Employer Eligibility

In order to be eligible to apply to the Northwest Territories Entry Skilled Worker stream, employers must fulfil the following conditions:

• The Employer must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. ;
• The Employer must also be a registered business, or a local, municipal, First Nation or territorial government, with an office or establishment in the Northwest Territories that is operational year round.
• The Employer must have been registered and operational in the Northwest Territories for a minimum of one (1) year on a full-time basis immediately prior to submitting the application package.
• The Employer must be registered and in good standing with the Northwest Territories’ Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission and must submit proof of valid registration.
• The term of employment must be for a permanent, full-time position (minimum 37.5 hours per week).
• The Employer must provide a detailed job description for the position.
• The skill levels applicable to the Skilled Worker/Express Entry stream are:
  • Skill Type 0 (zero) – Management jobs;
  • Skill Type A – Professional jobs (usually requiring a university degree); and
  • Skill Level B – Technical jobs and skilled Trades (usually requiring a college diploma or apprenticeship training).
• The Employer must submit a copy of a positive Employment and Social Development Canada’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or proof of job advertising.
• s. Employers applying to nominate a Nominee Applicant with an open work permit (under the International Mobility Program) and without submitting a positive LMIA, must instead submit the job advertising requirements
• The Employer must provide a comparable industry wage based on Job Bank wage information, the businesses’ existing workforce, as advertised, and as per the terms and conditions in the Labour Market Impact Assessment (if applicable).
• Only in exceptional circumstances, Skilled workers may become eligible for nomination when living abroad or in Canada without a valid work permit, but, the employer s must consult with program officers and demonstrate that a rigorous advertising campaign meeting the job advertising criteria of these guidelines for a minimum of 10 weeks has been undertaken and must also clearly identify how the skilled Foreign National has a skill set, education and work experience that cannot be found within the NWT or Canada. 

Applicant Eligibility

In order to be eligible to apply to the Northwest Territories Entry Skilled Worker stream, applicants must fulfil the following conditions:

• Submit required documents, including valid work permit, passport, birth certificate, and marriage certificate, birth certificate, and passports of dependents if applicable (all documents must remain valid throughout the application processing);
• Satisfy program officers that they intend to settle permanently in the Northwest Territories;
• Have the required education, work experience, and certificate/accreditation (if applicable) to perform the job related to the application;
• Obtain an educational credential assessment for their education, if obtained outside Canada;
• Demonstrate (through valid results from an approved test) a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 7 (for occupations at level NOC 0 and A) or 5 (for occupations at NOC level B) in English or French across all four categories (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), obtained on one test (i.e., test results cannot be combined). Test results must remain valid throughout the application process;
• If the employer is not supplying a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), the employee must apply to the job as advertised by the employer in the application package, showing how they originally applied to the position, and how they meet the educational and employment requirements of the position. This job offer also serves as proof of settlement income; the salary in the job offer must be sufficient to show the candidate can settle in the Northwest Territories.
• Not be a refugee claimant.