Question

Akiko is a welder originally from Japan but he has been splitting his time between Japan and Spain for welding contracts for the past 10 years. In 2013, he came to Canada and worked on a project in Saskatchewan on a 9 month contract since his welding certification easily transferred over. During his time in Saskatoon, Akiko lived with his uncle who is 61, 20 years older than Akiko. His uncle even introduced him to Richard, who owns a construction company in desperate need of welders. Richard made a job offer to Akiko and his LMIA application was successful.

Besides being a welder, Akiko has a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a CELPIP score of CLB 8 in reading and writing, with his speaking and listening score working out to CLB 10. His TEF score was quite a bit lower with CLB 3 in reading and speaking and CLB 5 in the remaining areas.

Richard comes to you because he would like to hire Akiko permanently and would like to know if he meets the minimum requirements for the Federal Skilled Trades Program and how many points he's likely to score in the Comprehensive Ranking System. What would you answer?

Yes he meets the requirements and his score would be 413 points.

Yes he meets the requirements and his score would be 461 points.

No he does not meet the requirements and his score would be 363 points

No he does not meet the requirements and his score would be 263 points