How Educational Institutes in Canada and Employers play an important role in Canadian economy (in light of foreigners)?
We understand the importance of obtaining jobs in Canada, for Foreign Workers. We are talking particularly about the jobs for which local Canadian workers (Citizens and Permanent Residents) are not available. Every year about 110,000 skilled workers and their dependents enter Canada as Permanent Residents and another approx. 180,000 as Foreign Workers.
It is extremely important for the economy of Canada and for employment
opportunities of Canadian citizens and permanent residents that new-comers get relevant jobs on entering Canada. For this, an important aspect is that these entrants be able to obtain jobs that bear relevance to their skills. One way to obtain this exposure is with either Educational Institutes or Employers. Because of this, we at Eagle Legal will be providing tools to foreigners and employers in Canada, so that foreigners can have access to these suitable education institutes and jobs. This will assist foreigners in obtaining Study Permits and Work Permits.
Role of Educational Institutes:
Please note that a great help is being provided by educational institutes in Canada by training international students
and making them adept in Canadian skills. Besides other advantages, it
can lead international students to apply for immigration under the Canadian Experience Class or indirectly under the Skilled Worker class. Bottom line is that these individuals have been trained by Canadian Educational Institutes to be absorbed by the Canadian Job market on temporary or permanent basis.
Role of Canadian Employers who employ foreign workers:
Just like educational institutes, Canadian Employers also assist in preparation of foreign workers for stabilizing the Canadian economy in
the long run. They hire foreign workers temporarily. Subsequently, some
of these foreign workers could get opportunities to be absorbed in the
Canadian market on permanent basis.
The The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P. Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism has suggested that under the Canadian Experience Class, Canada intends to retain this talent in Canada
and will propose options that will make it easier for International
Students/Foreign Worker (those who fall under the skills in demand) to
get absorbed in Canadian markets.
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Showing posts with label Federal Skilled Workers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal Skilled Workers. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Cap reached for Federal Skilled Worker Applications!!!
Cap has reached for accepting applications under the Federal
Skilled Worker Program for the year July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2012, by the
Canadian Government. The allowed applications in this cap were 10000. Federal
Skilled Worker Immigration program by Canadian government continues to allow
applications that are supported with an offer of employment. New
instructions or occupations for the program that starts July 1 2012 are not
announced at this time. Federal Skilled program is one of the most effective
programs of Canadian government to invite talent from all around the world and
we anticipate this to continue starting July 1 2012. Please note that the
occupations were reduced last year. It appears that the focus will continue to
be to invite foreigners who are required generally by employers, provinces and
territories so that such individuals can immediately be absorbed by the
Canadian market, the moment they arrive in Canada. This will support the
economy! For information about the Federal Skilled Worker Program please visit our website page. If you have any questions please visit this link.
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Q: Will I get points (for years of education) that do not contribute towards obtaining the educational credential being assessed?
A: In a recent decision, the question has been answered in negative and it has been said that these years of education will not be counted because they are not contributing towards the credential.
Transformational Changes to Canadian Immigration System; Point system to be reformed; Old applications to be affected by new regulations
In an announcement by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney on April 17, 2012, some major positive changes are anticipated in Canadian Immigration. These include:
· System that actively recruits talent rather than passively receives and processes applications
· Economic and labour force needs to be central focus of immigration efforts
· Groundwork has begun for this long-term economic success
· CIC will work with provinces, territories and employers to create pool of skilled workers
· Transformational changes to Canada’s immigration system
· Fast and flexible system that attracts younger people – grow economy the minute they arrive
· Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) – point system to be reformed – to reflect younger immigrants with Canadian Experience and better official language skills
· Strengthen assessment of educational credential – begin work on arrival in Canada
· FSW applicants to have educational credentials assessed and verified abroad
· FSW to meet current labour market needs
· Ministerial Instruction to apply to people who have already submitted an application
· New regulations to apply retrospectively to people who have already submitted an application
· Ensure Canada’s current needs and priorities
· Develop a responsive immigration system – make Canada more competitive – attract best and brightest from around the world – to match Canadian Economy.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Immigration: Canadian Experience Class going great! PhD and Doctoral programs coming soon under Federal Skilled Worker Class!
Immigration to Canada under the Canadian Experience Class (for those possessing sufficient Canadian experience or education) - brings the world's best and brightest individuals to Canada. Federal programs anticipated for PhD students soon!
