Clearing the eligibility test for the federal skilled workers Canada category is not an easy task. You have to clear the basic educational and work experience requirement along with the language skill test. Keeping in touch with the latest updates can help you a lot to achieve your dream.

1. Determining Eligibility for Federal Skilled Worker
Canada Category
Canada is on the lookout for skilled workers, business people and entrepreneurs, who can
settle on their own in Canada and if possible contribute in the growth of its economy. The
Federal Skilled Worker Canada Category has certain criteria through which the eligibility of a
candidate for the visa is determined. The main assessment for choosing as permanent resident
is based on the ability of the candidate to settle in the country and generates revenue. The
assessment criteria include:
French and/or English skills,
Education
Work experience
Other factors that can are found to be helpful in making the applicant prosper in the
Canadian land
Although these are the general rules for determining the eligibility for federal skilled worker
Canada Category, they can change anytime without prior notice. Hence, the aspiring
immigrants should keep on checking the latest updates on Canada FSW immigration site or
should contact an established immigrant consultant like Abhinav Outsourcing to get latest
updates.
Basic eligibility criteria
The applications for this category are assessed based on the factors listed below:
The candidate should possess work experience of one-year continuous paid service-full
time or part-time with equal payment in single job. This job experience should be in the
past 10 years and should come under the skill type zero or levels of skill A or B according
to the Canadian National Occupational Classification of 2011 edition.
The candidate should have this type of work experience in at least one of the given
eligible occupations, or should possess a valid employment offer arrangement or should
be an international student who has enrolled himself for PhD program in a Canadian
University.
Minimum work experience requirements

2. If the above criteria’s are fulfilled then the immigration officials will look for your work
experience and its validity. To become eligible you should possess work experience in the
following set:
Minimum one-year work experience in the same field
Continuous as well as paid job-full time or part-time with equal payment
This work experience should be in the past 10 years
The Candidate should either possess skill type 0 (managerial occupations), or Skill Level
B (skilled trades and technical occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations).
The jobs are clearly classified and mentioned in the National Occupational Classification list or
NOC and a prospective immigrant should thoroughly go through this list for a better idea.
Language ability and education
It is important that a candidate should fulfill all the minimum language levels and the
application document should include the language test results provided by an agency having an
approval of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). This will indicate that you are eligible
enough to fulfill the minimum Canadian Language Benchmark or CLB-7.
For federal skilled worker Canada category the minimum education qualification you
require is:
A Canadian credential, certificate or diploma
Or/and
A credential of foreign educational institution and an ECA or Educational Credential
Assessment from the CIC approved agency that shows that the qualification is equal to
the Canadian post-secondary or secondary educational credential.
Apart from this, you must also possess enough money to take care of yourself and the family
you are taking along to Canada.