Showing posts with label Canadian immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian immigration. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 November 2010

The Famous 7 Steps of Canada Immigration Process!

There are two distinct ways to meet the criteria for a Canadian Immigration Visa under the Federal Skilled Worker group and there are dissimilar requirements all through the immigration process for each:
1. Candidates with Arranged Employment.
2. All other Federal Skilled Worker applicants have to have work experience and education from a list of 29 qualifying occupations.

All applications are firstly submitted the Central Intake Unit (CIU) in Sydney Nova Scotia.

Step 1: Your Canadian Immigration Application Is Screened In Sydney, Nova Scotia:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Central Intake Unit (CIU) in Sydney, Nova Scotia will only accept your application if it contains the following:
• Signed and correctly completed application forms
• Accurate Canadian Government processing fees
• Proof of English and/or French language proficiency, in the form of the results of an approved language test
• All the documents required (work experience and education documents, etc.), as listed on the Canadian Visa Office checklist responsible for processing your application
• A photocopy of your passport’s bio-data pages
• 2 self-addressed mailing labels
• Proof of application for Security Clearances
• Additional required documents in support of your application for Arranged Employment:
• Photocopy of your work permit & your employer’s offer to employ you indeterminately once you are a Permanent Resident; OR
• Copy of an Arranged Employment Opinion from Human Resources and Social Development Canada

If the above requirements are met, the Central Intake Unit (CIU) will recognize your application and make a beginning decision as to whether your request will be accepted for processing.
If any of the above requirements are missing, the Central Intake Unit will revisit the application to the dispatcher.

Step 2: The Transfer Of Your Request And Supporting Documents From The Canadian Intake Unit (CIU) To The Canadian Immigration Visa Office That Will Be Dispensation Your Request:
The Canadian Immigration Visa Office will only recognize your full application if it contains the following:
• Proof that indicates you have selected the right Canadian Immigration Visa Office for the processing of your application
• All the documents required as listed on the Canadian Visa Office checklist accountable for handing out your application
If the above requirements are met, the Canadian Immigration Visa Office will agree to your application and make a final conclusion as to whether your application will be accepted for processing.
If any of the above requirements are absent, the Canadian Immigration Visa Office may recognize your application for processing and decline it, or return the application to the sender.

Step 3: Your Application Is Evaluated By A Canadian Immigration Visa Officer:
A Canadian Immigration Visa Officer will make a thorough analysis of all the information contained in the application and of all the supporting documents and review the application next to the current selection criteria and pass mark.

Step 4: Personal Interview:
A personal interview may or may not be required. An interview may be required to:
• Ensure that information and/or documents are truthful and accurate
• Ensure quality control
• Assure the security of Canadians
• Verify work experience and/or education
• Clear up inconsistent information and/or documentation

Step 5: Medical Instructions:
Upon completion of a winning interview or if the interview is waived, medical instructions will be further to you. You and your associated family members, if appropriate, are required to undergo a medical examination by an approved doctor.

Step 6: Request for Your Passport and Right of Permanent Resident Fee:
After the medical results have been received by the Canadian Immigration Visa Office and security clearances have been completed, the Canadian Immigration Visa Office will ask for the Right of Permanent Resident Fee (RPRF) sum and your passport for the purpose of issuing a Canada Immigration (Permanent Resident) Visa.

Step 7: Issuance of Your Canada Immigration (Permanent Resident) Visa:
Your Canada Immigration Visa will have an end date, by which time you and your associated family members have to enter Canada.

Friday, 12 November 2010

Some Benefits and Drawbacks of Immigration!

The movement of inhabitants among countries is generally known as immigration. Immigration is an appearance of the right to liberty of movement that is assured by the Constitution as a civil right. Immigration has been taking place ever since historical times but that of the contemporary times implies a long-standing stay in another country. People of these days cross their nation's boundaries seeking improved opportunities in education and careers. Many search for a business growth and migrate to overseas country with intention of creating cash. People immigrate in quest of a new way of life, a new experience and an experience to the whole thing that lies further than their nation's boundary. Immigration can neither be said as being totally beneficial nor can it be blamed for its cons. Let us look at the pros and cons of immigration.