Canadian Experience Class is a category under which foreigners can obtain permanent resident status in Canada based on education or work experience in Canada. The program, created in 2008, offers a pathway to permanent residency for international students and skilled and highly skilled temporary foreign workers. Through this program, those eligible can apply from within Canada and expect a decision quickly, whereas in the past, they may have spent several years waiting in the immigration queue.
The program has received praise from many educational organizations across Canada. To promote this program, the federal government has given a $10 million, two-year commitment in Budget 2011 towards developing and implementing an international education strategy. This strategy will promote Canada’s reputation as one of the top countries to study and conduct world-class research.
Retaining international PhD students will also be easier with proposal that foreign nationals studying at a doctoral level in Canada, as well as recent graduates of a Canadian PhD program, will soon be able to apply as Federal Skilled Workers.
The Canadian Experience Class program already exists while the PhD program is currently at some provincial levels but will soon be part of Federal Program.
For applying under these programs you can email us at info@eaglelegal.ca
Canadian Experience Class is a category under which foreigners can obtain permanent resident status in Canada based on education or work experience in Canada. The program, created in 2008, offers a pathway to permanent residency for international students and skilled and highly skilled temporary foreign workers. Through this program, those eligible can apply from within Canada and expect a decision quickly, whereas in the past, they may have spent several years waiting in the immigration queue.
The program has received praise from many educational organizations across Canada. To promote this program, the federal government has given a $10 million, two-year commitment in Budget 2011 towards developing and implementing an international education strategy. This strategy will promote Canada’s reputation as one of the top countries to study and conduct world-class research.
Retaining international PhD students will also be easier with proposal that foreign nationals studying at a doctoral level in Canada, as well as recent graduates of a Canadian PhD program, will soon be able to apply as Federal Skilled Workers.
The Canadian Experience Class program already exists while the PhD program is currently at some provincial levels but will soon be part of Federal Program.
For applying under these programs you can email us at info@eaglelegal.ca
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND IMMIGRATION (FEDERAL SKILLED/ TEMPORARY SKILLED WORKER PROGRAM AND PROVINCIAL NOMINEE PROGRAM)
As part of Canadian Pre-budget Consultations, the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) speaks of immigration-requirements for construction industry. The following information comes from CCA.
To meet the shortage of Construction Workers, Canada must increase the number of foreign skilled workers entering the country under the Federal Skilled Worker Program , the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Provincial Nominee Program. Furthermore, entrants under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should be given longer-stay visas, be provided with additional flexibility to change employers within the industry, and fast-tracked for permanent residency after working in Canada for an acceptable period of time.
The construction industry now anticipates a skilled labour shortage of 335,000 workers by 2019, or roughly a quarter of its existing workforce. Traditional domestic sources are only expected to fill approximately 50 per cent of this demand. Consequently, the industry will remain dependent upon foreign skilled workers to overcome anticipated workforce shortfalls for years to come. Current immigration policy fails to meet the needs of the construction industry. Policy reforms are required in order to increase the domestic pool of skilled labour. Tied to these reforms is a pressing need to increase the speed at which Citizenship and Immigration Canada processes skilled worker applications. In this context, CCA believes the department’s current budget must be significantly increased in order to eliminate application backlogs and fast-track the entry of skilled workers into Canada.
In a recent report on global construction trends, PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated Canada will surpass France and Germany over the course of this decade and become the world’s fifth largest construction market. Driven by the need to build new and replace existing infrastructure to satisfy international demand for natural resources, only China, the United States, India and Japan will outspend Canada. However, in order to achieve this potential, the construction industry must have an adequate supply of skilled and unskilled workers.
While such scenarios may seem implausible today, according to the most recent Construction Sector Council (CSC) forecast, demand growth for construction services in Canada will outpace the sector’s growth capacity due to chronic shortages of skilled and unskilled workers. Therefore, even with aggressive domestic recruitment and training programs, the industry will continue to rely on Canada’s immigration system to supply the remainder of its workforce.
Based on their further analysis, Canada’s construction industry will need to add approximately 42,000 new workers each year to keep up with growing demand for construction services and replace retiring workers. Since domestic recruitment efforts can only supply approximately 50 per cent of the overall demand, the industry must add approximately 21,000 new workers each year through immigration to avoid skilled labour shortages. While Statistics Canada’s Occupation and Skill Level Labour Market Intention data does not specifically identify construction professions, the industry estimates that fewer than 2,500 immigrants to Canada presently take up professions within the construction sector.
