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Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP or FSW)

The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP or FSW) is one of Canada’s immigration options under the Express Entry system.

The federal skilled workers class is a class of talented specialists, who may sometime become permanent residents because of their financial foundations in Canada, and who might want to live and work in any region separated from Quebec. Federal Skilled Worker Class has traditionally been the most famous class.

The central intake office or Express Entry will survey your applications and decide if your application ought to be endorsed or not. Skilled workers are picked as permanent residentss in light of their education, work experience, English/French language skills, and different variables. In addition to selection criteria, candidate ought to have the option to exhibit adequate funds accessible for resettlement in Canada, should finish medical examination whenever required, and pass criminal and security checks.

Program Requirements

To be considered for Federal Skilled Worker program candidates require to meet minimum requirements such as:

1. Your Work experience
2. Your Education
3. Your Language Ability
4. Your age

Minimum Work Experience Eligibility Requirement

You should have at least one year of full-time employment experience or its equivalent on part-time basis. This period of work experience should be in accordance with the National Occupational Classification system listed in:

Skill type 0 (Managerial positions)
Skill A (Professional occupations) or
Skill B (Skilled trades and technical occupations)

Your skilled work experience must:

Have occurred within the last ten years prior to the date of your application for permanent residence
Not be working on a job that is described as a restricted occupation

More so, during your employment period, you must have:

Completed your work persistently in accordance with the word related portrayal of National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Performed all the essential duties set out in the NOC

Basic Language Proficiency Requirement

You must show that you meet the CLB 7 level of language proficiency by presenting the test results of your English or French language assessments from a recognized testing organization during their application process.

The language tests must not be more than two years at the time of filing the permanent residence application.

Minimum Education Requirement

You must submit either your completed foreign educational credential or equivalency assessment or Canadian educational Credential (Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report) which is given by an approved assessment institution or organization. The equivalency assessment must not be up to 5 years old during the application process.

Additionally, you must have a completed Canadian secondary school credential or its equivalent in order to qualify for this.

Equivalency assessments (ECA reports) will be given to you as proof that you have completed foreign certificates, credentials or diplomas. The ECA report will likewise include an evaluation report by the institution or association of the legitimacy of your foreign academic credential namely certificate, diploma or degree.

Only reports approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada designated institution or organization will be approved as an equivalency assessment under this program - Federal Skilled Workers (FSW).

As a candidate, you will be asked to present your ECA reference number only, not the duplicate of your assessment. In your Express Entry Profile, you must declare whether you have gotten ECA for your foreign educational Credential or not. At the time of submitting your application for permanent residence, your ECA reports must not be more than 5 years old.

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Federal Skilled Worker