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New caps for Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs, and Canadian Experience Class - Canada News Centre

New caps for Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs, and Canadian Experience Class

On April 26, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will issue a new set of Ministerial Instructions to immigration officers regarding the processing of applications to the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

Effective May 1, 2014, the following measures will be in place:

Federal Skilled Worker Program:
Federal Skilled Workers are chosen as permanent residents based on their ability to prosper in Canada. They are assessed according to a selection grid made up of six factors, including language, education, work experience, etc.

Overall cap of 25,000 applications in eligible occupations stream
Cap of 500 applications for PhD eligibility stream
No limit on applicants who have a valid job offer from a Canadian employer
Sub-caps of 1,000 applications for each of the 50 eligible occupations below (their 2011 National Occupational Classification (NOC) code is included in brackets):
Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services (0013)
Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c. (0015)
Financial managers (0111)
Human resources managers (0112)
Purchasing managers (0113)
Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers (0121)
Managers in health care (0311)
Construction managers (0711)
Home building and renovation managers (0712)
Managers in natural resources production and fishing (0811)
Manufacturing managers (0911)
Financial auditors and accountants (1111)
Financial and investment analysts (1112)
Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers (1113)
Other financial officers (1114)
Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (1123)
Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers (1212)
Property administrators (1224)
Geoscientists and oceanographers (2113)
Civil engineers (2131)
Mechanical engineers (2132)
Electrical and electronics engineers (2133)
Petroleum engineers (2145)
Information systems analysts and consultants (2171)
Database analysts and data administrators (2172)
Software engineers and designers (2173)
Computer programmers and interactive media developers (2174)
Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians (2232)
Construction estimators (2234)
Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians (2241)
Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics (2243)
Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety (2263)
Computer network technicians (2281)
Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors (3011)
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (3012)
Specialist physicians (3111)
General practitioners and family physicians (3112)
Dietitians and nutritionists (3132)
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists (3141)
Physiotherapists (3142)
Occupational therapists (3143)
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists (3214)
Medical radiation technologists (3215)
Medical sonographers (3216)
Licensed practical nurses (3233)
Paramedical occupations (3234)
University professors and lecturers (4011)
Psychologists (4151)
Early childhood educators and assistants (4214)
Translators, terminologists and interpreters (5125)
Federal Skilled Trades Program:
This program is for people who want to become permanent residents based on being qualified in a skilled trade.

Overall cap of 5,000 applications
All 90 skilled trades from the following NOC Skill Level B groups are eligible (with sub-caps of 100 applications each):
Major Group 72: Industrial, electrical and construction trades;
Major Group 73: Maintenance and equipment operation trades;
Major Group 82: Supervisors and technical occupations in national resources, agriculture and related production;
Major Group 92: Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators;
Minor Group 632: chefs and cooks;
Minor Group 633: butchers and bakers.
Canadian Experience Class:
This program is for people who already have skilled work experience in Canada and want to immigrate permanently.

Overall cap of 8,000 applications
Sub-caps of 200 applications each for any NOC B occupation
Six ineligible occupations: administrative officers (NOC code 1221), administrative assistants (1241), accounting technicians/bookkeepers (1311), cooks (6322), food service supervisors (6311), and retail sales supervisors (6211).
The new Ministerial Instructions will also re-confirm the existing pause of applications to the federal Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneur Programs.

[charitychat]

pwde mangutana ninyo, if nurse ko and ako experience kay call center pwde rako kaapply as immigrant padung canada? naa pod ko relatives didto, ako prob lang ang ako work experience... and one thing pod diay, naa ko pending petition sa US pero wa ko kahibaw if nagpadayon pa ba kay ako mom nagpetition while permanent resident siya sa US and wa siya kapadayon US citizen kay niuli na siya diri 3 years na, I don't know if active pa ba to. nahan lang unta ko apply canada, makaapekta kaha to? please help. =D

[KeYmAkEr]

pwde mangutana ninyo, if nurse ko and ako experience kay call center pwde rako kaapply as immigrant padung canada? naa pod ko relatives didto, ako prob lang ang ako work experience... and one thing pod diay, naa ko pending petition sa US pero wa ko kahibaw if nagpadayon pa ba kay ako mom nagpetition while permanent resident siya sa US and wa siya kapadayon US citizen kay niuli na siya diri 3 years na, I don't know if active pa ba to. nahan lang unta ko apply canada, makaapekta kaha to? please help. =D

go for free assessment, try CIC sa may golden peak 20th floor, naa pud uban na agency aside sa CIC; if patient ka enough you can google sa ilang immigration site sa CA

[voldemort]

go for free assessment, try CIC sa may golden peak 20th floor, naa pud uban na agency aside sa CIC; if patient ka enough you can google sa ilang immigration site sa CA

Kailangan pa ba magpa-appointment sa CIC or pwede ra walk-in?

