Selection factors: federal skilled workers Required

Language skills
IELTS First official language (Maximum 24 points)
Ability: Ability: Ability: Ability: Points per
CLB Level Speaking Listening Reading Writing ability
7 6 6.0 – 7.0 6 6 4
8 6.5 7.5 6.5 6.5 5
9 7 8 7 7 6
10 and above 7.5 – 9.0 8.5 – 9.0 8.0 – 9.0 7.5 – 9.0 6

Education
(Maximum 25 points)
wo or more Canadian post-secondary degrees or diplomas or
equal (at least one must be for a program of at least three years) 22 points

Canadian post-secondary degree or diploma for a program of 21 points

three years or longer, or equal
Canadian post-secondary degree or diploma for a two-year 19 points
program,
Canadian or equal
post-secondary degree or diploma for a one-year 15 points
program, or equal
Canadian high school diploma, or equal 5 points

Experience
(Maximum 15 points)
Maximum 15
Experience points
1 year 9
2-3 years 11
4-5 years 13
6 or more years 15

AGE
(Maximum 12 points)
Age Points
Under 18 0
18-35 12
36 11
 ARRANGED EMPLOYEEMENT IN CA
(Maximum 10 points)

ADPTABILITY
(Maximum 10 points)
Your spouse or partner’s language level 5
Your past study in Canada 5
Your spouse or partner’s past study in Canada 5
Your past work in Canada 10
Your spouse or common-law partner’s past work in Canada 5
Arranged Employment in Canada 5
Relatives in Canada 5
This relative must be a:
parent
grandparent
child
grandchild
child of a parent (sibling)
child of a grandparent (aunt or uncle)
grandchild of a parent (niece or nephew)
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77

24

21

15

12
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 Age
With an accompanying spouse (maximum
Age (in years) points available: 100)
under 18 0 points
18 90
19 95
20-29 100
30 95
31 90
32 85
33 80
34 75
35 70
36 65
37 60
38 55
39 50
40 45
41 35
42 25
43 15
44 5
45 or older 0

Level of education

With an accompanying spouse

Level of
education (maximum points available: 140 for PA, 10
for spouse)
Less than 0 points
secondary (high)
school credential
Secondary school 28 for PA; 2 for spouse
credential
One-year post- 84 for PA; 6 for spouse
secondary
program
Two-year post- 91 for PA; 7 for spouse
secondary
program
Post-secondary 112 for PA; 8 for spouse
program of 3 or
more years
Two or more post- 119 for PA; 9 for spouse
secondary
programs, of which
at least one was
completed after a
post-secondary
program of three or
more years

Master's or entry- 126 for PA; 10 for spouse

to-practice
professional
degree
Doctoral Degree 140 for PA; 10 for spouse
(PhD)

First Language Ability (English or French)

Canadian
Language With an accompanying spouse (maximum
Benchmark (CLB) points available: 128 for PA; 20 for spouse)
For each language 32 points for PA; 5 points for spouse
ability
CLB 3 or lower 0
CLB 4 6 for PA; 0 for spouse
CLB 5 6 for PA; 1 for spouse
CLB 6 8 for PA; 1 for spouse
CLB 7 16 for PA; 3 for spouse
CLB 8 22 for PA; 3 for spouse
CLB 9 29 for PA; 5 for spouse
CLB 10 or higher 32 for PA; 5 for spouse

Second Language Ability (English or French)

Canadian
Language With an accompanying spouse (maximum
Benchmark (CLB) points available: 22)
For each language 6
ability
CLB 4 or lower 0
CLB 5 or 6 1
CLB 7 or 8 3
CLB 9 or higher 6
 Canadian Work Experience

With an accompanying spouse (maximum

Number of years points available: 70 for PA; 10 for spouse)
Less than 1 0 points
1 year 35 for PA; 5 for spouse
2 years 46 for PA; 7 for spouse
3 years 56 for PA; 8 for spouse
4 years 63 for PA; 9 for spouse
5 years or more 70 for PA; 10 for spouse

Language Ability and Non-Canadian Work Experience

Non-Canadian
Work Experience CLB 7 or higher on all language abilities,
with at least one of these CLB 8
No non-Canadian 0
work experience
1 or 2 years of 13
non-Canadian
work experience
3 or more years of 25
non-Canadian
work experience

Canadian and non-Canadian Work Experience

Experience
1 year of Canadian work experience
No non-Canadian 0
work experience
1 or 2 years of 13
non-Canadian
work experience
3 or more years of 25
non-Canadian
work experience

Certificate of Qualification in a Trade and Language Ability

Certificate of CLB 5 or higher on all language abilities,

Qualification with at least one CLB 5 or 6
Certificate of 25
qualification in a
trade occupation
issued by a
province
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Without an accompanying spouse
(maximum points available: 110) 85 130 144 50
0 points
99
105
110
105
99
94
88
83
77
72
66
61
55
50
39
28
17
6
0

education

Without an accompanying spouse

(maximum points available: 150)
0 points

30

90

98

120
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135

150

ty (English or French)

Without an accompanying spouse

(maximum points available: 136)
34 points

0
6
6
9
17
23
31
34

lity (English or French)

Without an accompanying spouse

(maximum points available: 24)
6

0
1
3
6
ork Experience

Without an accompanying spouse

(maximum points available: 80)
0 points
40
53
64
72
80

-Canadian Work Experience

CLB 9 or higher for all language abilities

0

25

50

nadian Work Experience

2 or more years of Canadian work

experience
0

25

50

a Trade and Language Ability

CLB 7 or higher on all language abilities

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