Newcomer

Foreign Credential Recognition (FCR) 101

If you trained as a doctor, nurse, engineer, teacher, accountant, or tradesperson outside Canada, your license does not automatically work here. This course explains what 'credential recognition' means, who decides, what it costs, and how to start your file from your home country before you arrive.

8 lessons · 3 open to everyone · About 3 hours · Level: CLB 1–3 · By Newcomer

Lessons

  1. FCR Vocabulary: credential, licence, regulated, equivalency — Open to everyone
  2. What is FCR — and why it matters before you land — Open to everyone
  3. Who regulates what — federal vs provincial — Open to everyone
  4. Listening: A WES evaluation explained — Free account
  5. Dialogue: Calling a regulator's intake line — Free account
  6. Costs, timelines & documents needed — Free account
  7. WES, ICAS, IQAS, ICES — choosing an evaluator — Free account
  8. Quiz: FCR essentials — Free account