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Express Entry — Canadian Experience Class

Documents and eligibility gates

Every requirement below is quoted verbatim from the official IRCC source and linked back to it. Navisa reads and cites the governing text rather than restating a document name from memory. This is a reference summary, not immigration advice, and it does not replace review by a licensed RCIC.

Documents and eligibility gates

Every requirement below is quoted verbatim from the official source and linked back to it. Navisa reads and cites the governing text rather than restating a document name from memory. This is a reference summary, not immigration advice, and it does not replace review by a licensed RCIC.

Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_trades_program
CLB 4 for reading and writing
Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_trades_program
CLB 5 for speaking and listening
Eligibility gate
Your skilled work experience must: be in 1 or more of these NOC categories: training, education, experience and responsibilities (TEER) 0, 1, 2, or 3
Eligibility gatecanadian_experience_class
CLB 5 for TEER 2 or TEER 3 occupations
Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_trades_program
Work experience in a skilled trade under key groups of TEER 2 or TEER 3
Eligibility gatecanadian_experience_class
CLB 7 for TEER 0 or TEER 1 occupations
Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_worker_program
Work experience in an occupation listed in 1 of these NOC TEER Categories: - TEER 0 - TEER 1 - TEER 2 - TEER 3
Required document
Your skilled work experience must: ... be gained by working in Canada while authorized to work under temporary resident status
Required document
certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a Canadian province or territory (if you have one)
Required document
If you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool
Required document
proof of Canadian education or an educational credential assessment report for immigration purposes
Required document
If you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool. If you went to school in Canada, you can get points for a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian high school or post-secondary institution.
Required document
written job offer from an employer in Canada
Required document
take approved language tests in English or French
Required document
language test results
Required document
a passport or travel document
Required document
Most applicants will also need to upload: police certificates
Required document
You’ll have to include proof and expect officers to check anything you provide.
Required document
proof of work experience (such as a reference or experience letter from an employer)
Required document
certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a Canadian province or territory
Required document
When you apply online, you’ll need to provide one of those documents.
Required document
Include a letter of explanation with your application stating: “I am a Venezuelan national with a Venezuelan passport, which has been extended for five years.”
Required document
proof of work experience
Required documentcanadian_work_authorization
be gained by working in Canada while authorized to work under temporary resident status
Required document
written job offer from an employer in Canada (if you have one)

Navisa is an AI file-prep engine for Canadian immigration firms. The requirements here are drawn from the same grounded, citation-first knowledge base the product runs on active cases.

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