News – Immigration News
Canadian Immigration News
January 1 2015
Citizenship and Immigration launches Express Entry program
- New two step stream of applying for immigration under Federal Skilled Worker, Trades, Canadian Experience Class, and Provincial Nominees
- Applicant must qualify in one of the existing programs first
- EE applications applied online
- Candidates join a pool of candidates that compete for selection by CIC
- Scores in ranking are based on a human capital model, and can be influenced by candidate taking specific actions
- Job Bank registration with ESDC will be required for all candidates who do not have an LMIA
- Employers can view candidates in future under a Job Matching program, and make job offers to candidates, greatly improving their chances to be selected if LMIA applied for and received
Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship reopens
- Program reopens January 2, 2015
- Cap of 5000 applicants, last year filled to capacity in three weeks
November 2014
Ontario to introduce a new Immigration Act for province
- Ontario Provincial Nominee Program will undergo changes yet to be announced
Caregiver program – changes to the Live-In Caregiver program
- No longer requirement to live in
- Two streams: child care and elderly or medical issues health care
- Cap of 2750 per stream
- New education requirements to be met
August 2014
Quebec Investor Program
- New rules effective August 2014 to March 15 2015
- Intake Jan 1 to 30, 2015
- Cap of 1750, with 1200 maximum from China
- Client with Advanced knowledge of French not subject to cap
- Net worth $1.6Million, to invest $800,000
July 2014
Temporary Foreign Worker Program overhauled
- Program name change from LMO to LMIA: Labour Market Impact Assessment
- Two streams: High Wage and Low Wage, based on a median set for province ( Ontario is $21 / hour)
- High wage: requires Transition Plan
- Low wage: restricted to 1 year terms
- Low wage: if more than 10 employees, subject to a cap of maximum 10% of work force
- Application fee raised from $275 to $1000.