Current processing backlogs within Citizenship and Immigration Canada are also barriers to the entry of the skilled workers. According to the department, there was a 500,000 skilled immigrant applicant backlog as of December 2010. Clearly, not all of these applicants will qualify to immigrate, but with such growing labour challenges across the economy, more must be done to reduce skilled immigrant backlogs. From a CCA perspective, this remains an area of considerable concern. Other countries with similar immigration programs seem to have faster processing times for economic class immigrants, which places Canada at a competitive disadvantage. If not addressed, Canada may lose some of the best and brightest available immigrants to other nations due to application processing delays.
CCA believes the solution rests with public policy makers who must increase skilled worker training capacity across the country, as well as reform Canada’s immigration system to place a greater emphasis on arranged employment and acquired job skills, rather than on formal, post-secondary education. In addition to these important policy reforms, the Parliament of Canada must increase funding for Citizenship and Immigration Canada in order to decrease application processing times.
Eagle Legal Services assists employers in processing the paperwork for their Foreign Workers under the Federal Skilled Worker Program , the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Provincial Nominee Program. We also deal with HRSDC for Labour Market Opinions and Arranged Employment. We may be contacted at info@eaglelegal.ca
To meet the shortage of Construction Workers, Canada must increase the number of foreign skilled workers entering the country under the Federal Skilled Worker Program , the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Provincial Nominee Program. Furthermore, entrants under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should be given longer-stay visas, be provided with additional flexibility to change employers within the industry, and fast-tracked for permanent residency after working in Canada for an acceptable period of time.
The construction industry now anticipates a skilled labour shortage of 335,000 workers by 2019, or roughly a quarter of its existing workforce. Traditional domestic sources are only expected to fill approximately 50 per cent of this demand. Consequently, the industry will remain dependent upon foreign skilled workers to overcome anticipated workforce shortfalls for years to come. Current immigration policy fails to meet the needs of the construction industry. Policy reforms are required in order to increase the domestic pool of skilled labour. Tied to these reforms is a pressing need to increase the speed at which Citizenship and Immigration Canada processes skilled worker applications. In this context, CCA believes the department’s current budget must be significantly increased in order to eliminate application backlogs and fast-track the entry of skilled workers into Canada.
In a recent report on global construction trends, PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated Canada will surpass France and Germany over the course of this decade and become the world’s fifth largest construction market. Driven by the need to build new and replace existing infrastructure to satisfy international demand for natural resources, only China, the United States, India and Japan will outspend Canada. However, in order to achieve this potential, the construction industry must have an adequate supply of skilled and unskilled workers.
While such scenarios may seem implausible today, according to the most recent Construction Sector Council (CSC) forecast, demand growth for construction services in Canada will outpace the sector’s growth capacity due to chronic shortages of skilled and unskilled workers. Therefore, even with aggressive domestic recruitment and training programs, the industry will continue to rely on Canada’s immigration system to supply the remainder of its workforce.
Based on their further analysis, Canada’s construction industry will need to add approximately 42,000 new workers each year to keep up with growing demand for construction services and replace retiring workers. Since domestic recruitment efforts can only supply approximately 50 per cent of the overall demand, the industry must add approximately 21,000 new workers each year through immigration to avoid skilled labour shortages. While Statistics Canada’s Occupation and Skill Level Labour Market Intention data does not specifically identify construction professions, the industry estimates that fewer than 2,500 immigrants to Canada presently take up professions within the construction sector.
Current processing backlogs within Citizenship and Immigration Canada are also barriers to the entry of the skilled workers. According to the department, there was a 500,000 skilled immigrant applicant backlog as of December 2010. Clearly, not all of these applicants will qualify to immigrate, but with such growing labour challenges across the economy, more must be done to reduce skilled immigrant backlogs. From a CCA perspective, this remains an area of considerable concern. Other countries with similar immigration programs seem to have faster processing times for economic class immigrants, which places Canada at a competitive disadvantage. If not addressed, Canada may lose some of the best and brightest available immigrants to other nations due to application processing delays.
CCA believes the solution rests with public policy makers who must increase skilled worker training capacity across the country, as well as reform Canada’s immigration system to place a greater emphasis on arranged employment and acquired job skills, rather than on formal, post-secondary education. In addition to these important policy reforms, the Parliament of Canada must increase funding for Citizenship and Immigration Canada in order to decrease application processing times.
Eagle Legal Services assists employers in processing the paperwork for their Foreign Workers under the Federal Skilled Worker Program , the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Provincial Nominee Program. We also deal with HRSDC for Labour Market Opinions and Arranged Employment. We may be contacted at info@eaglelegal.ca
Friday, 4 November 2011
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