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.

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

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.

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.