Below are some benefits and drawbacks of immigration

Benefits of Immigration:
From time to time, immigration turns out to be a person's need. In case of individual reasons for example shifting a person's family, in case of a wedding with someone staying overseas and in case of relatives needs to move to a new nation, an individual is strained to move out of the country. The immigration laws that make easy the migration of people between the two countries are of great help in such cases.

Immigration leads to an exchange of civilizing values. It results in a swap of knowledge and know-how between two nations. Immigration serves as a chance to interact with populace of other countries. It gives a raised area for people from varied backgrounds to get together and share their views.

Immigration brings in new chance for the people of dissimilar countries. It exposes the populace of a state to the environment of another country that might be very dissimilar from one's motherland. Immigration has resulted in gifting the information of one nation to another, therefore resulting in the formation of new fields of education and newer career options.

Immigration results in an open worldwide market. It gives an international perspective to the social and monetary growth of civilization, therefore widening the horizons of the growth. Supporters of immigration consider that immigration has the impending of bringing about a universal prosperity.

Drawbacks of Immigration:
Multitude is one of the basic drawback of immigration. The migration of citizens from one country to a new cause crowding in one nation. It implies an extreme use of the resources of one state that might lead to an inequity of the natural resources.

Immigrants might bring in diseases that overcome in their country. Pathogens, viruses and certain grave infections have a likelihood of being move between countries from side to side the immigrants. To decrease the risk of such transfer of diseases, a lot of nations have started carrying out a screening of immigrants on their influx. allegedly, AIDS was transferred to the United States in 1969 through one infected immigrant from Haiti.

Those opposing immigration disputes that the jobs and the riches of a nation are its possessions and that allowing immigration implies the sharing of this property amongst the non-natives. Immigration implies the sharing of a nation's prosperity to those who do not have a right on it.

The costs incur in the provision of resources for example education and health facilities to the immigrants are a load on the nation that hosts immigrants in big numbers. Critics say that the monetary growth brought about by immigration is invalidating by the costs that the nation's government has to put up with in providing the immigrants with the resources.

Less skilled immigrants are believed to boost theft, aggression and other misconduct in a nation. The different kinds of people that migrate crossways national boundaries might put the nations' safety at stake. Illegal immigration that has come out in some parts of the world has established being a curse to the nations' financial system and their social welfare.

Moral principles opposes immigration on grounds on brain drain that results from it. What several call an exchange of know-how between nations can also be seen as a exhaust of knowledge from one country to one more. When a country loses its people to an additional nation, it also loses its aptitude. A poor country might end up give its knowledgeable minority to other richer countries, thus suffering from a rigorous loss.

As a consequence we see that at the same time as immigration can cause an opportunity for a blend of cultures, it can also initiate an inequity in the natural wealth. Furthermore, can patriotism be transferred?

Canadians are Less Interested in New Immigrants!

Canadians' passion for accepting new immigrants has reached to its limits, as said by research commissioned by the Harper government prior to it announced previous week that it was holding the line on immigration next year.

The research cautioned that Canadians are less tending to feel that immigration reinforce Canadian culture than they were prior in the decade and that completely 36 per cent of those surveyed thought that immigration increases joblessness amongst Canadians.

The findings -based on an extensive survey -said Canadians hold usually positive but to some extent conflicted views on immigration and assortment in Canada.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney mirror the warning tone of the research as he give details last week why the federal government determined to remain the 2011 target for accepting permanent residents the same as last year's -between 240,000 and 265,0000.

"I believe Canadians are usually helpful of immigration," Kenney told reporters previous week. "I don't, though, think they desire to see enormous increases further than where we previously are."

Kenney accredited the government's stand-pat position to the "delicate" nature of the economic recovery. He was at pains to stress; though, immigrants would be a crucial adding in the coming years as Canada's homegrown labor pool shrinks.

Ekos Research and Associates was hired by the government to perform its yearly tracking survey on Canadian approach toward immigration. The firm's findings bring to the government in April and just made public, were based on telephone interviews with 1,530 adults, counting 300 new Canadians.

The firm's statement says the findings make known Canadians tend to view the force of immigration on the economy in a more favorable light than they view the impact of immigration on Canadian culture. It says a lot of Canadians express "rather high levels" of enlightening insecurity when asked about immigration and diversity, particularly religious diversity.

"So, the benefits of immigration must be more closely connected to financial rather than cultural impacts," the firm advised. "Additional, when communicating the financial impacts of immigration, the center should be on the economy in general, rather than on unemployment specifically (which is more negatively perceived by Canadians)."

The firm also said that at the same time as 71 per cent of respondents said they felt immigration was fine for Canada, the numeral declined to 48 per cent when asked if they thought it was good for their neighbourhood.

The firm said that if the government wants to amplify support for immigration amongst opponents, the groups to aim would be older Canadians and those with lower income and education levels.

Among the findings:
• More than 50% of Canadians (54 per cent) said they think the figure of immigrants coming to Canada is about right, up from 49 per cent in 2004.
• Almost 23% said there are excess of immigrants, down from 31 per cent in 2004;
• 57% said they feel accepting immigrants from a lot of different cultures makes Canadian culture stronger, down from 61 per cent in 2004;
• 2/5 said they feel religious diversity means we have less in general as Canadians.

Monday, 8 November 2010

Pros And Cons Of Canadian Immigration

Immigration to Canada is an entire novel experience which is chilling and amazing at the same time. Knowing that you have relatives in the country is less anxious than not having relatives in Canada at all. Think about how one have to feel when they immigrate to an entirely dissimilar country only knowing the language that they spar back home. Not knowing what opportunity awaits them in such an developed country. Fright, tension and confusion starts to build up. This basis hardships and which pressures the immigrant to become accustomed rapidly to a whole new environment.

Some of the disadvantages of Canadian Immigration are

Winters in Canada are extremely cold:
Maybe it's not astonishing why a country as cold Canada is thinly populated, consequently of which they are make easy foreigners' immigration to their country, so as to gather a continuing labor force for their future financial growth.

The winters are long and boring, so get ready you for staying indoors for more than 6 months a year. Your kids will not be able to take pleasure in any outdoor action, except maybe ice-skating, skiing or snow-boarding, and will have to engage in recreation in inside community play-areas for months. You will incessantly see a lot of bland "white" landscape exterior your window and it will certainly be depressing. You will also require to package very before risk out into the sub-zero temperatures, wearing snow shoes so that you don't fall on the ice.

Good doctors and health care is hard to find:
Health care is "free". But good doctors are also awfully hard to catch. Since the government finances everyone's healthcare, it controls the numeral of practicing doctors in Canada, as it does their figure of patients, so many doctors you'll call for an appointment, will turn you away, saying, "We are not taking any more patients." Once you find the indefinable doctor who will be in agreement to see you, you will find him bad-tempered and uncaring, sparing neither extra moment for your care; nor a kind word for you, if you're a foreign immigrant.

Immigrants do not have high-status, high-paying jobs; their careers are restricted to lower-level, menial Jobs:

If, for the rest of your years, you find the idea of running a grocery store, opening a home day-care, driving a cab, fetching a security guard, or waiting tables at restaurants, attractive to you, by all means immigrate to Canada. Conversely, if you do not have a degree from North America, nor can you speak good English, then look the fact that the above options are almost certainly the only means obtainable to you in Canada, for supporting yourself and your family - perhaps for good.

Only those immigrants who have degrees from Canadian, American or extra important, foreign universities land believable jobs in good companies in Canada; and that too, on a contract-basis, not on a permanent level. Their agreement may be ended when and as the corporation deems necessary, sometimes devoid of any reason. This is a high risk-factor, one which blows away the immigrant's calmness, for the reason that the rent and utility bills have to be paid, and the cost of living for families is extremely high.

