NAFTA allows American or Mexican citizens who are in specific professions to apply
for work permits. They must meet the minimum educational or alternative credential
requirements set out in the NAFTA Appendix 1603.D.1 (see below), and generally must
have pre-arranged employment in Canada.
|
PROFESSION |
MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALS |
|
General |
|
Accountant |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A. or
C.M.A. |
|
Architect |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
|
Computer Systems
Analyst |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-
Secondary Certificate, and three years
experience |
|
Disaster Relief Insurance Claims
Adjuster (claims adjuster employed
by an insurance company located in
the territory of a Party, or an
independent claims adjuster) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, and
successful completion of training in the
appropriate areas of insurance adjustment
pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three
years experience in claims adjustment and
successful completion of training in the
appropriate areas of insurance adjustment
pertaining to disaster relief claims |
|
Economist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Engineer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license |
|
Forester |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license |
|
Graphic
Designer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate, and three years experience |
|
Hotel Manager |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in
hotel/restaurant management; or Post-
Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate in hotel/restaurant management,
and three years experience in
hotel/restaurant management |
|
Industrial
Designer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate, and three years experience |
|
Interior
Designer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate, and three years experience |
|
Land Surveyor |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial/federal license |
|
Landscape
Architect |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Lawyer (including Notary in the
Province of Quebec) |
LL.B., J.D., LL.L., B.C.L. or Licenciatura
Degree (five years) ; or membership in a
state/provincial bar |
|
Librarian |
M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was
a prerequisite) |
|
Management
Consultant |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
equivalent professional experience as
established by statement or professional
credential attesting to five years experience
as a management consultant, or five years
experience in a field of specialty related to
the consulting agreement |
|
Mathematician (including
Statistician) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Range Manager/
Range Conservationalist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Research Assistant
(working in a post-secondary
educational institution) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Scientific Technician/Technologist |
Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of
any of the following disciplines: agricultural
sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry,
engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics,
meteorology or physics; and (b) the ability to
solve practical problems in any of those
disciplines, or the ability to apply principles
of any of those disciplines to basic or
applied research |
|
Social Worker |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Sylviculturist (including Forestry
Specialist) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Technical Publications Writer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate, and three years experience |
|
Urban Planner (including
Geographer) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Vocational Counsellor |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Medical/Allied Professional |
|
Dentist |
D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or
Doctor en Cirugia Dental; or state/provincial
license |
|
Dietitian |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license |
|
Medical Laboratory Technologist
(Canada) /Medical Technologist
(Mexico and the United States) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary
Certificate, and three years experience |
|
Nutritionist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Occupational Therapist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license |
|
Pharmacist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license |
|
Physician (teaching or research
only) |
M.D. or Doctor en Medicina; or
state/provincial license |
|
Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree;
or state/provincial license |
|
Psychologist |
State/provincial license; or Licenciatura
Degree |
|
Recreational Therapist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Registered Nurse |
State/provincial license; or Licenciatura
Degree |
|
Veterinarian |
D.V.M., D.M.V. or Doctor en Veterinaria; or
state/provincial license |
|
Scientist |
|
Agriculturist (including Agronomist) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Animal Breeder |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Animal Scientist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Apiculturist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Astronomer |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Biochemist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Biologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Chemist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Dairy Scientist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Entomologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Epidemiologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Geneticist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Geologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Geochemist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Geophysicist (including
Oceanographer in Mexico and the
United States) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Horticulturist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Meteorologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Pharmacologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Physicist (including Oceanographer
in Canada) |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Plant Breeder |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Poultry Scientist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Soil Scientist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Zoologist |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Teacher |
|
College |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
Seminary |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
|
University |
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
