Agri-Food Pilot

You must have eligible Canadian work experience.

Your Canadian work experience must be

• a minimum of 1 year of non-seasonal, full-time work in the past 3 years (at least 1,560 hours)
• in 1 or more of the eligible occupations listed under 1 of the eligible industries
• through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

– A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) with a minimum 12-month duration must have been submitted by your employer when hiring you. If you’re not sure, you can ask your former or current employer about the duration.

You must have a genuine job offer.

The job you’re offered must meet all of the following requirements:

• The job must be in an eligible occupation listed under 1 of the eligible industries.
• The job must be full time.
• The job must be non-seasonal.
• Your employment is permanent.
• For unionized positions, the wage must be determined by the applicable collective agreement.
• For non-unionized positions, the wage must meet or exceed the Job Bank’s prevailing (median) wage for the occupation listed on your job offer in the province of employment (or at the national level if no provincial rate is available).
• Your job offer must be for a job in Canada outside of Quebec.

You must meet the minimum level of the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 in either English or French in all of these four areas :

• speaking
• reading
• listening
• writing

You must have at least

• a Canadian high school diploma, or
• an educational credential assessment (ECA) report from a designated organization or professional body showing that you completed a foreign credential at the secondary school level or above

– The ECA report must be less than 5 years old on the date of your application.

– The original ECA report must have been issued on or after the date the organization was designated.

When you apply, you’ll need to give proof that you have the money to support yourself and your dependants after you arrive in Canada. You can’t borrow this money from another person.