The Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006 has guidelines to remove registration barriers to internationally trained applicants of some regulated professions and sets timelines for processing applications from both domestic and internationally trained individuals for certain professions, including social work and social service work.
FARPACTA requires regulators, including the College, to:
- Provide a written acknowledgement of receipt of an application from domestic labour mobility applicants within ten business days. The written acknowledgement of receipt must indicate whether the application includes all the required documents.
- Make a registration decision and provide the domestic labour mobility applicants with written reasons within 30 business days of receiving all the required documents.
- Make a registration decision and provide internationally trained applicants with written reasons within three months of receiving all the required documents. This timeline applies to complete applications received on or after July 1, 2025.Applications received before this date will be issued a registration decision within six months of receiving all the required documents.
In 2024, the O. Reg. 261/22: General made under FARPACTA was amended to include new legal obligations. View the full regulation.
Questions?
Contact the College’s Registration and Renewals Department:
- Phone: 416-972-9882 or 1-877-828-9380 (toll free)
- Email: registration@ocswssw.org