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[edit] What is THE LIST?

• Skilled Worker applicants must show evidence of at least one year's continuous experience under one or more of the following National Occupational Classification categories. THE LIST (as of 2010-06-26) is as follows:

0631 Restaurant and Food Service Managers

0811 Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture)

1122 Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management

1233 Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners

2121 Biologists and Related Scientists

2151 Architects

3111 Specialist Physicians

3112 General Practitioners and Family Physicians

3113 Dentists

3131 Pharmacists

3142 Physiotherapists

3152 Registered Nurses

3215 Medical Radiation Technologists

3222 Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists

3233 Licensed Practical Nurses

4151 Psychologists

4152 Social Workers

6241 Chefs

6242 Cooks

7215 Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades

7216 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades

7241 Electricians (Except Industrial & Power System)

7242 Industrial Electricians

7251 Plumbers

7265 Welders & Related Machine Operators

7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics

7371 Crane Operators

7372 Drillers & Blasters — Surface Mining, Quarrying & Construction

8222 Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service

[edit] Why does THE LIST matter?

• If applicants belong to occupations that are on that list, their permanent residence (PR) applications will not need to be backed up by pre-arranged employment, and their applications will be accepted (if everything else -- police checks, medicals, etc. -- is in order).

• If an applicant's occupation is not on the Minister's list of occupations in extreme demand, and if the applicant does not have pre-arranged employment, the application will be rejected.

• Note that this is true, regardless of what you scored on the points test.
  • These days the points test is relevant only if you do not meet the 67 point threshold.
  • If you do meet the 67 point threshold, it is only the first filter.
  • Now another filter has been added.
  • You have to be in an occupation that is in extreme demand in Canada or you have to have pre-arranged employment.

• Visa officers will start to process the backlog of PR applications now that THE LIST has been published. Visa officers will weed through all PR applications, and reject the ones from applicants whose occupations are not on THE LIST, as it's come to be known on the British Expats Forum.

• Note that the PR applications that will be rejected out of hand will be those from applicants whose occupations are not on THE LIST and that are not backed up by pre-arranged employment. Also, PR applications submitted before 28th February 2008 will not be subject to the new rules incorporating THE LIST.