This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
Important: The LMIA exemption code associated with this work permit category has changed. Please see Labour market impact assessment (LMIA) exemption codes – International Mobility Program for the correct codes
The basic North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provisions remain the same in the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and are set out in Chapter K of the CCFTA. There are, however, a number of minor differences, primarily in the appendices which support two of the categories of business persons - Business Visitors and Professionals. The rules for Intra-company transferrees and Traders/Investors are the same.
Professionals identified in Appendix K-03.IV.1 of the CCFTA (below) seek entry through pre-arrangement – as a salaried employee under a personal contract with a Canadian employer or through a contract with the professional’s employer in their home country. Like the NAFTA list of Professionals in Appendix G of this manual, over 60 professionals are identified in the CCFTA list. Unlike Appendix K03.I.1 (Business Visitor), Appendix K-03.IV.1 below contains an exhaustive list of professionals and cannot be interpreted.
Each professional identified in the Appendix must hold the qualifications indicated in the Minimum Educational Requirements and Alternative Credentials applicable to the profession. No new profession was added to the Appendix of the CCFTA.
The requirements applicable to NAFTA professionals were retained and continue to apply for the Chilean professions. However, for 14 of the professions, Chilean minimum education requirements and alternative credentials, such as the Chilean University Title, were added as alternatives to the requirements which are set out in NAFTA, in order to reflect the Chilean educational system.
Changes were made to the minimum education requirements and alternative credentials for the following professions : Accountant, Lawyer, Librarian, Social Worker, Dietitian, Nutritionist, Occupational Therapist, Physician, Physiotherapist, Registered Nurse, Veterinarian and Geologist. See Appendix K-03.IV.1 of the CCFTA below.
Note: The CCFTA list of professionals compares to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for the following professions: architect, engineer, forester, land surveyor, lawyer and urban planner.
Accountant Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A. or C.M.A; or Contador auditor or Contador público (University Title) Footnote 3 Architect Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial licence Footnote 4 Computer Systems Analyst Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma Footnote 5 or Post-Secondary Certificate Footnote 6 , 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 (including Commercial Engineer in Chile) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Engineer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial licence Forester Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial licence 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/ national licence 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 Abogado , or membership in a state/provincial bar Librarian M.L.S. or B.L.S. or Magister en Bibliotecología (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 speciality 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 Footnote 7 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 or Asistente Social/ Trabajador social (University Title) 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
Dentist D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or Licenciatura en Odontologia; or state/provincial licence Dietitian Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Dietista Nutricional (University Title); or state/provincial licence Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/ Medical Technologist (Chile, Mexico and the United States of America) Footnote 8 Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience Nutritionist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Nutricionista/Dietista Nutricional (University Title) Occupational Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Terapeuta Ocupacional (University Title); or state/provincial licence Pharmacist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial licence Physician (teaching or research only) M.D. or Doctor en Medicina or Médico Cirujano/Médico (University Title); or state/provincial licence Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Kinesiólogo/ Kinesioterapeuta (University Title) ; or state/provincial licence Psychologist State/provincial licence; or Licenciatura Degree Recreational Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Registered Nurse State/provincial licence, or Licenciatura Degree, or Enfermera (University Title) Veterinarian D.V.M., D.M.V. or Doctor en Veterinaria or Médico Vet erinario (University Title); or state/provincial licence
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 or Geólogo (University Title) Geochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States of America) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Horticulturist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Meteorologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Pharmacologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada and Chile) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree for Physicist; Oceanógrafo (University Title) for Oceanographer Plant Breeder Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Poultry Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Soil Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Zoologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
College Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree Seminary Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree University Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
A business person seeking temporary entry under this Appendix may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.
Accountant: C.P.A.: Certified Public Accountant; C.A.: Chartered Accountant; C.G.A: Certified General Accountant; C.M.A.: Certified Management Accountant
Dentist: D.D.S.: Doctor of Dental Surgery; D.M.D.: Doctor of Dental Medicine
Lawyer: LL.B.: Bachelor of Laws; J.D.: Doctor of Jurisprudence (not a doctorate); LL.L: Licence en Droit (Québec universities and University of Ottawa; B.C.L.: Bachelor of Civil Law
Librarian: M.L.S.: Master of Library Science; B.L.S.: Bachelor of Library Science
Physician: M.D.: Medical Doctor
Veterinarian: D.V.M.: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; D.M.V: Docteur en Médecine Vétérinaire
“University Title” means any document conferred by universities recognized by the Government of Chile and shall be deemed to be equivalent to the Minimum Education Requirements and Alternative Credentials for that profession. In the case of the profession of Lawyer (Abogado), the title is conferred by the Supreme Court of Chile
“State/provincial licence” and “State/provincial/national licence” mean any document issued by a provincial or national government, as the case may be, or under its authority, but not by a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.
“Post-Secondary Diploma” means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post-secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States of America.
“Post-Secondary Certificate” means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post-secondary education at an academic institution: in the case of Mexico, by the federal government or a state government, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law; and in the case of Chile, by an academic institution recognized by the Government of Chile.
A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.
A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease.