Continuous Development of the Canadian Immigration Policies

With the passage of time, the rules and regulations of a position tend to change. This is mainly true for Canadian immigration.

Like any other nation, the Canadian immigration policies have been changing continually based on the needs and necessities of the country. Canada is one of the urbanized nations in the world which attracts migrants from crossways the world. This tendency has been going on for centuries where people from diverse parts of the world have been arriving and settling down in Canada. Off these, numerous have turned out to be the citizens of the country also.

The main cause for this trend has been great span for employment, bright infrastructure offered for living and work together with social benefits.

Over the years, the regulations and rules for immigration have been modified continually. Following are the most recent trends of Canadian immigration:

Extreme changes were brought regarding the laws pertaining to immigration post the year of 1947.
This next occurrence was seen when the Immigration Act of 1976 laid the terms and conditions to be meet the terms with immigration.
This was followed by the removal of dual citizenship in the year 1977.

Many amends were brought about which included elimination of numerous laws under the citizenship of the country. In addition, individuals living in Canada would not lose their citizenship except they are found to be involved in some fraud concerning immigration.

The country has also been flexible to its refugees which is visibly displayed in its Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2002. This act provided to all those refugees who sought to live in this nation. The most new of the changes were brought about in the year 2008 which particularly laid emphasis on the skilled migrant category. Most important changes were made in skilled worker category.

If each alteration is studied in detail, it could be assumed that all the rules and regulations - new or amended, have evolved continuously from the previous making it enhanced each time.