The FSW program is designed for those who have been chosen for immigration to Canada based on work skills and work experience. The FSWP is your best EE option if you have never lived or worked in Canada and don’t fall in the category of skilled trades professionals.
To begin the process, determine whether you meet the FSWP's eligibility requirements. After that, you fill out an Express Entry application. Then, based on characteristics such as your education, age, work experience, and language skills, you'll obtain a CRS score.

• For IRCC to consider you eligible for the FSW Program, you must meet the following requirements:
• Have worked full-time for not less than one year in the last ten years. The work experience need to be in a National Occupational Classification (NOC) skill level O (managerial occupations), A (professional occupations), or B (technical occupations and skilled trades).
• Manage to achieve a minimum of 67 points on the Federal Skilled Worker Program selection parameters.
• Have adequate financial resources money to support yourself and your dependent family (where applicable).
• Meet admissibility to enter (and eligibility to work) in Canada
• Attain minimum (English or French) language proficiency. An applicant must submit test results from a certified language test service provider, for example:
  ❖ IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
  ❖ TEF (Test d'evaluation de francais) or The French Language Evaluation Test
  ❖ CELPIP (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program)

Listening, speaking,writing, and reading are the four areas of language in which candidates are evaluated. A candidate must achieve a CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) level 7 in all four components of the test for English or French, with a maximum score of 24 points.

The Canadian government established the Federal Skilled Trades program in 2013 to respond swiftly to workforce demands in sectors with substantial economic development but a workforce shortage. First, however, you must meet the FST eligibility criteria.
Who is Eligible for the Federal Skilled Trades?

• A candidate must have at least two years of full-time relevant work (professional) experience in a skilled trade. Part-time job experience is accepted as long as it covers the same amount of time as the necessary experience. The candidate must have obtained the work experience within the last five years prior to the EE application.
• Meet the job criteria for your specified skilled trade-according to the NOC regulations-or have a Certificate of Qualification from a Canadian provincial or territorial agency.
• You must intend to live outside of Quebec.
• You must take a language test in either French or English. A minimum of five points on the CLB for listening and speaking and a four for writing and reading and writing is required.
• Proof that you can finance your family and yourself after you move to Canada. But if you are employed in Canada or have a confirmed job offer from a Canadian company/employer, you may not need to provide proof of funds.
• Proof of admissibility to enter and work in Canada

The following are some examples of FST-eligible occupations:

• Agricultures and national resources supervision, and related technical jobs
• Trades that deal with the operation and maintenance (O&M) of equipment butchers
• Works such as industrial, constriction, and electrical
• Occupations in manufacturing, industrial, processing, and utilities

The Canadian Experience Class aims to assist international students and temporary foreign workers in using their educational qualifications and Canadian work experience toward permanent immigration applications.
The CEC supports a switchover from temporary to permanent status. It considers the time spent in Canada by the skilled worker or international student contributing to the Canadian economy.
What are the eligibiity requirements for the CEC Program?

• An applicant must have at least one year of full-time (or comparable part-time) professional job experience in Canada. In addition, the candidate must have obtained work experience within the past 36 months of the EE application date.
• Your job responsibilities in Canada must be classified as NOC Skill Level A, B, or O.
• The applicant must have lawfully gained the paid work experience. For example, an applicant cannot count the job experience gained while enrolled in a full-time mode of education in Canada.
• Comply with the language standards. For NOC skill codes A or 0 positions, A candidate must achieve a CLB level 7 on a recognized French or language test. For NOC B positions, a candidate must get a CLB level 5.
• A Canadian address is required. In addition, the candidate must plan to live outside of Quebec.