To be fair, the company said they've tried hiring people without bachelor's degrees in the past, and it hadn't worked out. So I actually never got as far as to

To be fair, the company said they've tried hiring people without bachelor's degrees in the past, and it hadn't worked out. So I actually never got as far as to apply for a visa. But I check out the point systems the Canadian visa system has, and it turns out that I could get without a bachelor's degree, but only if I aced the language test. Apparently, without the degree, you have to get the highest points available from the language test. See this for more details: http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigration.html http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigratio... (Also, I think they changed the immigration policy a few years ago, so your friend may have been able to get in before they changed it.)