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Most foreign nationals need a study permit to study in Canada. Some
people in specific situations may not. Learn more about who needs a
study permit.
You should apply for a study permit before coming to Canada. Only some
people can apply for a study permit from within Canada. Before you
apply, you must have a letter of acceptance from a designated learning
institution in Canada.
How you can apply for a study permit depends on if you’re applying from
outside Canada, inside Canada or at the port of entry. Find out what
options are available for you.
Your study permit isn’t a travel document. Your permit lets you study in
Canada, but you may also need a visitor visa (temporary resident visa) or
an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to enter Canada. If we approve
your study permit, we’ll also give you either a visitor visa or an eTA,
depending on which document you need. This document will let you enter
Canada.
Yes, you need a medical exam to study in Canada if you:
Canada offers many choices of schools for international students. These
include primary and secondary schools, post secondary institutions (i.e.
colleges and universities) private career /vocational schools, and language
schools. Find more information on choosing a school.
Once you have chosen a school, you will need to make sure it is on
the designated learning institution list. This list names the schools in
Canada that are approved to accept international students. A study permit
can only be issued to someone who has been accepted to study at a
designated learning institution.
To study in Quebec, you first need to have a letter of acceptance from
the designated learning institution which you plan to attend in Quebec. In
addition, you must have received a Certificat d’acceptation du
Québec (CAQ) or certificate of acceptance which is issued by the province
of Quebec. At that time, you can apply for a study permit from us.
For information on studying in Quebec, please contact either the
educational institution or the Quebec government directly.
Most people have to give biometrics when they apply for a visitor visa, a
study or work permit or permanent residence.
Canadian visa officers use biometrics to confirm your identity.
Biometrics also helps to:
make it more difficult for someone to forge, steal or use your
identity,
resolve problems or errors that may happen if your name, date of
birth and/or place of birth are similar to those of someone else, and
confirm your identity the next time you apply, so it is easier for you
to re-enter Canada.
If you apply for a visitor visa, study permit or work permit, you’ll only
need to give your biometrics once every 10 years. We’ll keep your
biometrics on file for the next application you make within a 10-year
period.
If you apply for permanent residence, you’ll need to give biometrics
each time you apply.
Your primary occupation means the job you have experience in (within
the last ten years) and want to base your immigration application on, if
you are invited to apply.
Your National Occupation Classification (NOC) code is the number the
job is listed under in Canada’s official job classification system. Find the
NOC code and title for a job.
No. As of November 19, 2016, a valid job offer for Express Entry only
needs to be for one year or more.
Job offers must still be:
You will be asked to enter in your Express Entry profile the amount of
money you will have to help you settle in Canada. This is to show that
you can support yourself and any family who come with you to Canada,
and helps us assess which programs you may be eligible for.
You will only need to meet the settlement fund requirement if it applies
to the program you are invited to apply under.
If you are invited to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker Program or
Federal Skilled Trades Program, you will need to show that you meet
the settlement funds requirement unless you:
For proof, you must get official letters from any banks or financial
institutions where you are keeping money.
Letter(s) must list:
Note: You do not have to meet the funds requirement if you were invited
to apply under the Canadian Experience Class.
The system currently asks all applicants to provide a proof of funds
document. If you don’t need to provide proof of funds, you must upload
a letter explaining either that you have been invited to apply under the
Canadian Experience Class, or that you have a valid job offer.
Note: As of June 6, 2017, It is now optional to create a Job Match
account with Job Bank. To start your job search, you can
You can use both while you are in the Express Entry pool. Once you
come to Canada, you can keep using these services if you still need to
find a job.
A Job Match account with Job Bank is an easy, online tool to help match
you with employers looking for workers with your skills. To do so:
You will need your Express Entry profile number and job seeker
validation code to create a Job Match account.
Private-sector job boards are online services that advertise jobs and
give you tools for finding work. Some are free and others cost a small
fee. Research to find one that suits you.
The minimum requirements for federal skilled workers are:
Skilled work experience
You must have at least one year, in the last ten years before you submit
your electronic application for permanent residence, of continuous fulltime
work experience (or the equivalent in continuous part-time work)
in a skilled occupation listed in Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B of the
2016 version of Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Language ability
You must show that you meet or exceed the language threshold
of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7 with test results from
a IRCC-designated language testing organization.
Education
You must provide either a Canadian educational credential or a foreign
educational credential with an Educational Credential Assessment
report for immigration purposes from a designated organization to
prove that your overseas diploma, degree, or certificate is equivalent to
a completed Canadian educational credential. (Points will be awarded
based on the completed Canadian educational credential or the value of
the foreign educational credential in Canadian standards.)
If you meet all the minimum requirements, we will assess your
application based on the selection factors in the federal skilled worker
points grid.
Note: Completing an Express Entry profile is the first step to
immigrate to Canada permanently as a skilled worker.
Completing an Express Entry profile does not guarantee that you
will receive an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence. An
Invitation to Apply for permanent residence will be based on your
score and rank in the Express Entry pool using
the Comprehensive Ranking System.
Completing an Express Entry profile is the first step to immigrate to
Canada permanently as a federal skilled worker. You will need to
complete an Express Entry profile and meet the minimum criteria to be
accepted into the pool.
If you are interested in the Federal Skilled Worker stream, you will need to meet, at minimum, the pass mark of 67 points out of 100 on
the Federal Skilled Worker grid.
If you are accepted into the Express Entry pool, you are not guaranteed
to receive an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence. An Invitation
to Apply for permanent residence will be based on your score and rank
in the Express Entry pool using the Comprehensive Ranking System.
If you meet the criteria to get into the Express Entry pool: Yes. If
you are 47 or over, you will not get any points under the Age factor of
the Comprehensive Ranking System, but you may get points for other
factors such as a job offer, your skills, your language abilities, etc. You
may still be invited to apply based on your CRS score and your rank in
the pool.
If you receive an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence
through the Express Entry system under the FSW program: Yes. If
you are over 47, you will not get any points under the Age factor of
the FSW selection grid, but you can still apply. The applicant’s age is
worth 12 percent of the overall selection criteria on the FSW selection
grid.
No, there are no exceptions to this rule. Each of the programs under
Express Entry requires the submission of third-party language results.
You will include the results of your test(s) in your Express Entry profile.
Canada wants to assess all applicants against the same standards, no
matter their language of origin, nationality or ethnicity. Even someone from an English-speaking country, who speaks English
as a first language, would need to take the test. Similarly, someone from
a French-speaking country, who speaks French as a first language,
needs to take a test.
If you were educated outside Canada, you’ll need an Educational
Credential Assessment (ECA) for immigration purposes to immigrate
as a federal skilled worker.
If you were educated in Canada, you don’t need an ECA.
We will accept ECA reports for five years from the date they are issued,
so long as they were issued on or after April 17, 2013.
If you got an ECA report before that date, you should contact the
organization to see if they will re-issue it.
Usually, you should choose the highest level degree, diploma or
certificate (or combination) that will award you the most points.
For example, you would get more points for an ECA report that shows
you have a Canadian equivalent of a master’s degree than for one that
shows you have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.
But, if you have more than one degree or diploma (if the highest is at least at a bachelor’s level), you will get more points than a single
bachelor’s degree.
For example, you hold
To find out if your work experience qualifies, search for it in the official
list.
There are also other requirements you must meet.
The Canadian Experience Class is for people who already have skilled
work experience in Canada.
You are not eligible for permanent residence under the Canadian
Experience Class if you gained your work experience:
You also must not:
Yes. You can apply and count your work experience in Quebec.
If you plan to live in Quebec, you must apply to the Ministère de
l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion du Québec. Quebec
selects its own immigrants.
