Express Entry — Federal Skilled Worker
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_worker_program
“Secondary education required.”
Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_trades_program
“CLB 4 for reading and writing”
Eligibility gatefederal_skilled_trades_program
“CLB 5 for speaking and listening”
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: - Major Group **72**, technical trades and transportation officers and controllers - excluding Sub-Major Group **726**, transportation officers and controllers - Major Group **73**, general trades - Major Group **82**, supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production - Major Group **83**, 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”
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 documentfederal_skilled_worker
“If you went to school in Canada, you must have a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian: secondary institution (high school) or post-secondary institution”
Required document
“certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a Canadian province or territory”
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“certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a Canadian province or territory (if you have one)”
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“You must include your Canadian credential or your foreign credential and Educational Credential Assessment report when you apply.”
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“proof of Canadian education or an educational credential assessment report”
Required documentfederal_skilled_workers_program
“proof of Canadian education or an educational credential assessment report for immigration purposes if: you’re applying through the Federal Skilled Workers Program, or you want to get points for the education you got outside Canada”
Required documentfederal_skilled_worker
“If you have foreign education, you must have: a completed educational credential and an Educational Credential Assessment for immigration purposes”
Required documentfederal_skilled_worker
“You must: take approved language tests in English or French”
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“language test results”
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“We issued your work permit based on a positive labour market impact assessment (LMIA) from Employment and Social Development Canada”
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“a passport or travel document”
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“Most applicants will also need to upload: police certificates”
Required documentfederal_skilled_worker
“You must show that you have enough money for you and your family to settle in Canada.”
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“You don't need proof of funds if you: are currently able to legally work in Canada, and have a valid job offer from an employer in Canada”
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“proof of work experience”
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“proof of work experience (such as a reference or experience letter from an employer)”
Required documentfederal_skilled_worker
“To get these points, you must submit your spouse or common-law partner’s test results from an approved agency when you apply.”
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“When you apply online, you’ll need to provide one of those documents.”
Required documentfederal_skilled_worker
“You can get points if you have a job offer of at least 1 year from a Canadian employer. You must get the job offer before you apply to come to Canada as a Federal Skilled Worker.”
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“That employer has made a valid job offer based on you being accepted as a skilled worker.”
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“Your work permit is valid both when you apply and when the permanent resident visa is issued”
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“written job offer from an employer in Canada (if you have one)”
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“written job offer from an employer in Canada”
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