Sun Country Health Region Wants International Applicants!

To work in Saskatchewan, Canada, as a health care professional, you will require an employment authorization (work permit/work visa). An Immigration Officer issues the employment authorization after Human Resources Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) approves your job offer. The full process to receive a work visa, which enables you to work in health care in Canada, typically takes 4-6 months.

An example, but not complete list of requirements (as various health professions will differ), may include:

• Completed application form for a work permit in Canada
• 2 (two) recent passport size photographs
• Your present and previous passport or travel documents
• Copies of your birth certificate
• Payment of processing fee ($150)
• Educational certificates and past employers
• Letters of reference from present and past employers
• An offer of employment from Sun Country Health Region
• Employment Validation from Human Resources Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Registration with the Saskatchewan Association of your health care profession (temporary registration or temporary supervised registration may be sufficient)
• A medical examination by a designated medical practitioner on Canada's designated medical practitioner's list. A list of Practitioners can be obtained from the Citizen and Immigration Canada or Government of Saskatchewan - Immigration

Certification information:

• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan

Immigration links:

• Government of Saskatchewan - Immigration
  
• SaskNetWork
  
• Citizen and immigration Canada
  
• Government of Canada
  
• Immigroup Immigration Services
  
• Immigration Online Canada