Sunday 8 March 2009

New Canada immigration

On 27 February 2008, Canadian immigration new rules 2008 were introduced under skilled worker Category. After modifications in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, federal skilled worker applications are evaluated for eligibility according to their working experience and pre-requisite qualifications in 38 occupations in which Canada is facing shortage of skills workers.

These criterions affect you if you applied on or after February 27, 2008. If you applied earlier than February 27, 2008, your application will be processed according to the old system. This new Canadian immigration program gives a fast-track the processing of visas to Canada for highly skilled migrant.

The Canadian Minister of Immigration claimed that the new rules for Canada immigration will expedite the immigration process for those immigrants whose skills are most needed in Canada job market, as well as reducing the huge backlog of visa applications presently queued for processing.

The Canada new immigration rules will apply to everyone looking for immigration to Canada after February 28, 2008. But these Canada new immigration laws will not applied to over 900,000 applicants who were waiting in line for processing before February 28, 2008. Extra resources will be given by the Canadian government to deal with the backlog because the backlog has to be processed under the old rules.

As per current rules of immigration to Canada new migrants with skills urgently needed by Canadian job market may find their visa applications processed much faster than ever.
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