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December 24, 2010
Government of Canada has finalised their new immigration quotas for 2011. In the wake of the continuing economic downturn countries are looking to reduce their immigration quotas for 2011. Canada on the other hand has been fortunate not to be in a severe economic downturn is looking at immigration to continue to sustain its economic recovery and boost it’s workforce.
Canada’s 2011 immigration quota is 240,000 to 265,000 and 60% of these immigrants are expected to come from the economic stream (federal skilled worker program and provincial immigration programs). In 2011, government of Canada wants to balance the number of immigrants between Federal and provincial programs to fulfill the work force needs of both national and regional markets.
“Canada’s post-recession economy demands a high level of legal immigration to keep our work force strong,” said Jason Kenney, minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism “At the same time, we are maintaining our commitment to family reunification and refugees.”
Like many other European countries with aging population, the size of the workforce is shrinking in Canada too because of low birth rates and aging population. Within the next 5 years all of Canada’s work force growth will come from immigration.
One of the highlights of the Immigration plan for 2011 is to include a higher range of admissions for spouses and children in the family category to help unify more immigrant families.
If you are looking to immigrate to Canada this is a wonderful opportunity to think about and then act on. If you need any help, guidance please feel free to contact us or visit our website www.immigrationzonecanada.com for more information about Canada and the immigration programs. Fill up a free assessment form to find out your eligibility now.
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November 3, 2010
Government of Canada had introduced the new eligible occupations effective 26th June 2010 and had capped the applications to 1000 per occupation from 26th June 2010 to 25th June 2011. Immigration ministry of Canada, CIC has released the latest statistics and they have received only 2998 complete applications out of the allowed 20,000 as of October 29th 2010.
The way we see it, this is the right opportunity for all of us who have been thinking about immigrating to Canada and have not yet made up their mind. Here is the list of the eligible occupations and the number of applications received by CIC.
| Eligible Occupation for Federal Skilled Worker class effective 26th June 2010 |
No of Complete Applications Received* |
| Restaurant and Food Service Managers |
116 |
| Primary Production Managers (except Agriculture) |
29 |
| Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management |
900 |
| Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners |
40 |
| Biologists and Related Scientists |
141 |
| Architects |
165 |
| Specialist Physicians |
126 |
| General Practitioners and Family Physicians |
157 |
| Dentists |
197 |
| Pharmacists |
260 |
| Physiotherapists |
55 |
| Registered Nurses |
405 |
| Medical Radiation Technologists |
8 |
| Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists |
4 |
| Licensed Practical Nurses |
18 |
| Psychologists |
37 |
| Social Workers |
81 |
| Chefs |
17 |
| Cooks |
44 |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades |
19 |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades |
53 |
| Electricians (except Industrial and Power System) |
32 |
| Industrial Electricians |
36 |
| Plumbers |
8 |
| Welders and Related Machine Operators |
7 |
| Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics |
14 |
| Crane Operators |
0 |
| Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction |
2 |
| Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service |
17 |
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| * Based on complete applications received by CIC as on 29th October 2010. |
Also please click on the link to see a graph of the eligible occupations and the applications received. Chart_FSW applications 29th Oct10
As you can see some occupations have a wide open playing field for example: Medical Radiation Technologists and Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapists, Welders and Related Machine Operators, Heavy-duty equipment mechanics..
We will be posting about each of the eligible professions in the coming weeks and if you would like to learn more or find out your eligibility for Federal Skilled worker immigration to Canada, please contact us or fill in the free assessment form.
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July 1, 2010
With the introduction of the new 29 in-demand occupations for immigration to Canada under Federal Skilled Worker program, all the people who have at least 1 year of work experience in the last 10 years in any profession where they provide analyzing the operations, managerial methods or functions of an organization in order to propose, plan and implement improvements or analyzing advertising needs and develop advertising plans. You could be working for a management consulting firm, advertising company or be self-employed.
Here are some of the position titles that are eligible under the Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management:
ISO consultant,
Advertising account executive, advertising consultant, advertising specialist, advertising campaign organizer,
Business management consultant, business management analyst, business consultant,
Business methods analyst,
Consultant – organizational analysis, organizational analyst,
Certified management consultant, management analyst, management consultant,
Promotion specialist, promotion representative, promotion strategies consultant, price management analyst,
Team training specialist,
Point of sale system manager,
Records management specialist,
Researcher- organization and methods,
Senior consultant- operations management
These are some of the designations that are in the list. The important point to remember is that if you are helping the management in making business decisions whether you are working as a consultant, analyst, specialist, then you fall in this category.