You will never recover from the feeling of homesickness; nor will Canadians ever make you feel accepted as one of their own:
Immigrants suppose that once you land a immense career in Canada, dish up the country for a lot of years, turn out to be citizens, or spend 50-60 years of your life there, you will attain social and racial receipt. Well, formally, no one will distinguish against you; but in community and at work, you and your children will always have that emotion of being "occupant aliens trying to incorporate" into a foreign culture. People will forever think you outsiders who have come to their country to get a superior life. It will by no means feel like home, apart from maybe for born-and-bred children of immigrant parents, who grow up there.


Some positive factors of Canadian Immigration are:

As for the positive aspects of immigrating to Canada - fine, there's the chronic tempt of earning in dollars, even if one's "career" is not anything more than a blue collar job. On the other hand, the benefit of an income earned in dollars is damaged by the extremely high cost of living, which makes it next-to-impossible for a family to put aside any spare money.

The transportation, architecture, public parks, and convey systems work smoothly and are high-tech. There's a happening art and civilization scene, with loads to do in the dominion of sports and leisure, entertainment and relaxation.

The scenery becomes fine-looking in the summer and spring months, with beautiful, bright botanical colors springing up all over the place, particularly in the parks and picnic spots. The water and surroundings is picture-perfect and spotless to the core, with no sign of toxic waste or dirt.

There are museums, art galleries and libraries for excited immigrants to liberally and with no trouble avail for their thinker pleasure. Possibly most importantly, the tuition-fee of programs offered by Canadian Universities is insignificant for Canadian citizens, children of citizens or landed immigrants (Permanent Residents). This means that a high-quality education can be effortlessly availed by those immigrants aspiring for a believable undergraduate or graduate qualification. a lot of families immigrate mostly for this purpose - for the possibility of providing their children with a good, foreign undergraduate education.

So there you have it, the pros and cons of immigrant life in Canada, although with the added curl of my personal observation of the entire Canadian immigration scenario. I myself know more than a few immigrants who are established with their families in Canada since years, but who are not pleased there, to say the slightest, in spite of take pleasure in all the physical benefits of living in a developed country. Every hopeful immigrant deserves to know equally sides of this story - the "rose-colored" picture tinted by agencies promoting Canadian immigration - before they put in all their life savings into packing up and landing in Canada with their family unit; lock, stock and barrel!

Sunday, 31 October 2010

Canada Immigration Plan 2011

The Government of Canada will uphold far above the ground immigration levels to assist maintain the financial revival, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney proclaimed today upon table the yearly immigration plan in Parliament.

It is predictable that Canada will greet between 240,000 and 265,000 new permanent residents in 2011. 60% of these immigrants will come all the way through economic streams.

Canada’s post-recession financial system demands a high level of legal immigration to remain our work force strong. Simultaneously, Canada is maintaining its commitment to family reunification and refugees.

Like a lot of other countries with aged populations and low birth rates, in the not moreover far-away future Canada will not have sufficient people to keep our work force growing. At the same time as the majority of new entrants to Canada’s labor force will persist to come from within Canada, with no immigration, the size of our work force will reduce in size. In the next five years, all of Canada’s labor force expansion will come from immigration.

Places of interest of the 2011 immigration plan comprise a superior range of admissions for spouses and children in the family category. Consistent with recent reforms to Canada’s refugee system, the 2011 immigration plan also includes an additional 1,125 refugees resettled in Canada as division of the commitment to augment total refugee relocation by 2,500 over three years. In 2008, the previous year for which figures are obtainable, Canada resettled more genuine refugees than any country but the United States. Canada resettles in excess of one in 10 of the world’s refugees.

These refugees are chosen and screened by Canada, and come in Canada lawfully and Canada look forward to giving them a safe, new beginning.”

Economic Class:
In the economic category, the 2011 immigration plan of Canada balances predictable admissions between federally and provincially selected workers to gather Canada’s national and regional labor market needs. Provincial programs assist deal out the benefits of immigrant’s crossways the entire country. Twenty-five percent of economic immigrants are now intended for provinces other than Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, contrast to 11 percent in 1997.

The Federal Skilled Worker Program remains an important portion of the economic category. The program admits a variety of workers, counting technicians, skilled tradespersons, managers and professionals, who assist to supplement the Canadian-born work force.

