Canada Work Permit ( LMIA )

Express Entry rounds of invitations: Category-based selection In category-based rounds of invitations, we invite candidates who are eligible for a specific category established by the Minister to meet an identified economic goal. We invite candidates to apply for permanent residence based on criteria such as ability to communicate in a specific official language work experience in a specific Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) category of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) education Category-based rounds add to general and program-specific rounds by inviting top-ranking candidates who can help us meet these specific economic goals. We’ll announce the chosen categories in advance. Candidates with a provincial or territorial nomination We’ll continue to invite candidates with a provincial or territorial nomination through general and Provincial Nominee Program-specific rounds. These candidates have demonstrated they have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the province or territory’s economy. How we choose and report on categories We choose categories based on labour market information and projections input we received from our partners, including provinces and territories, and stakeholders across the country Each year, we’ll report to Parliament on the categories we chose the previous year why and how we chose them the instructions to establish a category the number of invitations we issued for each category We’ll also include information about category-based selection in the Express Entry Year-End Report monitor and assess categories on a regular basis Categories chosen for 2023 For 2023, we chose these categories: French-language proficiency Healthcare occupations Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations Trade occupations Transport occupations Agriculture and agri-food occupations