Working in farms and the field of agriculture in Canada

In order to clarify the topic of our article entitled "Work on farms and in the agricultural field in Canada", we will make our topic in the form of questions related to the matter and then answer them in a way that will make your understanding of the topic easier and better.

Cannot I immigrate to Canada as a farm worker?

Yes you can! Public farm workers are on the Canadian NOC list under code 8431 and are eligible to move to Canada. Although many public farm workers have immigrated to Canada over the past few years, the demand for public farm workers remains high throughout Canada both nationally and locally.

What are the minimum qualifications required to immigrate to Canada as a farm worker?

The exact documents and requirements required changing this process, but it will be linked to the studied educational requirements included in the Canadian government's NOC list.

For a farm worker, these are:

1- There are no specific educational or training requirements. However, university degree or specialized courses related to agriculture are available such as farm equipment mechanics, agricultural weld tree pruning and pesticide application.

2- Basic agricultural knowledge usually obtained from working on a family farm may be required for employment.

3- A course or certification in first aid may be required.

What is the minimum work experience required to immigrate to Canada as a farm worker?

Working in farms and the field of agriculture in Canada

Generally speaking, we will be looking to have a minimum of one year (total of 1,560 hours / 30 hours + per week), continuous full-time work or a part-time equivalent within the past ten years although we'll look at it. Ideally you have a lot more depending on your age.

Am I eligible to immigrate to Canada as a farm worker?

Once you have fulfilled the professional and educational requirements for immigration to Canada as a farm worker, it is time to consider the first phase of the immigration to Canada project.

Stage 1 - Immigration to Canada as a Farm Worker: Getting Started

In order to successfully immigrate to Canada as a farm worker, we will first create an Express Entry Profile. However, creating a Quick Entry Profile alone is of no use.

We need to create the best possible Express Entry Profile by reaching the required criteria set by Canadian immigration which also gives us the very important Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points.

Stage 2 - Immigration to Canada as an Express Entry farm worker

Once a person has obtained an ITA, they can apply for permanent residency (PR).

Stage 3 - Immigration to Canada as a farm worker

With your Express Entry Profile live and active, it's time to make it valuable. As we said before, simply having an Express Entry Profile for Canada without any of the major paperwork is unlikely to bring about any meaningful success.

Stage 4 - Immigration to Canada as a farm worker with a provincial candidacy

With your ICCRC appointed advisor from Emigrate Canada, who has now arranged your Express Entry Profile, which has been supplemented and verified with your educational credentials and placed your language certificate in place, we will actively prepare your application for regional nomination.

Stage 5 - Immigration to Canada as a farm worker: Call for applications

The penultimate stage of your immigration to Canada receives your invitation to apply through the Express Entry program. You will receive this invitation based on your Express Entry status which will be either strong enough to be selected directly on a federal basis, selected via the Provincial Nominations outlined above or selected based on your formal employment offer in Canada.

Regardless of how you reached this milestone, it is a huge milestone and the ICCRC dedicated CIC advisor will work tirelessly to secure this stage for you and your family. It's really this stage that makes all of our efforts worthwhile, but the hard work isn't over yet.

We still need to overcome the red tape and bureaucracy inherent in any government immigration program though, rest assured, the path has been well traveled and we have deported thousands of applicants to Canada over the years. As a last step, you will need a background scan and medical checks before permanent resident visas are officially granted. Then it's time to party!!!