Quebec Skilled Workers

January was a busy month for Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs, particularly those associated with the federal Express Entry system. The two Express Entry draws conducted by the Government of Canada in January were complemented by the opening of five Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams over the course of the month.

On August 4, the BC PNP issued ITAs across the following categories. Further details on these categories are available below the table.

Quebec released new information Wednesday that details how candidates in its new skilled worker Expression of Interest bank will be organized and ranked. The ranking system takes into consideration work experience in the United States, making Quebec’s the only immigration system in Canada that currently considers U.S. work experience when ranking candidates.

Immigration to Canada remains on the rise at both the provincial and federal level, despite a move this week by the province of Quebec to reduce the number of newcomers it will welcome next year.  

As of 08 May 2012, the maximum number of 10,000 Federal Skilled Worker applications has been reached. This cap on applications has been put in place for individuals applying under one of the 29 eligible occupations being targeted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Unless new Ministerial instructions are received, the cap will re-open on 1 July 2012. This limit does not apply to all applicants to the Federal Skilled Worker program. Those with an offer of arranged employment are still welcome to apply. Individuals who are pursuing or have completed a PhD program in Canada may still apply as well. The cap for PhD applicants is 1000, and currently 657 applications to this stream have been received.

The Federal Skilled Worker Program will be closing at the end of this year. Therefore, if you wish to apply as a skilled worker you must act quickly.

Earlier this month, Quebec Immigration announced that the Quebec Skilled program cap has been reached. Therefore the only alternative for this group of applicant is Federal Skilled Worker program. The Federal Skilled Worker points system program is on the base of applicant's skills and Work experience.

The cap of 500 complete applications has been reached for the Federal Skilled Worker Program eligible occupation Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management. The cap does not apply to applicants with a valid offer of arranged employment.

A majority of Canadians continue to hold positive views on key aspects of immigration and few see immigrants and refugees as a pressing national concern, a new Environics Institute survey has found.

Fifteenth Express Entry draw from the pool was performed on August 21st 2015 by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and a total number of 1523Invitations were issued to successful applicants who had acquired minimum 456CRS points.

Final Court decision on Federal SkiOttawa has suffered a major setback in eliminating its immigration backlog after the federal court ruled the citizenship and immigration Canada is obliged to process all applications it accepted into the system.

Quebec immigration on 11th of November 2015 has announced that the quota for the first of two application submission periods under the Quebec Skilled worker program has been reached . The next submission period, which will be processed through a new online system, begins on January 18, 2015 with a limited cap of 2800 applications.

Employers will have access to bank of Quebec Skilled Worker Program candidates next February

The most recent results from British Columbia, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan.

Applications will be processed in six months or less

With less than one month left to lunch Express Entry , a new selection system to select qualified skilled workers and professionals for Canadian immigration comes into operation.

Computer engineers, computer programmers, software engineers and designers among those benefiting from easier access to work in Canada

The pilot program was introduced in 2017 under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Global Talent Stream works to fast track work visa applications for eligible foreign workers with skills required by Canadian employers in fields such as Information Technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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An internal report by the Government of Canada shows highly skilled economic immigrants earning the same or more than the average Canadian annual income soon after their arrival.

In a bid to improve client service, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is completely digitizing the application submission process for Canada’s inland and outland spousal and common-law partner sponsorship programs.