Good news ! The provinces of British Columbia (BC), Ontario and Alberta (AB) in Canada  have officially recognized that there are shortages of certain professionals and skilled workers and have made it considerably easier and faster for employers in these provinces to recruit and employ foreign workers who have the skills and experience to fill available positions in their organizations.

Find out if your occupation is considered as one under pressure in these provinces:

Alberta       |       British Columbia       |      Ontario

If you are an employer, contact a Certified and licensed Canadian immigration consultant for professional advice and services.

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If you have US or Mexican citizenship, you may be able to work in Canada without a work permit for selected NAFTA occupations listed below, subject to you meeting the requirements for education and experience specified for each occupation. Consult a certified and licensed Canadian immigration consultant to determine your eligibility and prepare a complete and professional application.

Professions
Accountant: Baccalaureate, licenciatura degree, C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.

Architect: Baccalaureate, licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Computer systems Analyst: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims, or three years of experience in the field of claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.

Economist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Engineer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Forester: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Graphic Designer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Hotel Manager: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree in hotel management, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Industrial Designer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Interior Designer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Land Surveyor: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state, provincial or federal licensure

Landscape Architect: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Lawyer: (Including Notary in the province of Quebec) L.L.B., J.D., L.L.M., B.C.L., licenciatura degree (five years), or membership in a state or provincial bar

Librarian: M.L.S. or B.L.S. for which another baccalaureate or licenciatura degree was a prerequisite

Management Consultant: Baccalaureate degree, licenciatura degree, or five years of experience in consulting or a related field

Mathematician (including Statistician): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Range Manager/Range Conservationist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Scientific Technician/Technologist: Must work in direct support of professionals in: chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics, astronomy, agricultural sciences, biology or forestry; and must possess theoretical knowledge of the discipline, and must possess the ability to solve practical problems in the discipline, or the ability to apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research

Social Worker: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Sylviculturist: (including forestry specialist) : Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree
Teacher: Requires baccalaureate or licenciatura degree for teaching college, seminar or university

Technical Publications Writer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience

Urban Planner (including Geographer): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Vocational Counselor: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Professions (Medical)
Dentist: D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia, Doctor en Cirugia Dental, or state or provincial licensure

Dietitian: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada) or Medical Technologist (Mexico): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or post-secondary diploma or certificate and three years of experience. Must be seeking entry to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunological, microscopic , and bacteriological tests, procedures, experiments, and analysis in laboratories for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease

Nutritionist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Occupational Therapist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Pharmacist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Physician (teaching or research only): M.D., Doctor en Medicina, or state or provincial licensure

Physio Therapist or Physical Therapist: Baccalaureate degree, licenciatura degree, or state or provincial licensure

Psychologist: Licenciatura degree or state or provincial licensure

Recreational Therapist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Registered Nurse: Licenciatura degree or state or provincial licensure

Veterinarian: D.V.M., D.M.V., Doctor en Veterinaria, or state or provincial licensure

Professions (Sciences)

Agriculturist (including Agronomist): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Animal Breeder: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Animal Scientist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Apiculturist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Astronomer: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Biochemist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Biologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Chemist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Dairy Scientist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Entomologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Epidemiologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Geneticist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Geochemist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Geologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Horticulturist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Meteorologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Pharmacologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada): Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Plant Breeder: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Poultry Scientist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Soil Scientist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

Zoologist: Baccalaureate or licenciatura degree

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Foreign nationals (that is, not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada) who wish to work in Canada typically require a work permit. However, in some cases, an foreigner can work in Canada without a work permit.

No. Some types of work do not need a confirmation by Service Canada. If the job offer you received is confirmation-exempt, you may apply directly for a work visa.

The service arm of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), now known as Service Canada, must normally provide a labour market opinion or confirmation of your job offer.

Typically, a favourable HRSDC labour opinion which confirms that a prospective temporary hiring is genuine and is likely to have a neutral or positive economic effect on the affected local labour market is required before foreign workers .

It is a written authorization to work in Canada issued by an officer to a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.

It is required whether or not the employer is in Canada. Usually, it is valid only for a specified job and length of time. A work permit may be issued based on the labour market opinion (HRSDC-Service Canada confirmation) or may be issued on the basis of meeting other requirements.

After the CPC begins processing the application for permanent residence – You will not receive a refund.

After CIC has a issued a visa, or your relative or family member has already become a permanent resident – You cannot withdraw your sponsorship; you are obliged to support your relative or family member.

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Fro the time your sponsored family members or relatives become permanent residents of Canada, you must support:

* your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner for three years;
* dependent children under age 22 for 10 years or until age 25, whichever comes first;
* dependent children aged 22 or over for three years; and
* other relatives for 10 years.
If your sponsored relatives receive social assistance within these periods, you are in default and must repay the social assistance payments to the government concerned.

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You may sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, or dependent children with no dependent children of their own, if you are a Canadian citizen living abroad and provided you will return to live in Canada once your family members become permanent residents.

Only a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who does not have a spouse, common-law partner, child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece in Canada, and who does not have a family class relative to sponsor, may sponsor one relative regardless of relationship.