The Manitoba government's Credentials Recognition Program provides financial assistance to immigrant professionals as they proceed through the licensing process set by their profession's regulatory body.

NOTE: The Credentials Recognition Program does not assess people's education or experience. Rather, it provides financial help to professionals as they are being assessed by a regulatory body.

Financial assistance
The Credentials Recognition Program may provide clients with 50 per cent of approved costs, up to a maximum of $2,250, to offset the cost of assessment fees, books and exams.

Work experience
The program helps clients get necessary experience by offering employers a financial incentive to provide full-time work related to the client's education.

Who is eligible
The Credentials Recognition Program is only for regulated professions. It is not for people in trades or in non-regulated professions.

To be eligible to apply for the Credentials Recognition Program you must:

• be a landed immigrant or recently naturalized Canadian who lives in Manitoba
• have completed at least two years of a post-secondary educational program outside Canada
• have professional credentials and work experience not formally recognized in Manitoba
• have a working knowledge of English or French

To apply to the program you must supply original documents - landing papers, permanent resident card or citizenship, your degree or diploma and your resumé.

Contact the Credentials Recognition Program at 945-6300. We are located at the offices of Manitoba Immigration, Settlement and Multiculturalism Division, 5th Floor, 213 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg.