has taken to help newcomers successfully integrate into the Canadian labour market.

The Canadian Government through Canada's Economic Action Plan will also be investing $50 million over two years to provide funding for the development of a common approach to foreign credential recognition.

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Canada:No Placement Fee Policy

The POEA has issued Memorandum Circular No.03 (series 2007) on the "no placement fee" policy for Canada for this purpose.

The general public is advised further that Canadian laws and regulations in certain provinces prohibit the charging of recruitment and placement fee from workers seeking employment in Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces of Canada or from workers under the Pilot Project of the Canadian Government regardless of the province of destination in Canada.

The Pilot Project of the Govrnment of Canada for the hiring of foreign workers in occupations usually require a high school diploma or maximum of 2 years of job specific training (level C and D). The prevailing policy requires Canadian employers to cover all recruitment costs related to hiring of the foreign workers under the project.

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