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Canada is one of the top-most countries in the world which offers favorable conditions to immigrants to settle there. Whether it’s about government-granted free education or medical care facilities, the country warm-heartedly welcomes hundreds and thousands of immigrants every year.

It has multiple immigration programs through which an eligible immigrant can legally live, work or study there. However, the term eligible plays a significant role in the approval and rejections of applications come for Canada’s immigration Programs. Each Canada immigration program has its set of eligibility criteria through which it determines the potency of the candidate for the Canadian market or economy.

Federal Express entry program draws a large number of immigrants having the right set of skills and experience. It manages applications through its three different immigration categories including, Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC), Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

An aspirant can apply to any of them to consider his/her application for invitation round through Express entry draws for Canadian Permanent Residence (PR). There are six selection factors including age, education, work experience, connections in Canada (adaptability), language proficiency and arranged employment for evaluation of profiles in Express entry pool. However, only four of these contribute to the eligibility criteria. Factors like Adaptability and Arranged employment play a part only in the point-assessment grid.

Age:

An applicant must be in the age group ranging from 18 years to 46 years to become eligible for applying for Canadian permanent residence

Education:

An applicant must complete an educational credential equivalent to a minimum of Canadian high school diploma or secondary diploma. In case, he/she has completed education outside Canada, then Education Credential Assessment (ECA) from an approved authority like WES is mandatory to submit along with the application form.

Language proficiency:

An applicant must score a good Canadian language benchmark (CLB) level in the language proficiency test like IELTS. However, the test score should not be more than two years old from the date of application.

Now, let’s discuss one of the most crucial factors, work experience eligibility:

Most of the applicants believe that without a job offer, it is difficult to get PR. However, the reality is, work experience is more important than job offer for getting an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for PR, especially through the Express entry portal.

Below is the table of required work experience for three categories of Express entry program:

Characteristics of work experience required for Canada Express entry:

There is a standard way for describing Work experience in Canada required from an immigrant for Canada labor market including, the duration, and the nature of work.

The standard duration of working hours:

The work experience must include 1560 hours per year or 30 hours per week. It means he/she needs to work either in one full time paid job for one year (30 hours per week * 12 = 1560 hours for one year); or,

Part-time job for 15 hours per week for 24 months, equivalent to 1560 hours; or,

Full time paid jobs for 30 hours per week in more than one job for 12 months to fulfill 1560 hours in one year

Nature of job:

In Canada, National occupational classification (NOC) is a nationally recognized system which provides job description to its every occupation and classifies them into different categories including,

Skill Type 0 (zero): These jobs are management jobs, like:

• restaurant managers
• mine managers
• shore captains (fishing)

Skill Level A: professional jobs that usually call for a degree from a university, like:

• doctors
• dentists
• architects

Skill Level B: The category includes technical jobs and skilled trades that usually call for a college diploma or training as an apprentice, like:

• chefs
• plumbers
• electricians

So if you are interested in getting ITA through Canada Express entry draw, then feel free to consult experts of countrywide visas. Countrywide visas is one of the fastest growing Immigration consultancies with a large, devoted team of Canada Immigration experts offers hassle-free and professional services to its clients for filing their applications for various immigration programs.

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