{"id":114342,"date":"2023-04-18T10:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/saskatchewan-has-best-educational-credential-assessment-system-in-canada-premier-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:11:14","slug":"saskatchewan-has-best-educational-credential-assessment-system-in-canada-premier-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/saskatchewan-has-best-educational-credential-assessment-system-in-canada-premier-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Has Best Educational Credential Assessment System In Canada, Premier Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saskatchewan Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison says his province has the best Educational Credential Assessment<\/a> (ECA) system in Canada.<\/p>\n

The province is paying up to $6,000 for any healthcare worker to get his or her educational credential upskilled or remediated and be able to work in their field, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is by far the most aggressive credential recognition regime that exists anywhere in Canada,\u201d said Harrison during a career fair. \u201cIt\u2019s been copied by other jurisdictions \u2013 which is good \u2013 but this is something that is unique to Saskatchewan right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigration to Saskatchewan is booming, with the number of new permanent residents in the province last year spiking 97.6 per cent to a record-breaking 21,635, reveals the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).<\/p>\n

With its leading-edge educational credential system, Saskatchewan is helping foreign nationals who immigrate to the province get recognized for their international training and land jobs more quickly than in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are guaranteed time frames. You will get an answer if you make an application to a regulator, by law, within 20 days if you\u2019re within Canada, 50 days from without,\u201d said the provincial immigration minister.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou will, if the answer is negative, have a very clear reason as to why and you will have a very clear remediation path: \u2018Here\u2019s the course you need to take to have that credential recognized.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

ECAs are used to ensure a foreign national\u2019s degree or diploma is valid and equal to a Canadian one and can be used as part of an application to immigrate to Canada under the Express Entry system<\/a>\u2019s Federal Skilled Worker<\/a>\u00a0(FSW) program for\u00a0permanent residency<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But ECAs can also be important for foreign nationals after they arrive in Canada, helping them demonstrate to employers they have the education to get jobs in their fields and prove to licensing bodies they are qualified to practice their professions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn most cases, you only need an assessment for your highest level of education,\u201d states the IRCC on its website. \u201cFor example, if you have a master\u2019s degree, you only need an assessment for that degree. You don\u2019t need one for your bachelor\u2019s degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s immigration department requires that all ECAs be conducted by a designated organization or a professional body which then produces a report confirming the international education is equal to that in Canada. Processing times and costs vary by organization and professional body.<\/p>\n

There are five designated organizations:<\/p>\n