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Archive for December, 2008

Improving the immigration program’s responsiveness to Canada’s labour market.

Following are some details on the current Canadian Immigration rules.
Retroactive to February 27, 2008, the date specified by the Federal Budget, the Action Plan for Faster Immigration includes issuing instructions to visa officers reviewing new federal skilled worker applications to process those from candidates who:

are in 38 high-demand occupations such as health, skilled trades, finance [...]

Immigration Levels for 2009

Canada will stay the course on immigration in 2009, welcoming between 240,000 and 265,000 new permanent residents, as per Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.
“While countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia are talking about taking fewer immigrants, our planned numbers for 2009 are on par with last year and are among [...]