The yearly immigration plan is fraction of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s yearly report tabled in Parliament by November 1 each year.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Improvements Required in CIC's Existing System!

CVIt is an identified truth that Canada is one of the wanted destinations when it comes to migration. People approximately from the entire world select this target for a variety of reasons. More so, when it comes to the request process for immigration, it is very simple in comparison to the other nations.

In recent times, an inspection was conducted on the immigration division of Canada by Sheila Fraser, the Canadian Auditor-General. This audit exposed numerous instances where in there were systems which were out-of-date and therefore, incompetent. These were especially concerned with problems pertaining to Citizenship and Immigration Canada at the request procedure stage.

The major categories which require to be amended were found out to be the standards concerning customer service, tracking complaints, criticism and the computer systems. All these areas are in require to be upgraded.

It was furthermore mentioned in the report that there were certain computers in the Canada immigration that are approximately three decades old. These systems are currently being used by the employees. Together with this the officials at Canada immigration were giving mixed responses to the processing timelines for the Canadian visas. These timelines wide-ranging to dissimilar of up to three months.

It has been reported that the immigration department has given its permission to the findings exposed by the audit. They have brought out the plans for improvements to improve their system.

In particular, with Canada being one of the mainly favored nations for immigration, it is very important for the immigration department to be extremely well-organized. Such reports and audits must be encouraged to make sure that the system is modernized all the time. More so, this would stop from additional log jam of the application. This would also decrease the dealing out timelines for the immigration request also.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Immigrants are Essential For Canada as Stated by the Royal Bank of Canada

Gordon Nixon, leader of the Royal Bank of Canada, believed that immigrants are one of Canada's maximum "competitive advantages" at a conference on novelty in Toronto.

"This is a country that to a big degree has been billed by newcomers willing to take risks," Nixon said.

Nixon wasn't the only presenter who said that immigration leads to more novelty which benefits the Canadian financial system. Louden Owen, managing associate for endeavor capital firm Mclean Watson Capital, said that immigration is answer to making Canada competitive on the world stage.

"I totally believe that continuing immigration is going to turbo-charge this financial system going forward," Owen stated.

Owen also said that immigrants bring new ideas from their habitat countries and are more tending to work hard to succeed. Canada has previously benefited from immigration, much like its neighbor to the south, the United States.

The Canada skilled immigration program award permanent residence to those who achieve enough points under the skilled worker program. You gain points based on skills, qualifications, work experience, etc. In contrast it is normally a lot trickier for highly skilled workers to gain a green card for the US. Because of this very important difference Canada has easier right of entry to new immigrants who are a significant source of new ideas which leads to greater modernism in Canada.

Basics of Canadian Immigration

Canada maintains one of the most excellent immigration policies in the world, but there’s still a stack of official procedure standing among you and your Canadian visa.

Canada remains one of the world’s pinnacle immigration destinations with the Canadian Government looking for to attract the subtle ‘skilled worker.’ To counterbalance declining birth rates, aging inhabitants and fill specific skill shortages, Canada is looking to create a center of attention skilled workers to its shores. With its well-liked points-based Skilled Worker program, the Canadian Government is looking to attract upwards of 250,000 new immigrants in 2010 alone.

If you are opinion of immigrating to Canada, or wherever for that matter, you require to be aware; the procedure takes time and commitment. Those who take a gradually approach to immigration are often the most winning.

For your part, researching the kind of visa you are entitled for and collect the essential documents will be the most protracted. You’ll probably need to spend a day or so, meeting the necessary paperwork including work record documents, birth and marriage certificates and other ‘proof’ documents. If you have misplaced any of the essential required documents, it’s significant to request replacements from the variety of government departments at the premature stage of your application process as these take time.

Several free, online assessments are obtainable to measure individual points for the Canadian Skilled Worker visa and other visa subclasses. Most are attach to migration agencies, but some do offer the evaluation service at no cost, with no compulsion. Online assessments offer a rapid and easy way to measure whether or not you qualify for a Canadian visa. The best site of Canadian Immigration assessment is cic.gc.ca which is the official website of Canadian immigration.