Again, if you are unsure whether you would qualify OR you do meet the 1 yr work experience and want to know if you qualify for immigration to Canada fill in the free assessment form or contact us or visit Immigration Zone Canada to learn more about the different options to immigrate to Canada.
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June 27, 2010
We have been talking about this and the government of Canada has gone ahead and updated their list of in-demand occupations to fill in the work force shortage and help the Canadian economy. The catch is the limited number of applications that will be accepted under these 29 occupations per year.
Ok, so are we eligible now? Here is the list of new occupations:
Restaurant and Food Service Managers, Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture), Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management, Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners, Biologists and Related Scientists, Architects, Specialist Physicians, General Practitioners and Family Physicians, Dentists, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Registered Nurses, Medical Radiation Technologists, Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists, Licensed Practical Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Chefs, Cooks, Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades, Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades, Electricians (Except Industrial & Power System), Industrial Electricians, Plumbers, Welders & Related Machine Operators, Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics, Crane Operators, Drillers & Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying & Construction, Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service
Now the important part is if you have been thinking about immigrating to Canada, and you have one year of experience in any one of the 29 in demand occupations above then start the process asap. Canada is capping the applications per year per occupation to 1,000. So make sure you are one of the 1,000 this year!!
Contact Immigration Zone Canada or fill up the free assessment form asap so that you know if you are eligible to apply for immigration to Canada and you are one of the 1,000 whose application will be accepted by the Canadian immigration authorities.
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June 27, 2010
Today, Minister Jason Kenney announced the long-awaited updated list of occupations for the Federal Skilled Worker program of Canadian Immigration.
Canada’s 2010 quota for immigration is about 265,000 immigrants. The focus is on economic immigration to help the ease shortage of work force and boost the economy. And, Canadian immigration wants to reduce the backlog of older, already filed in process applications of Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) so they have gone ahead and reduced the number of eligible occupations so that they can finalise the pending applications and reduce the backlog.
This is indeed good news for all those people who have been in the pipeline for some years now. Soon they will have some update on their pending applications. But what about the rest of us, who were thinking of immigrating to Canada. Currently there are about 380,000 pending FSW applications down from 640,000 in Nov 2008.
Now what? There are 29 eligible occupations effective today, 26th June 2010 that are eligible to apply for FSW or have a job offer. The main purpose is to reduce the number of new applications. To achieve that goal they will only be taking a fixed amount of applications per eligible occupation for the year. So it will become a first come first serve FSW program. This will bring Canadian economic immigration program (federal skilled worker program) in line with the rest of the world, namely UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Wait for our next post with the list of the new in-demand occupations or eligible occupations and what is the new cutoff number of applications per year introduced today by the Canadian authorities.
Contact Immigration Zone Canada or fill up the free assessment form asap so that you know if you are eligible to apply for immigration to Canada.
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June 24, 2010
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism minister Jason Kenney, introduced legislation in the Canadian House of Commons to crack down on crooked consultants who exploit prospective immigrants.
“While most immigration consultants working in Canada are legitimate and ethical, it is clear that immigration fraud remains a widespread threat to the integrity of Canada’s immigration system,” said Minister Kenney. “The Cracking Down on Crooked Consultants Act will better protect prospective immigrants from crooked consultants and help safeguard our immigration system against fraud and abuse.”
Once the act becomes the law it will be a crime for unauthorised individuals to charge a fee for providing immigration services. It would also give power to the government to designate a body that would enforce and regulate immigration consultants and establish measures to enhance the government’s oversight of this body.
“Crooked immigration consultants victimize people who dream of immigrating to Canada,” said Minister Kenney. “Worse still, there is evidence that these individuals encourage prospective immigrants to lie on their immigration applications, to concoct bogus stories about persecution when making refugee claims, or to enter into sham marriages with Canadian citizens and permanent residents. This undermines the integrity and fairness of Canada’s immigration system.”
Minister also mentioned that Citizenship and Immigration Canada will announce setting up of a transparent public selection process to identify a governing body to regulate immigration consultants in an attempt to gain public confidence.
If you would like to know whether you are eligible for immigration to Canada, please fill up the free assessment form. Learn more about Immigration Zone Canada and read about the different options for immigrating to Canada.
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March 31, 2010
Are you a Computer and Information Systems Manager, thinking about immigrating to Canada. Don’t wait any more.. time is running out.. Canada is looking to change the occupation list eligible to immigrate to Canada. Your immigrant visa is slipping away…
If you have one year out of the last 10 years in any one of the following job titles, Canada wants you!! Immigrate now!! Send in your free assessment form and start the process for immigration. Let us work for your immigration visa..
