Starting July 1, 2012 -
Most Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants to semi- or low-skilled professions will need language testing. This test will show whether your skills meet a minimum standard in each of these four categories: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
This does not apply if you are a temporary foreign worker in a NOC C & D occupation, and who:
•enter Canada on or before July 1, 2012, and
•are nominated by an employer under the PNP streams by July 1, 2013.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/index.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2012/2012-04-11.asp
Most Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants to semi- or low-skilled professions will need language testing. This test will show whether your skills meet a minimum standard in each of these four categories: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
This does not apply if you are a temporary foreign worker in a NOC C & D occupation, and who:
•enter Canada on or before July 1, 2012, and
•are nominated by an employer under the PNP streams by July 1, 2013.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/index.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2012/2012-04-11.asp