Federal Skilled Trades Program helps the trade skills to gain permanent residency in Canada. This program is part of Canada's skilled immigration. The applicants with job offers can work in certain high demand occupation categories like agriculture, construction, electrical, etc.

Canada Immigration is highly popular due to the strong economy, quality life offered, and employment opportunities; thus, a lot of people are migrating to Canada through different kinds of visas – permanent residency visas, work permit, business, or investor visas or student visa. If you are ready to move and looking for a long term settlement in the country, then the ideal way for you to relocate and settle in Canada is through Canada Permanent Residency status.

The five years' validity and attached family benefits of healthcare and education are the best options for you. The popular pathways to move to Canada with the PR status are–

• Express Entry program
• Provincial Nominee Program(PNP)
• Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP)
• Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program(RINP)
• Quebec Skilled Workers Program (QSWP)

Express Entry Program

Express Entry Program is designed to make the immigration process simpler and faster for the skilled workers. The introduction of the Express Entry program happened in 2015. It is a straightforward pathway for the immigration of skilled candidates who has skills and talent on their side and can move to another country in six months' time. The assessment is point-based and is done with the help of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool.

The candidate has three subcategories for immigration under the Express Entry Program

• Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP)
• Federal Skilled Traders Program (FSTP)
• Canadian Experience Class(CEC)

What is the Federal Skilled Trades Program?

The Federal Skilled Trades Program is a subcategory under the Express Entry Program. It is a category that is created for trade workers who are skilled and qualified to migrate to Canada permanently. The good part of this program is that it selects applicants without receiving any job offer; also, there are no educational requirements under this subcategory. The whole point is if you have skill in a specific trade, then this is the best program for you.

The applications Listed in Federal Skilled Trades Program are 43, and they are divided into category A and category B.

For Category A, there are only 3000 Visa applications that are accepted every year, but there is no such limitation in Category B.

What is the eligibility to apply for the Federal Skilled Trades Program?

The eligibility to apply for the Federal Skilled Trades Program under the subcategory of the Express Entry Program is listed below–

• The applicant should reach the score required in the Federal Skilled Trades Program points calculator.
• The eligibility requirements do not qualify for the Quebec province of Canada.
• The candidate should meet the minimum language score requirements of CLB 4.
• The candidate skills are calculated by him having a minimum of two years of work experience in the last five years.
• The candidate should have the skills in one of the occupations listed in the Federal Skilled Trades list.
• The candidate is not asked for any minimum education requirements to be eligible in this category.
• There should be no serious health or financial liability on the applicant.
• No False information should be shared with the authorities.

However, the applicants are selected on a lottery basis. The good part is that the applicants' selection chances are very high as there is always a shortage of labor in Canada.

Federal Skilled Trades Program points calculator

What is the Federal Skilled Trades Program(FSTP) occupation list?

There are professions listed in the Federal Skilled Trades Program occupation (FSTP)occupation list, and they are –

The skilled Trades that are part of the list are as per the National Occupation Classification (NOC) list.

Category A Occupations

Category B – Occupations

What is FSTP Canada's processing time?

The FSTP Canada processing time depends a lot on the applicant's profile, but since it is the speed fast process, many applications have been processed in six months. The candidate can go for a province-specific assessment as well in order to FastTrack the processing even more.

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