Cap and sub-caps on the number of applications to be processed per year
A maximum of 12 000 new complete applications submitted for the Canadian Experience Class will be considered for processing each year. Within the 12 000 cap, a maximum of 200 complete applications submitted for each occupation at Skill Level B, as defined in the 2011 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC), will be considered for processing each year, except in the six occupations specified below. CIC will not consider for processing Canadian Experience Class applications for which the applicant claims work experience in one or more of the ineligible occupations set out below in support of their application, unless the applicant claims qualifying (see footnote 1) work experience in other NOC Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B occupations.
Ineligible NOC occupations:
1221 Administrative officers
1241 Administrative assistants
1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
6211 Retail sales supervisors
6311 Food service supervisors
6322 Cooks
Once an application is placed into processing, an officer may refuse an application if the officer determines that the applicant has work experience in one or more of the six ineligible occupations listed above and the officer is not satisfied that the applicant has the required qualifying work experience in other NOC Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B occupations.
In all cases, applications placed into processing are still subject to the requirements of the Canadian Experience Class and all other applicable requirements under the IRPA.
For further clarity, there is no sub-cap on the number of new applications submitted at NOC Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A. However, these occupations are subject to the overall cap of 12 000 complete applications.
To calculate the caps, applications will be considered in order of the date they are received. Applications received on the same date will be considered for processing having regard to routine office procedures.
For the unique purpose of calculating the caps, the cap year will begin on November 9, 2013, and end on October 31, 2014, unless otherwise indicated in a future Ministerial Instruction. Subsequent years will be calculated from November 1 to October 31 unless otherwise indicated in a future Ministerial Instruction.
Instructions for processing Canadian Experience Class applications
In order to be included under the caps and considered for processing, applications must be completed according to the application kit requirements in place at the time the application is received by the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and must meet the criteria set out below.
Complete Canadian Experience Class applications received by the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on or after November 9, 2013, whose applicants meet the language threshold for the Canadian Experience Class as set by the Minister pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), in each of the four language abilities (speaking, reading, writing, and oral comprehension), (see footnote 2) that do not exceed the caps set out above and are not claiming work experience in one or more of the six ineligible occupations listed above in support of the application, shall be placed into processing.
A maximum of 12 000 new complete applications submitted for the Canadian Experience Class will be considered for processing each year. Within the 12 000 cap, a maximum of 200 complete applications submitted for each occupation at Skill Level B, as defined in the 2011 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC), will be considered for processing each year, except in the six occupations specified below. CIC will not consider for processing Canadian Experience Class applications for which the applicant claims work experience in one or more of the ineligible occupations set out below in support of their application, unless the applicant claims qualifying (see footnote 1) work experience in other NOC Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B occupations.
Ineligible NOC occupations:
1221 Administrative officers
1241 Administrative assistants
1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
6211 Retail sales supervisors
6311 Food service supervisors
6322 Cooks
Once an application is placed into processing, an officer may refuse an application if the officer determines that the applicant has work experience in one or more of the six ineligible occupations listed above and the officer is not satisfied that the applicant has the required qualifying work experience in other NOC Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B occupations.
In all cases, applications placed into processing are still subject to the requirements of the Canadian Experience Class and all other applicable requirements under the IRPA.
For further clarity, there is no sub-cap on the number of new applications submitted at NOC Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A. However, these occupations are subject to the overall cap of 12 000 complete applications.
To calculate the caps, applications will be considered in order of the date they are received. Applications received on the same date will be considered for processing having regard to routine office procedures.
For the unique purpose of calculating the caps, the cap year will begin on November 9, 2013, and end on October 31, 2014, unless otherwise indicated in a future Ministerial Instruction. Subsequent years will be calculated from November 1 to October 31 unless otherwise indicated in a future Ministerial Instruction.
Instructions for processing Canadian Experience Class applications
In order to be included under the caps and considered for processing, applications must be completed according to the application kit requirements in place at the time the application is received by the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and must meet the criteria set out below.
Complete Canadian Experience Class applications received by the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on or after November 9, 2013, whose applicants meet the language threshold for the Canadian Experience Class as set by the Minister pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), in each of the four language abilities (speaking, reading, writing, and oral comprehension), (see footnote 2) that do not exceed the caps set out above and are not claiming work experience in one or more of the six ineligible occupations listed above in support of the application, shall be placed into processing.