Are you an Information Systems Manager, Computer Systems Manager, Manager data processing and systems analysis,
Manager management information system (MIS), Manager software engineering, Software development Manager, Systems development manager, Data Centre Manager, Data processing director…and many more..
Something to remember, if you are having experience in any of the occupations above and let’s say you are in U.S. currently trying or waiting to get the Green Card equivalent to immigrating to Canada (permanent residence)..think again..How many years you will spend in US..trying to get the Green card?
This is your opportunity, immigrate to Canada. Fill in the assessment form, start the process..and come and live in Canada for good. Enjoy the beauty and the mix of population from different parts of the world that call Canada home. Come be a part of the mosaic and contribute to the economy of Canada. Canada, the most multicultural country in the world and definitely the most friendly and open to new immigrants specially in the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver.. Come and see for yourself..
Remember the list of occupations is changing on 1st of May..fast action will bring results now.. once the list changes and if IS Managers are not on the list, then you won’t be able to immigrate to Canada.
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March 25, 2010
As Canada looks to re-evaluate their list of occupations which qualify for Federal Skilled Worker Immigration, it is an excellent opportunity for people with Finance Manager experience. If you have been thinking about making a move to Canada, this could be the a very good time before Canadian Immigration Ministry decides to take this off their eligible occupation list.
If you have held any of the below titles for at least one year or more in last ten years, you could qualify to Immigrate to Canada under Federal Skilled Worker Immigration.
controller
director – financial services
director of accounting
finance director
financial administrator
manager, financial control
manager, financial planning and analysis
manager, internal audit services
treasurer
If you have any questions, contact Immigration Zone Canada & our Certified Immigration Consultants will be pleased to assist you.
If you would like to know your eligibility to Immigrate to Canada, please fill up the assessment form & we will be glad to assess your information. Based on the information you provide us, we would also be able to guide you the best route which will make your dreams come true of living in Canada. Canadian Immigration has been changing at a very fast pace in last decade, so it is best to act fast than realise that you missed the opportunity of a lifetime.
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March 22, 2010
Have you been thinking of immigrating to Canada? Don’t wait anymore, Government of Canada’s Immigration ministry is currently in the process of changing the list of professional occupations that can immigrate to Canada under Federal skilled program.
Take action now and immigrate to Canada before it’s too late. Here is the list of occupations that are currently eligible for immigration to Canada 2010. Soon, maybe as soon as 1st of May 2010 new list will be out containing a new set of occupations.
If you have one year or more work experience within the last 10 years as:
Financial Manager, Computer and Information System Manager, Managers in Health-care, Restaurant and Food Service Manager, Accommodation Service Manager, Construction Manager, Financial Auditor and Accountant, Geologist, Geo-chemist and Geophysicist, Mining Engineer, Geological Engineer, Petroleum Engineer, Specialist Physician, General Practitioner and Family Physician, Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Head Nurse and Supervisor, Registered Nurse, Medical Radiation Technologist, Licensed Practical Nurse, University Professor, College and Other Vocational Instructor, Chef, Cook, Contractor and Supervisor, Pipefitting Trade, Contractor and Supervisor, Carpentry Trade, Contractor and Supervisor, Heavy Construction Equipment Crew, Electrician (Except Industrial and Power System), Industrial Electrician, Plumber, Steamfitter, Pipefitter and Sprinkler System Installer, Welder and Related Machine Operator, Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic, Crane Operator, Driller and Blaster – Surface Mining Quarrying and Construction, Supervisor – Mining and Quarrying, Supervisor – Oil and Gas Drilling and Service, Supervisor – Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities, you are currently eligible for immigration to Canada.
Act fast before the new list of occupations comes in place, contact us or fill up a free assessment form so that you don’t miss the boat.
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January 17, 2010
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has been asked with exploring ways to fast-track the process of bringing Haitians into Canada under the family reunification program.
The announcement will be augmented with new immigration rules that will make it easier for Haitians to join family members in Canada. As well, people in Canada who for whatever reason may be required to return to Haiti – because, such as, their visa has expired – will be granted an extension, permitting them to stay in Canada temporarily.
With Montreal being the center of the Haitian-Canadian community, there are about 150,000 people of Haitian origin in Canada. The backlog of Haitians seeking to join family members in Canada stretches back for years. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised that the government will quickly put in place measures to improve the immigration process for Haitians in the wake of this week’s calamity.
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