I am qualified lawyer in my home country with more than 10 years’ experience. That would fall under NOC 4112 (Lawyers and Quebec notaries), which is a regulated occupation in Canada. Thus, I think there is no chance to be nominated by any province.
However, NOC 1242 and 4211 (Legal Administrative Assistants and Paralegals) are not regulated occupations and some provinces have them as in-demand occupation.
After my research on this forum and communication with some of the immigration consultants I came to a conclusion that what matters as far as immigration is concerned is not your job title, but your job duties and as such around 60-70% of your duties must match the declared NOC.
Thus, even though foreign lawyers do not have much chance of being nominated I guess the following might work for foreign lawyers willing to move to Canada:
- in your EE profile select NOC 1242 or 4211
- in your reference letter name your position as Legal Consultant, Legal Associate or something like that
- make sure most of your duties are similar to the ones related to legal administrative assistants and paralegals
- list some of the duties related to lawyers
What do you think?
