Skilled Worker

• Restaurant and Food Service Managers
• Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture)
• Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management
• Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners
• Biologists and Related Scientists
• Architects
• Specialist Physicians

There are now 2 categories under which applicants may be eligible to apply for the Skilled Worker program:

1. Workers with at least one year of full-time experience in one of the 28 professions identified by The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
2. Workers who have an arranged employment offer with a Canadian employer

Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.

The term "federal skilled worker" refers to the category under which skilled workers apply if they want to live in any Canadian province or territory except Quebec.