- National Occupational Classification(NOC 2016) Skill Type 0 (management jobs such as restaurant managers, mine managers, etc.) or
- NOC Skill Level A (professional jobs that usually need a degree from a university, such as doctors, dentists, architects etc.) or
- NOC Skill Level B (technical jobs and skilled trades such as chefs, electricians, plumbers etc.)
- NOC Skill Level C (intermediate jobs that usually call for high school and/or job-specific training, such as: industrial butchers. long-haul truck drivers. food and beverage servers.)
Applications received by IRCC on or after November 16, 2022
- within the last five years, you must have accumulated at least one year (at least 1,560 hours, the same as working 30 hours per week) of full-time (or part-time equivalent) work experience, in your main occupation at:
- National Occupational Classification(NOC 2021) TEER 0 (management jobs such as restaurant managers, mine managers, etc.) or
- TEER 1 (professional jobs that usually need a degree from a university, such as doctors, dentists, architects etc.) or
- TEER 2 and TEER 3 (technical jobs and skilled trades such as chefs, electricians, plumbers etc.)
- TEER 4 (intermediate jobs that usually call for high school and/or job-specific training, such as: industrial butchers. long-haul truck drivers. food and beverage servers.)
Note: You do not have to be employed at the time you apply.
To calculate your hours worked:
- Count hours worked in part-time and full-time jobs.
- Count only paid hours of work. Volunteering or unpaid internships don’t count.
- Count hours worked inside or outside Canada. You must have been legally authorized to work in Canada as a temporary resident.
- Count hours that were accumulated over a period of at least 12 months.
- Count work experience acquired while studying, as long as the work hours don’t exceed what was authorized.
- Don’t count hours when you were self-employed.
Note: Work experience does not need to be continuous to qualify and can be accumulated within the last 5 years. When calculating the period of 12 months of required employment, it cannot include any extended breaks in employment, periods of unemployment, prolonged sick leave or parental leave. However, a reasonable period of vacation time will be counted towards meeting the work experience requirement (for example, a 2-week period of paid vacation leave within a given 52-week period in which the applicant was engaged in qualifying work).
Qualifying international graduates are exempt from work experience requirements
You do not need to meet the work experience requirements if you’re an international graduate who
- has at least a two-year degree, diploma, certificate, or trade or apprenticeship credential from a recognized post-secondary institution in Atlantic Canada, was a full-time student for the entire duration of your studiesand, was obtained within 24 months prior to the date you apply for permanent residence
- lived in either New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador or Prince Edward Island for at least 16 months within the last two years before getting your credential
- had valid temporary resident status throughout your stay in Canada
- had the visa or permit you needed to work, study or get training while you were in Canada
Job Offer
The job offer must meet all of these requirements
- The job offer must be from a designated employer in one of the four Atlantic provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland and Labrador).
- The job offer must be full time, meaning you’ll work at least 30 paid hours per week.
- The job offer must be non-seasonal. In general, this means you have consistent and regularly scheduled paid employment throughout the year.
- For NOC 0, A or B skill type or level job offers (NOC 2016), or TEER 0,1,2, or 3 (NOC 2021) the employer must be offering you a job that will last at least 1 year (1 year from the time you become a permanent resident).
- For NOC C skill level job offers (NOC 2016), or TEER 4 (NOC 2021) the employer must be offering you permanent employment, that is, there is no set end date.
- The job offer cannot come from a company where you (the applicant) or your spouse is a majority owner.
- The job offer must be at the same skill level as, or higher than, the work experience that qualified for the job (refer to the table below), unless you’re an international graduate from a recognized post-secondary institution in Atlantic Canada.
- For certain health care sector occupations, you don’t need to have a job offer at the same skill level, or higher, than the qualifying work experience.
- Work experience in NOC 3233 (NOC 2016), 32101 (NOC 2021) (licensed practical nurses) and NOC 3012 (NOC 2016), 31301 (NOC 2021) (registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses) can be used as qualifying work experience if you have a job offer in NOC 3413 (NOC 2016, 33102 (NOC 2021) (nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates) or NOC 4412 (NOC 2016), 44101 (NOC 2021) (home health care workers)
Processing officers will assess the following:
- that you can perform the work described in the job offer, and that you are likely to accept and carry out the job duties related to the job offer
- Officers can use the employment requirements of the NOC in their assessment. Relevant employment requirements may include education, training or other qualifications listed in the NOC description, with the exception of Canadian licensing requirements in the case of regulated occupations.
NOC level job offer and qualifying work experience requirement
NOC level job offer (NOC 2016)
