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Skilled & Unskilled Workers

Skilled & Unskilled Workers

What is the difference between Skilled & Unskilled Workers with regards to the issuing of Visas? Can an Unskilled worker be granted a work permit?

Workers Unskilled and Skilled

A skilled worker is someone who can prove that has formal training in whatever profession they have, this usually requires a Bachelor Degree or its equivalent in experience if we are talking about US immigration. An unskilled worker is someone with very little education (probably just a high school diploma or less) and yes they can be granted a work permit, but you are talking about extremely long years for this work permit to be granted since skilled workers are given preference.

Skilled & Unskilled Workers History & Civil Business Politics

The funny thing about this is that I have seen people with degrees do a LESS better job than those without the degree, but they are more experienced. I wonder if prospective employers take into account the immigrant worker's portfolio more than their academic knowledge? If so, shouldn't their be a category for that? For instance... if there is a stone mason who can carve a certain shape and design that no one else can - how can we say he is in the 'unskilled' class?

Workers Unskilled and Skilled

Well, two things JB:

1. The proper name for those who do not hold a degree but they have lots of experience are called Skilled Worker or Skilled Laborer under Canadian Immigration for instance.

2. The funny thing about Canada Immigration as an example, they make immigration process easier for those who do NOT hold degrees compared to the ones they do! And the process is much longer for those who have universities degrees than the ones they do not!