Critical Impact Worker Criteria
+++ Incomplete applications will not be processed +++
For the purpose of clarity please refer to the following terms:
- Applicant: Employer;
- Foreign National: Worker, who is waiting to be nominated by Employer;
- Nominee: Foreign National, who has been approved by the Yukon Nominee
Program.
Please ensure that you have all the documents listed below included, before you
submit your application.
All legal documents have to be submitted as notarized copies. Please ensure that
these copies include the contact information for the notary. The government of Yukon
reserves the right to refuse applications if it has concerns that notarized documents
may be falsified or fraudulent.
Copies of previously notarized documents, as well as copies which are not notarized,
will not be accepted. Additionally, documents in languages other than English or
French need to be translated by an accredited translator (with contact information
for verification) to one of Canada’s official languages. The notarized document
in the original language needs to accompany the translation.
Please do not send irrelevant documents such as expired passports or other documents
that are not listed below as supporting evidence for the application.
Please also be advised that your documents will not be returned in case you withdraw,
our Yukon refuses your application.
Employer:
Requirements:
- Employers must be registered in Yukon
- As a business with an office in Yukon or a local, municipal, First
Nation or Territorial government in Yukon, non-profit organizations are not elegible
to apply to the Yukon Nominee Program;
- For a minimum of one year;
- Employers must meet the minimum requirements of territorial labour standards
- Must provide a comparable rate of pay;
- Employment incentives such as benefit plans should be outlined in the employment
contract;
Documents:
- Local AND national Proof of Recruitment Efforts
- By advertising locally and nationally (minimum requirement: advertising in National
Job-Bank i.e. http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/Intro-eng.aspx
and
YuWin i.e. http://www.yuwin.ca) or
Yukon News or Whitehorse Star;
- Minimum advertising time is 4 weeks during the 3 month period prior to receipt of
the application. Advertising requirements must be satisfied prior to submittal of
application;
- Documentation of responses (resumes) to advertising in form of a listing with reasons
for refusal and contact information for resumes received. Responses have to be included
with application;
- Must continue with advertising until the application is approved;
Employer and Foreign National:
Requirements:
- Memorandum of Understanding
Documents :
- Application
- Must be complete, signed and dated;
- Original signatures are required by Employer and Foreign National;
- Employment contract
- Original document required;
- Must be signed by both involved parties (original signatures);
- The contract must specify that the employment is permanent, full-time (35 - 40 hrs
/ week) and year round;
- The contract must specify hourly salary and the number of hours worked per week;
Foreign National:
Requirements:
Documents:
- Previous work experience
- With letter(s) or certificate(s) confirming previous employment;
- Notarized copies only;
- For Self-employed: certificates proving the establishment and good standing of the
business for the period in question;
- Education (school and post secondary diploma)
- Notarized copies of transcripts and certificates / degrees;
- English / French language ability
- Foreign National must pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
or the Test d'evaluation du Français (TEF) prior to applying. Scores
have to be 4 or higher for IELTS and 3 or higher for TEF. Canadian Language Benchmark
(CLB) for English or Niveaux de competences linguistiques Canadians (NCLC) for French
Level 4 will also be accepted;
- Adaptability
- Proof of available funds equaling $10,000 Canadian for the Foreign National and
$2,000 for each dependant or
- Affidavit of Support from a relative living in Yukon;
- Affidavits must be signed in front of a notary public or in front of an officer
of Advanced Education Branch;
- Passport (for Foreign National)
- Must be valid;
- Notarized copy;
- Passport / birth certificate / marriage certificate (for dependants)
- Must be valid;
- Notarized copy;
- For the purpose of processing this application, a notarized Birth Certificate is
sufficient to confirm the dependant's identity. If the Foreign National is married,
a notarized copy of the marriage certificate is required to prove this relationship;
- Common law relationships must be confirmed. Please fill out the
Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union as published by CIC and include it
with the application;
- A valid passport will be needed for the dependant(s) to travel to Canada;
- Work Permit (if Foreign National already has Temporary Work Permit)
- Refugee status
- The Foreign National cannot be a refugee claimant.
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