Applications for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Class can be submitted by foreign nationals who are skilled workers and professionals.

New: All applicants in the Federal Skilled Worker Class, must submit their initial application to the Centralized Intake Office in Canada as of April 1, 2009.

There are three categories under the Federal Skilled Worker Class:

• Category 1: For persons in an occupation which corresponds to the list of occupations identified in the Ministerial Instructions and have evidence of one year of continuous full-time (or full-time equivalent) experience in that occupation
• Category 2: For persons who have arranged employment offer with a Canadian employer; or
• Category 3: For students or workers who are legally residing in Canada, and have done so for at least 12 months immediately before submitting their application.

There are two other programs for skilled workers who want to become permanent residents. They are as follows:

Provincial Nominee and

Quebec Skilled Workers.

Some of the files below are available as Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If the Adobe download site is not accessible to you, you can download Acrobat Reader from an accessible page. You can also visit the Adobe site for online conversion tools for PDF documents.

If you cannot view and print this application from this website, contact your nearest Canadian visa office abroad.

Complete these three steps , get the forms required:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/skilled.asp

Forms for Employers  can be found

• The Government requires you to have a Business Number when submitting your application for a Nanny, you can register with Revenue Canada on-line at  www.cra-arc.gc.ca, this will take approximately. 10 minutes to complete.

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/supperimm.shtml

See the following web page for more detailed information about Government regulations as an employer and to hire a foreign Nanny.  Also look to Workplace Safety & Insurance Board WSIB, for legal obligations of hiring a live-in caregiver.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/caregiver/index.html

http://www.wsib.on.ca

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/caregiver/index.asp