Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

If you have studied full time in Canada for two years resulting in a degree or diploma, AND have worked for one full year after the degree, you can qualify for expedited permanent residence. The job must have been in the professional, technical or management areas.

If you have completed two full years of work experience under a work permit in Canada under specific acceptable categories, you can also apply for expedited permanent residence under CEC.

Administratively and socially, it makes a lot of sense to select permanent residents from a pool of foreign nationals who are already in Canada since they have had the opportunity of adjusting culturally, linguistically and socially to Canadian standards and mores. As well, Canadian employers are much more receptive to hiring those who already have legal status (be it temporary) rather than having to face the prospect of filling out additional forms to qualify a potential foreign worker.

You must have proficient or at least moderate mastery of French or English, which must be proven by a formal language test.

Once these qualifications have been met, you need not rely on the usual point system of the Federal Skilled Worker Program. The test is a simple pass or fail based on educational and work experience in Canada, and produces about 25,000 to 30,000 new permanent residents from within Canada, within the overall total of 250,000 residents accepted on an annual basis.

Fill out the following application to determine if you qualify under the Canadian Experience class.