Skilled Worker Immigration

Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been outlined to help them become economically established in Canada. The applicant must meet one of the following criteria: have an offer of "arranged employment" (i.e. approved by HRSDC), or ("Arranged employment" is where a skilled worker applicant has certain kind of job offer in place before applying to immigrate to Canada) be a foreign national living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or an international student, or be a skilled worker who has at least one year of experience in one or more of 38 designated occupations. (please inquire from us about this occupation list. Following February 27, 2008, Federal skilled worker applications will be assessed for eligibility according to a set of instructions issued by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. Following is one of the requirements and corresponding occupations list: 6241: Chefs 6242: Cooks 7251: Plumbers 7371: Crane Operators 4121: University Professors 7242: Industrial Electricians 3142: Physiotherapists 2143: Mining Engineers 3152: Registered Nurses 0111: Financial Managers 3111: Specialist Physicians 2145: Petroleum Engineers 2144: Geological Engineers 0711: Construction Managers 3143: Occupational Therapists 0311: Managers in Health Care 3151: Head Nurses and Supervisors 3215: Medical Radiation Technologists 1111: Financial Auditors and Accountants 0632: Accommodation Service Managers 0631: Restaurant and Food Service Managers 2113: Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists 3112: General Practitioners and Family Physicians 0213: Computer and Information Systems Managers 3141: Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists 3233: Licensed Practical Nurses 7312: Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics 8221: Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying 4131: College and Other Vocational Instructors 7265: Welders and Related Machine Operators 8222: Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service 7213: Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades 7215: Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades 7241: Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System) 7252: Steamfitters, Pipe fitters and Sprinkler System Installers 7372: Drillers and Blasters Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction 9212: Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities 7217: Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews