Canadian Experience Class

The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program allows international students and temporary foreign workers with at least 12 months of full-time work experience or 24 months of part-time work experience to become Permanent Resident of Canada.

Starting in January 2015, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced a new program called Express Entry. Express Entry program is based on a number and ranking system where an individual competes with other candidates in the pool. CIC sends an invitation to selected applicants from the pool based on their score.

Minimum requirements

To qualify for the CEC through Express Entry, you must have:

  • at least 12 months of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last three years (before you apply). The work was:
  1. full-time OR
  2. an equal amount of part-time
  • gained your work experience in Canada with the proper authorization
  • meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability
  1. writing
  2. reading
  3. listening
  4. speaking
  • Planned to live outside the province of Quebec

Please Note:

  • Work experience obtained while enrolled, as a full-time student in the school will not be considered,
  • Having required work experience and applying for Express Entry does not guarantee the selection; the preference will be given to the applicants with highest scores in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Tool.

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