Do I meet the Canadian Experience Class requirements?

You must plan to live outside the province of Quebec. The province of Quebec selects its own skilled workers. If you plan on living in Quebec, see Quebec-selected skilled workers. You can count work experience gained while living in Quebec, as long as you can prove you don’t plan to settle there. You’ll have to include proof and expect officers to check anything you provide. If you’re a Provincial Nominee, you must settle in the province or territory that nominated you.

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-16

You must take approved language tests in English or French and meet the minimum score in all 4 abilities (writing, reading, listening, speaking). The skills you need depend on the NOC TEER group of your job. TEER 0 or 1: CLB 7 / NCLC 7 in all 4 abilities. TEER 2 or 3: CLB 5 / NCLC 5 in all 4 abilities.

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-16

Your test results must be less than 2 years old when you: complete your Express Entry profile, and submit your application for permanent residence. If you apply for permanent residence with language test results that have expired, we’ll refuse your application. Conversion reuses the existing IRCC language-test table. IRCC language-test results page (opened 2026-08-15).

Your skilled work experience must be in 1 or more of TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3; gained by working in Canada while authorized to work under temporary resident status; show that you performed the actions in the lead statement of the NOC job description and most of the main duties listed; be paid work (wages or commission — volunteer work or unpaid internships don’t count); and be at least 1 year of work or 1,560 hours total (30 hours per week) in the 3 years before you apply. Your experience can be in more than 1 NOC. If you worked remotely, you must have been physically in Canada and working for a Canadian employer.

You can meet the 1,560 hour requirement full time at 1 job (up to 30 hours a week for 12 months), as an equal amount in part-time work (for example 15 hours a week for 24 months — you can work as many part-time jobs as you need), or full time at more than 1 job (30 hours a week for 12 months at more than 1 job).

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-16

Self-employment and work experience gained while you were a full-time student (even if you were on a co-op work term) doesn’t count toward the minimum requirements for this program.

There is no education requirement for the Canadian Experience Class. If you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool: a Canadian high-school or post-secondary credential, or a completed foreign credential plus an educational credential assessment report for immigration purposes, can get ranking points. Those points are CRS, not a CEC minimum.

Not required. The comparison page: job offer — not required. The job-offer page: you don’t need a job offer to be eligible, but your employer may choose to give you one.

You don’t need to show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family if you’re applying under the Canadian Experience Class. Keep your funds up to date in your profile. The system may find that you’re eligible for more than 1 program. You don’t always know ahead of time which program you’ll be invited under.

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-16

You must be admissible to Canada. Some people aren’t allowed to come to Canada. There are different reasons we may not let you into Canada, such as security, criminal or medical reasons.