Canada’s most well-liked and most supple visa, the Skilled Worker visa, works on a points-based system. Pass marks are put by Citizenship and Immigration Canada with variables for instance education, skills, age and language proficiency assigned a point value. So as to be eligible to apply for the Canadian Skilled Worker visa, the smallest amount point level of 67 out of 100 must be obtained. Once the pass mark has been achieved, it’s significant to remember there will be fees, medicals and time factors to take into consideration when applying for a Skilled Worker visa.

Fundamentally, the 100 points are broken down into six categories, each with a different point maximum. Factor one, with a maximum of 25 points, is education. The more skilled you are, the more points you are entitled to receive. Factor two is language, and being that Canada is a bilingual country, more points are chosen to those who speak either or both of Canada’s official languages (English and French). With a utmost score of 24 points, at least one language must be spoken with a high level of proficiency.

To a most score of 21 points, experience rounds out factor three. Points are given on a scale based on one to four year, with four years of fit experience worth the full 21 points. Factor four is age; ten points for those between the ages of 21-49, with two points deduct for each year above or below.

If you have a set work placement, subject to Human Resources Development Canada confirmation, you will be entitled for ten points under factor five. The last category, adaptability, makes up the final ten points. Points in this category are awarded for spousal or partner education, preceding work and or study in Canada and family relationships in Canada.

Canada offers more than a few visa categories for business immigrants. There are three main categories: investor, entrepreneur and self-employed. Investors have to demonstrate business experience, a minimum net worth and the aptitude to invest in the country. Entrepreneurs must show experience, net worth and are subject to more than a few conditions upon arrival in Canada. Self-employed persons must have the meaning and ability to create their own employment and are expected to give to the cultural or athletic life of Canada.

Work permits, counting working holiday maker visas for Canada, are only issued for overseas workers who are going to Canada for a limited time. If you are interested in living and working enduringly in Canada, you must submit an application for permanent residence through the Skilled Worker program.

If you have a strange case, varied work experience, a criminal record, previous immigration offence or any medical problems, you might want to think about employing a migration agent. Migration agents break the visa process into convenient steps and have a firm understanding of immigration legislation. Be certain to use a registered migration agent or Canadian qualified lawyer. You can verify the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants’ web site for a catalog of all registered agents.

Canada is a good-looking and diverse country, getting the correct visa takes solid advance preparation. Remember to research, collect your documents early and be tolerant; the procedure can run anywhere from six to thirty-two months!

Sunday, 12 September 2010

Which is the Best Country for Immigration ?

Canada is the best country for all people around the world who want to immigrate to explore better opportunities and bright future. Canada is one of the major and urbanized nations of the world. A main part of the nation’s population and financial system is depended upon immigrants from all over the world. Immigrants in Canada are measured as an advantage by the government of Canada and feels that it has been mostly because of their giving that the nation has came into sight as an urbanized financial system.

It is but clear that Canada is the favored objective for those planning to immigrate. Being a developed nation which has limitless opportunities for immigrants and more so, they are greeted with open arms. Every year, thousands of applicants file their applications for Canadian immigration. This is for the reason that the nation offers the uppermost standards in all aspects of employment and living in the country. Also, it just going from better to best with each subsequent day.

There are a lot of provinces in the Federal division of Canada. On the other hand, the province of Quebec has a dissimilar process for immigration. Quebec has a inhabitants which is dominated by the French speaking and, as a result, it is obligatory to be talented in the language of French. There are three territories and ten provinces of Canada. Foremost part of the nation’s inhabitants is intense in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec.

If an applicant wants to settle in one of the provinces in Federal Canada, he has to submit an application straight to the Canadian Government. All the applications of immigration are received by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) which is in charge for Canadian Immigration.

Each province of Canada is offering its own Provincial Nominee Program and each is different from the other with dissimilar benefits for an immigrant to benefit. It is vital for an applicant to make a decision in which province he would want to reconcile down previous to filing his application. This would superior provide the applicant concerning the place in question particularly concerning its climate and the local culture which is the vital to get familiar to.

