The new regulations provide for the selection of
Skilled Worker immigrants based on a human capital approach - for
their flexible skills - rather than intended occupation. They require
that Skilled Worker applicants have at least one year of work experience
in the past 10 years in any skilled occupation
with no further differentiation among these occupations. The regulations
are based on an improved and more objective points system that has
been arrived at following extensive research and consultation over
the past four years with the public and key immigration stakeholders
including provincial governments.
The Changes
The New Selection Grid can be viewed
here. Changes to the selection
criteria and weighting are explained below.
Definition of Skilled Worker
In the federal Skilled Worker Class, a skilled worker is someone
who has at least one year of work experience within the past 10
years in one of the SKILLED occupations. |
