Alberta legal counsel for Skilled Workers

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Immigration
Skilled Worker

• RUSS WENINGER
• Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public

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Immigration Skilled Workers

• The Point System
• The point system measures six factors related to
  the applicant and assigns a score to each factor.
  
• If the applicants total score meets the pass
  mark then they potentially qualify for
  immigration to Canada under the Skilled Worker
  category.
• A total of 100 points are available and the pass
  mark is currently set at 67.

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Immigration Skilled Workers

• The Point System
• The factors measured under the point system are
• age (10 points)
• education (25 points)
• work experience (24 points)
• language skills (English and French) (21 points)
• arranged employment (10 points)
• adaptability (10 points)

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Immigration Skilled Workers

• Other requirements
• Have an Arranged Employment Offer (AEO) in Canada
• Where the Skilled Worker applicant is already
  working in Canada with a work permit or is able
  to get an approved job offer in a skilled
  occupation, this will qualify an applicant even
  if the applicants occupation does not appear on
  the list of in-demand occupations, assuming they
  also obtain 67 points in the assessment.

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Immigration Skilled Workers

• Other requirements
• Have worked for at least one year in a listed
  In-demand Occupation
• The current list of In-demand Occupations was
  released on June 25, 2011, and may be subject to
  change based on any future review of Canadas
  labour market needs. Applicants who have at least
  one year of full time experience within the last
  10 years in any of the occupations on the list
  will qualify under the Skilled Worker category
  assuming they also obtain 67 points in the
  assessment.

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Contact Us

• Street Address
• Suite 300, 404 - 6th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
  T2P 0R9.
• Phone Number
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