The FSTC filters out the workers in trades occupations. This deals mainly with the shortage of experienced labor in many skilled trade occupations all across the cities and communities of Canada. This immigration program is for experienced tradespersons from anywhere in the world who wish to migrate to Canada and settle here. The processing time of this program is about 6 months if all the requirements are met. The applications for this program are processed under the Express Entry System.
The candidate must have at least two years of full-time work experience (or equivalent in part-time) in the skilled trade within past 5 years.
The candidate must clear the language ability test in accordance with the Canadian Language Benchmark which is 5 for listening and speaking, and CLB 4 for writing and reading.
Must possess a full-time offer of employment in the skilled trade for a period of at least one year from the two Canadian employers or must possess a certificate of qualification in the particular skilled trade from a Canadian provincial authority.
Skilled work experience eligible for the Federal Skilled Trades Class falls under the following categories of the National Occupational Classification (NOC):
The applicants must also choose to live anywhere in Canada except Quebec, as it has a separate system to choose its skilled trade workers.
The process of application involves setting up an Express Entry Profile and submitting a CRS score. The CRS score will be the deciding factor in positioning the candidate in the Express Entry Pool, based on the components like education, age, language ability, training etcetera.
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