Canada Immigration under Federal Skilled Trades Program

Citizenship and immigration Canada have opened federal skilled trades program recently. In 2013, the citizenship and immigration Canada (CIC) may process 3,000 applications. This is helpful for people who fall cracks of the CEC (Canada Experience Class) and FSWP (Federal Skilled Worker Program). The applicants must meet a few requirements to get eligible for the program. 

The requirements are as listed below:

·      The applicant should have at least 24 months of experience in any of the trade related to the occupation list during the 5 year duration before their application. There are 43 trades designated by CIC, to get eligible for the program. If the occupation is not relating, the application will get rejected. Hence, applicants need to check the government CIC website to clarify whether the quota is there for the occupation before going to start the application proces

·      Applicant has to be a full-time employee in Canada from up to two companies (or employers) on the whole for a period of one year in the skilled trade. Full-time in Canada is 30 hours per week, the applicant need to have an offer of 15 hours each from two employers per week. This requirement is because; most Federal Skilled Trade Program holders must obtain a job offer from companies who got positive Labor Market Opinions from Canada Human Resources and Skills Development (Canada Service). Instead, candidates do not need a job offer if the person possesses a qualification certificate from a territorial or provincial apprenticeship authority

·      As described by the service Canada, the applicant must satisfy the requirements of employment of the skilled trade by NOC (National Occupational Classification) system

·   It is obligatory for candidates to exceed or meet minimum language thresholds. The language requirements for FSTP are highly lesser than that of FSWP and slightly lesser than the CEC. Presently, the applicants of FSTP must achieve CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) Listening and Speaking 4, Writing and Reading CLB 5. For people who are taking IELTS, Listening 5, Speaking 5, Reading 3.5 and Writing 4

·      To finish with the requirements the candidate must plan to stay outside of Quebec

For whom this program is?

At a quick look, one may wonder about the benefits of FSTP. All the occupations that are eligible for the trade program are also eligible for the CEC. As CIC has reduced the requirement employment experience to one from two, won’t many people who are suitable for the FSTP also be suitable for the CEC, and no trouble about quotas and caps.

Added, if the person has an employment offer from an employer of Canada that qualifies for the FSTP program, then they can also have arranged employment, under which they can qualify for skilled worker program.

Source:http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Canada-Immigration-under-Federal-Skilled-Trades-Program/4704601