For Canadian Immigration purpose, the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) has been created by Canadian government which is an independent and a self-regulating body for the immigration consultants. If you want to immigrate to Canada, It is suggested to only sort out the members of this body. Other organizations include the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) apart from the CIC which can moreover aid an applicant to file for his Canada visa.

Thursday, 1 April 2010

New Immigration Agreement of Canada and British Columbia

British Columbia & the Yukon (Regional Guide)
Recently, a new Agreement has been signed for the new Canada-British Columbia Immigration. As per agreement, British Columbia will bear the integration of newcomers, helping to make sure that they are able to give to Canada’s economy and succeed in Canada.

This agreement will facilitate Canada attract the skilled international workers it needs to meet the needs of the Canadian economy as Canada come out from the global economic recession. It will surely strengthen British Columbia’s capability to meet its labor market needs both today and in the future.


The agreement formalizes and builds on the accessible joint relationship between Canada and British Columbia on immigration matters and recognizes the significance of involving community partners, counting local governments, service providers and the private sector, in greeting and integrating newcomers. This year, 114 million $ will be transferred to British Columbia under the agreement to support settlement and integration services and reception communities initiatives.


Be a focus for more immigrants to British Columbia and retaining and integrating them to address British Columbia’s unique financial and social needs will be to Canada’s generally social, cultural and economic benefit.

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Canada Immigration FAQ

What is Skilled Worker Class of Canadian Immigration?
The Skilled Worker Class is the most familiar and easiest method to get nationality of Canada. You will be evaluated on a point based system. You must obtain not less than 67 out of 100 likely points. You will be assessed and given points based on your age, work experience, education level, adaptability, arranged employment, and language proficiency in English and/or French. Your criminal record will be inspected in addition to your medical examination. The labor market situation will also be measured previous to approving your request.

What is Business Class Immigration?
The business class of Canadian Immigration is used by the self-employed, investors, and entrepreneurs. If you are freelance, you need to have experience in addition to the intentions and abilities to arrange a business that will promote you and Canadian Society. Or you should purchase a farm and have the aptitude to run it. If you are an investor, you should have knowledge in business and have a net worth of $800,000 CAD. You have to invest $400,000 Canadian into the Canadian economy too. If you are an entrepreneur, you must have skill in business, whether you have possessed shares in a business or owned a business. You will need to have a net value of $300,000 CAD, in addition to the skill to run and have possession of a business that creates no less than one full-time job. You have 3 years to do this once you have received your Permanent Resident Card.

What is Provincial Nomination?
Provincial Nomination is when a province of Canada selects you to shift to their province and reside there. You need to get in touch with the immigration office in the province you wish to live in and submit an application.

What is Family Class Immigration?
With family class immigration of Canada, your close relations who live in Canada can support your immigration to Canada.

What is Quebec-Selected Immigration?
Quebec-selected immigration is an additional process of Canadian Immigration. There are 6 different categories to submit an application for in this class. These comprise permanent workers, students, businessman, temporary workers, families, and sponsored refugees. The temporary workers and students should have a wish to turn out to be permanent immigrants.

What is International Adoption?
International adoption involves permanent residents of Canada adopting children from overseas countries.

What is a Permanent Resident Card?
When you are approved for the any of the immigration class that you applied for, you will be given a Permanent Resident Card. Once you’ve turn out to be a permanent resident and have lived in Canada for 3 to 4 years, you meet the requirements for Canadian Citizenship.

How to Get Canadian citizenship?
You must be no less than 18 years old, knowledge to speak and write in English or French, and know how Canadian civilization works. You must have lived in Canada for 3 to 4 years. You will take a trial on the structure of Canadian government and Canadian politics. This procedure can take wherever from a few months to numerous years. Once the procedure has been completed and you are accepted to be a Canadian citizen, you will be present at a citizenship ceremony. You will take delivery of your certificate of Canadian citizenship and can then submit an application for a Canadian passport.

