Canada Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program

Question: Please describe the key selection factors which are considered by the assessing officer under the Canada Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program?

Answer:                                                     

1.   A new occupation list, has been introduced and is applicable with effect from 1st May, 2014. To be eligible to file an application, you or your spouse must meet some of the main duties of one of the open occupations that appears in this list. As per the announcement, maximum of 1000 applications will be accepted under each of the open occupations with overall limit (for the entire list of 50 open occupations) of 25,000 applications.

2.   The principal applicant must meet the requirements of minimum 67 points as per FSW selection criteria.

3.   The principal applicant must get his credentials (read educational/trade and professional qualifications) assessed from an authorized Canadian agency. This agency will confirm equivalence of applicants current educational and professional qualifications vis-à-vis similar Canadian qualifications. Points that the principal applicant can claim will be dependent on levels of qualifications

which are confirmed by this accredited agency.

4.   The principal applicant must provide an IELTS (English language proficiency test) score to claim points under language factor. The principal applicant must score a minimum of 6.0 in each of the four English language testing skills to be eligible to make an application. For married applicants it is not compulsory for the accompanying spouse to appear in IELTS test. However, it is highly recommended that spouse also provides the IELTS score. Doing so and if spouse gets a score of 5.0 and above can entitle the PA to claim 5 additional bonus points.

5.   The application under the claimed occupation should be logged in before the limit of 1000 per occupation or overall limit of 25,000 applications, whichever is earlier, has been breached.

6.   The principal applicant must perform some of the key duties of the claimed occupation as described by NOC descriptions. To know about key duties expected to be performed by each of the open occupations, please visit the details provided at www.stallionimmigration.com.

7.   Additional points under the selections factors are offered for Canadian Education, Canadian work experience and Blood relation in Canada.

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