Yes, you can be eligible for the Canadian Experience Class so long as
you meet the requirements under the class, including having gained at
least 12 months of full-time (or an equal amount of part-time) work
experience in a NOC 0, A, or B occupation in Canada in the three years
before you are invited to apply.
Yes, as long as you gained skilled work experience of at least one year
in an occupation listed under the 2016 National Occupational
Classification (NOC) as Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations), Skill
Level A (professional occupations) or Skill level B (technical and trade
occupations).
Your work experience must have been gained in Canada within the
three years before we receive your Canadian Experience Class
application. Work experience gained while studying full time on a
student permit (for example, experience gained while on co-op) does
not count.
To apply for permanent residence under the Canadian Experience
Class, your skilled work experience must:
No. Under the Canadian Experience Class, you must have had
temporary resident status and the proper work or study authorization
when you gained the Canadian work experience or educational
credential you are claiming.
Refugee claimants who have authorization to work or study while
waiting for a decision on their claim do not have temporary resident
status and cannot apply under this category.
You can count part-time work toward the work experience requirement,
as long as you were not a full-time student at the time.
However, you must have gained the equivalent amount of experience
as someone who worked full-time for at least one year (1560 hours)
To be eligible for permanent residence under the Canadian Experience
Class you must have completed, within the three years before you
apply, at least:
You must also complete an Express Entry profile.
It proves that a person is qualified to work in a certain skilled trade in
Canada. This means that they:
This certificate is issued by the body that governs trades in a Canadian
province or territory or by a federal authority.
Depending on which body or authority issues it, this certificate may be
called a “certificate of qualification” or a “qualification certificate”. Find
out how to get a certificate. You must complete an Express Entry profile as the first step to
immigrate to Canada permanently as a skilled worker.
In Canada, provinces and territories
The regulatory body that governs trades in a province or territory
To get a certificate of qualification, you
If your trade is not regulated by a province or territory (for example,
airplane mechanic), it may be federally regulated. The Canadian
Information Centre for International Credentials provides information
on credential assessment for all regulated trades in Canada.
Contact the provincial, territorial or federal regulatory body for more
information.
In that case, to qualify for the Federal Skilled Trades Program you must
have a qualifying job offer in your trade from a Canadian employer.
This means an offer of continuous, full-time employment from up to two
Canadian employers, for at least 30 hours a week. The job offer must
be for a period of at least one year.
You must have a job offer if you do not have a certificate of qualification
in your skilled trade issued by a Canadian province or territory.
Under Express Entry, most job offers need a Labour Market Impact
Assessment (LMIA).
The LMIA verifies that Canadian labour market has a need for this type
of worker, and that your employer(s) have tried to hire a Canadian or
permanent resident first.
In some cases, your employer does not need an LMIA to support your
job offer. Find out more about jobs that are exempt.
You must complete an Express Entry profile as the first step to
immigrate to Canada permanently as a skilled worker.
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To be awarded 600 points under the Comprehensive Ranking System
for having a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) nomination, you must
have a provincial nomination certificate that:
Yes. Even if you had a medical exam previously, all applicants for
permanent residence must have a medical exam.
A medical exam is needed to make sure that:
Note: If we invited you to apply before June 6 2017, these changes
will not affect you.
The CRS scores of all profiles in the pool will be updated automatically
before the next invitation round after the updates. This could take up to
two weeks.
We have made improvements to the Express Entry system.
If you score NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills
(listening, speaking, reading and writing), you will get
This is in addition to points you get for official languages.
You can now earn 15 additional points if you (or your spouse or
common-law partner who will come with you to Canada) have a brother
or sister who is:
To get these points, the brother or sister must also be
It is now up to you if you want to create a Job Match account with Job
Bank.
If you meet the minimum entry criteria for Express Entry, you will be
automatically be
You can still create a Job Match account to help you look for work.
We can now break ties between candidates with the same rank in the
pool.
The Express Entry system ranks candidates in the pool by their CRS
score. In case of a CRS tie, the system will then rank all tied candidates
based on the date and time that they submitted their profile.
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