What are benefits of Canadian citizenship?
Congratulations on completing the procedure and getting your Canadian citizenship. Enjoy the attractiveness of Canada and visit the United States and the other countries of the world often. You will take pleasure in living in Canada.

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Canadian Immigration - The International Graduate Visa program

With its energetic immigration policies, Canada welcomes thousands of new residents and short-term workers every year. For those concerned about moving to Canada, there is a variety of immigration options available, whether you are consider making a permanent move or seeking base yourself temporarily in one of Canada's fine provinces. With a standing of having practical and innovative promotion of its immigration policies, Canada remains an exceptionally well-liked destination for the relocation of individuals and families alike, providing for a variety of entry alternatives including skilled workers, entrepreneurs and investors. Though, students and recent graduates should be aware that Canada also keenly seeks those who have freshly graduated with high awards; an initiative termed the International Graduate Visa program.

The International Graduates visa, in its beginning, was conceived as an attempt to reduce the current and future education and skill shortages by providing an enticing alternative for foreign students with offers of jobs from Canadian employers. This program allows international graduates a safe and more rapidly progressing path to obtain their visa requirements for both temporary and permanent residency status. The program gives precedence to those graduates who can show their ability to put in to the Canadian economy for permanent residency, which is another smart feature of the initiative. The skills required vary depending on the provinces involved and the exact skill gaps that they need to be addressed.

The program is obtainable in the following provinces, presented in alphabetical order: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

The essential criteria for all provinces comprise the requirement of completing a post-secondary qualification, being attained from an educational institute within the region, together with an offer of employment that relates to their field of expertise. Variations between the provinces for approval within the program include the necessity to have been employed with the same employer offering the full time place for a period of between 3-6 months before the application is filed. Moreover, some of the provinces will only recognize qualifications from institutions that they have deemed entitled, while some place precise restrictions of the specialties and the grades one must have attained.

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Severe Measures by CIC to Protect Overseas Temporary Workers

The Canadian government is very keen against any kind of exploitation of foreign workers in Canada. The government is now particularly being vigilant on the employers hiring these foreign workers. Since the Canadian government considers its immigrants as a precious asset, it is being looked into that they are being treated reasonably. Together with this, severe action would be taken against companies who are doing unjust with the immigrants.

This decision has been issued in the interest of the temporary foreign workers because they are one of the most significant contributors to the Canadian economy. The Canadian government feels that it is its duty to guard its new resident in return to their key contributions to its country.

Though, some changes have been planned to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The changes involve severity in the assessment concerning the credibility of the job being offered to the immigrant. Conversely, it is also now catering to an immigrant’s residence in Canada.

Additionally, a trial period for the duration of two years is also under consideration for all those employers hiring overseas professionals. This is particularly for all those employers who have been found to be treating foreign nationals unjustly. a lot of organizations have been found to be paying low wages and deprived working conditions to the immigrants compared to the market value for the same job.

All things considered, a temporary foreign worker would not be entitled to work in Canada for more than four years. This is for the reason that this program is meant to provide to the short term labor accomplishment.

With some strict limits in place, it can be guaranteed that Canada is one of the most excellent places to immigrate in times of day.

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Canada Immigration Visa - Canada will welcome more immigrants this year

Here is a good news for Canadian Immigration applicants. This year Canada expects to greet 240,000 to 265,000 new immigrants in Canada. Among these Canadian Immigrants, the quota of 156,600 immigrants is in the Economic Category, 71100 would be in the family class and 37,300 likely in Humanitarian Category.

This appears to be the uppermost level of immigrant inflow in Canada during the last 15 years. The Government of Canada is determined to get better the labor market; hence they are taking plan to welcome the professionals they needs urgently.

The current changes to Canada Immigration would absolutely facilitate in speeding up processing time of existing immigration cases filed for Canadian Permanent Residency on Canada Immigration basis.

Applicants not entitled for Canadian Immigration under FSW Federal Skilled Worker visa Category may submit an application under other categories for example student visa, Provincial Nominee Program or Temporary Foreign Workers to get Permanent Residency of Canada .