[kacy143]

Kailangan pa ba magpa-appointment sa CIC or pwede ra walk-in?

pwede raka mo walk-in sa CIC

[voldemort]

pwede raka mo walk-in sa CIC

salamat, basin next week adto ko.

[voldemort]

Well, Nova Scotia has a low employment rate compared to Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The fishing industry is the reason the province still exists, although there are some processed-foods industry in the province. Most young people are moving out of the province for better employment opportunities and thus the province is becoming a province of retired people. When my co-worker went back to NS for a family funeral, one of his nephew told him that he went to their nearest employment office there and the place was full of posters about working in Alberta oil sands. That pretty much sums up the employment opportunities in NS.

Aside from limited employment opportunities, I heard high taxes, high utility costs, and bad business landscape.

I know Canada is in need of nurses and doctors but most people who are in the process of moving to Canada fails to know that they have to go back to school here for an upgrade and take license exam in order to work on their intended field. If I have to give advise for anyone who'd move to Canada and work in the health-care sector: I would suggest to move to Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan unless you got a significant pocket money to spend on upgrade education in NS like in Dalhousie or Acadia. But in reality most immigrants doesn't have that luxury. Most of them have to take part-time jobs to support their family and school at the same time. But in NS, it would be implausible to find one especially for a recently-arrived immigrants. Move to another province like in Ontario, there's a lot of respected universities and colleges here and employment too. I don't know why Filipinos are looking on moving to NS, but if you really want to work there, moving there is easy once your school is done, passed the province license exam and got a job. That's my 2 cents.

Bro, how about Manitoba? What can you say about the employment landscape in that area? TIA.

[ashley85]

guys kung kinsa to interested moapply sa CIC agency for Canada, naa ko application ipaassume.

[MeMing]

kinsay humana naka pa assess sa ilang education para apply FSW? Have your education assessed – Federal skilled workers

Check out this clause: "If your report shows that your credential is not equal to a completed Canadian one:

You will not meet the education requirement under the FSW."

Ang problima, kay ang canadian educational system dili man gyud na mo recognize sa atong mga degrees (dili gani sila recognize sa degrees sa US sa ato naba kaha). Meaning, ang maka-apply ug FSW karon kato rang naay canadian education diay?

[FAQ]

Bro, how about Manitoba? What can you say about the employment landscape in that area? TIA.

According to an article on the Winnipeg Free Press:

The Manitoba economy posted a net loss of jobs for the second straight month in March, new Statistics Canada data shows.

In its monthly labour force survey report released today, the agency said the provincial economy shed 2,100 (rounded off) jobs during the month. That included 1,700 part-time and 300 full-time positions.

March’s losses followed a loss of 1,700 jobs in February.

The survey also showed there were 8,300 fewer employed Manitobans last month than in March of 2013.
With fewer people working, the province’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.7 per cent from 5.3 per cent in February. That’s the third-lowest jobless rate in the country after Saskatchewan’s 4.5 per cent and Alberta’s 4.9 per cent.

SOURCE: March makes for second straight month of job losses in Manitoba - Winnipeg Free Press

I think it's still hard to find a "good" job here but it's getting better since the worldwide recession. What I can advise to people moving here is to take any job that you can find when they get here. This is not the 80s and the 90s anymore where anyone can get a good full-time employment without any Canadian certificate. Save up money inorder to enroll to a college or university for a "refresher" course, in this country which means, go back to school and get a Canadian diploma or degree. Don't send money back home in the Philippines either, at least not for now. Learn how to refuse when they ask money for whoever's birthday or whatever the occasion is going to be. You made a decision to have a new life, for now, focus on your family and plan on how you're going to deal with the incoming challenges in the first few years living in a REALLY foreign country.