Skilled Worker

Skilled Worker

Skilled Worker Stream

Considering the increasing demand for the skilled workers in the vast labour market of northern Canada, the Skilled Worker stream under NTNP invites all the eligible applicants with skill level 0, A, or B as listed by NOC to apply for the provincial nomination. Applicants are also required to express the intent of getting permanently settled in the Northwest Territories.

Both the eligible employers in Northwest Territories, as well as the critical impact workers, are required to fulfil certain requirements to become eligible to apply for Canadian PR under this stream.

Program Requirements

Requirement
Express Entry Profile No
Connection to Province Work Experience (with few exceptions)
Job Offer Yes
Language Proficiency CLB Level 6 needed for skill type 0 and
A as listed by NOC CLB Level 5 needed
for skill type B as listed by NOC
Level of Education Education or special skill set
concerning the job offer
Work Experience At the job with skill type 0, A, or B
as listed by NOC Minimum 1 year
Investment Requirement None

Applicant Requirements

Connection to Northwest Territories

Applicants who work in the Northwest Territories are required to testify that they possess the legal status to work inside Canada. In the rarest of the cases, it may happen that the Northwest Territories accepts the application of an applicant residing abroad.

Job Offer

Applicants are required to have a valid full-time job offer from an eligible employer in the Northwest Territories with skill level 0, A, or B as listed by NOC.

Language Proficiency

Applicants are required to appear for the language proficiency test in English or French, and submit their test scores along with their application. All the applicants having a job offer of Skill Level 0 and A, framed by NOC are required to obtain a minimum of CLB level 6 in language proficiency test to become eligible to apply under this stream. All the applicants having a job offer of Skill Level B framed by NOC are required to obtain a minimum of CLB level 5 in language proficiency test to become eligible to apply under this stream.

Level of Education

All the applicants are required to have adequate education or any special skill set needed to perform their duties at the job.

Work Experience

Applicants are required to have a work experience of minimum one-year working full-time where the job you are working at must be similar to the new job being offered to you from an eligible employer in the province.