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                    INDEPENDENT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM (SKILLED WORKER)

The Independent Immigration Program was designed to promote the Canadian economy by attracting educated and skilled workers to Canada.

Under this program, applicants are assessed on the basis of ten criteria:

FACTOR                   MAX            PTS                             DESCRIPTION

Age                                                10                       You receive a maximum of 10 points if you are between 21 &
                                                                                                        44. If you are under 18 or older than 48, you get 0 for age.
                                                                                                        If you are 18 or 47 you score 4 points.

Education                                      16

You must have completed secondary school to get any points for education. Secondary school completion may give you 5 or 10 points, depending on the level of the program. For instance, if your secondary diploma would allow you to enter university, it is worth 10 points. A non-university post secondary diploma may be worth 10 or 13 points, depending on the level. You may get 15 points for a university degree requiring at least 3 years of full time study. A maximum of 16 points is granted for a post secondary degree.

Education/Training Factor           18

This refers to the level of training required for your occupation, and is shown on the General Occupations List. For example, a petroleum engineer may get 17 for ETF, but an oil and gas drilling labourer gets only 2.

Occupation                                                      10
Points are shown on the General Occupations List. If your occupation is not on the list, you will not qualify for immigration unless you have arranged employment.

Arranged Employment                   10

This refers to a job offer validated or approved by a Human Resource Center in Canada.

Experience                                      8

You must have at least one year work experience in your occupation to qualify. The points are calculated based on the years you have worked on the job and the Education /Training Factor for your occupation.

Language Ability                            15

This assesses your knowledge of English and French, the two official languages of Canada. The guide will help you assess the points you might get, depending on whether you speak, read and write English and/or French fluently, well or with difficulty. If you speak, read and write both English and French fluently, you get 15 points. If you speak read and write only English or French, but have no or little knowledge of the other, you are entitled to 9 points. You get zero if you have no knowledge of either language or your knowledge is considered "with difficulty".

Demographic Factor                       8
This number is set by the federal government.

Personal Suitability                       10

This refers to your ability to settle successfully in Canada, based on such qualities as adaptability, motivation and initiative. At the interview, the visa officer assesses personal suitability and awards points, usually between 5 and 7. It is extremely rare to get 10 points for personal suitability.

Relative in Canada                                  5

You get 5 bonus points as an assisted relative if you have a brother, sister, mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew living in Canada as a permanent resident or Canadian citizen. You need proof of the relationship and of the relative's status in Canada.

Each criterion is assigned a specific number of points. Generally an applicant must have at least 70 points to be selected as an Independent Immigrant. However, a visa officer has a general discretion to issue an immigrant visa to an applicant who has less than 70 points if the applicant can show that he has a great chance of becoming successfully established in Canada.

An Applicant's intended occupation must be itemized on Canada's General Occupations List. If the intended occupation is not itemized on the General Occupations List, the applicant must have "arranged employment".

Also, an Applicant must have a minimum of one year's work experience in their intended occupation. If an Applicant does not have a minimum of one year's work experience, the applicant must have "arranged employment".

"Arranged employment" is a guaranteed job offer from a Canadian employer that has been validated by a Human Resources Canada Centre certifying that no suitably qualified Canadian or permanent resident is available to fill the position.

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