Info Session: Canada’s Economic Immigration Programs

EXPRESS ENTRY

• STEP 1
  • Create your profile in EXPRESS ENTRY system
  • Express Entry Pool
• STEP 2
  • ITA Invitation to Apply
  • Apply for permanent residence online

so what is express entry express entry is a portal through which people from around the world can express interest in immigrating to canada and more than that it’s canada’s flagship system for managing applications from several key economic immigration programs applicants create an express entry profile and those who appear to meet the criteria of one or more of these federal immigration programs manage their express entry are then automatically entered into the pool of candidates so when a candidate is accepted into the pool they’re given a comprehensive ranking system score and top ranking candidates are then invited to apply online for permanent residence and i’ll give you an overview of a couple of the programs under the federal skilled worker program as well as the cec program so federal skilled worker um to be eligible they have to have within the last 10 years um had at least one year of continuous work to experi experience in the knock a or b occupations again they have to have a higher level of language proficiency and their language needs to be at the intermediate to advanced level under the canadian experience category work experience needs to have the applicants need to have 12 months of skilled work experience completed in canada in the last three years um again language proficiency is at that intermediate level in order to apply for permanent residence applicants can also get up to 600 additional points by receiving the provincial nomination and so that will increase significantly increase their their likelihood of being successful

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• In Canada:
  • International Students
  • Open Work Permit Holders
  • Newcomers
• Abroad:
  • Destination Canada Mobility Forum
  • Public Employment Services
• Express Entry Candidates:
  • Job Match Service on www.JobBank.gc.ca

so now the next question is where do i find talent and like in a couple of places to look for talent is international students may be eligible to work off campus and newcomers to canada as well there are ircc funded organizations like the immigrant employment council or other immigration settlement organizations in bc that have programs to help newcomers find employment and the next slide please so just to let you know that international students you can hire them while they’re studying in canada if they meet the eligibility criteria they can work for up to 20 hours a week while class is in session and full time during scheduled breaks and so the criteria is listed on the slide here as to what the criteria that they need to meet

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Did you know?

You can hire eligible international students while they study

They may be eligible to work off campus without a work permit:

• for up to 20 hours a week while class is in session, and
• full-time during scheduled breaks

To qualify, students must:

• ✓ have a valid study permit
• ✓ have begun their studies in an eligible program
• ✓ be studying full-time an eligible post-secondary institution, and
• ✓ have applied for a Social Insurance Number (SIN)

did you know that you can hire an eligible international student after they graduate so the postgrad work permit program otherwise known as the pgwp allows students who graduated from eligible canadian designated learning institutions to obtain an open work permit and they can get this work permit from anywhere from eight months up to

three years depending on the length of study and so um our schools are a great place to go and recruit um foreign talent if you’re looking for for people in order to to meet your your workforce supply needs

and the next slide please so let me tell you about a way to connect with skilled workers who may be eligible for francophone mobility or the international experience canada work permits destination canada is a government of canada event held every november in paris and brussels and the embassy partners with public employment services in belgium france morocco tunisia and other countries and they post vacancies and pre-screened candidates against the job requirements on behalf of canadian employers and that’s at no charge to you so you can get a short list of qualified candidates as well as assistants to set up interviews in person or via video conference you don’t need to attend in person but if you need more information about it the contact information is there on our website and the next um slide please so there are a few resources listed here if you want to use a temporary foreign worker program and have questions about the lmia process please contact that