New Canadians taking their Citizenship Oath. After nearly one year, the Federal Skilled Worker Program opened to new applications on May 4 with a set of changes to the applicant assessment process (Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
The annual reset of the program’s quota was scheduled for July 1 2012, but was postponed due to a backlog of FSW applications that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) said it needed to work through, and to give CIC time to make changes it said were needed to make the program better meet Canada’s economic needs.
The new annual quota for the FSWP is set at 5,000 applications, which is less than the 10,000 application cap of 2012, and is expected to be filled quickly as immigration hopefuls rush to apply after a years-long wait. The 5,000 applications accepted are expected to represent about 12,500 people as they will include spouses and dependents of principal applicants.
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney promoted the goals of the program changes on Friday, saying they would benefit Canada:
“The government’s number one priority remains jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. Our changes ensure not only that Canada can select the immigrants most needed by our economy, but that they are best positioned for success.”
These changes include a greater weight placed on English or French language ability, applicants of a younger age, and Canadian work experience, in assessments of FSW applicants. The changes were made after research and consultations to find the factors that most often accompanied successful economic integration and employment by immigrants.
The program has also introduced a requirement for applicants to provide Educational Credential Assessements (ECAs) for credentials earned outside of Canada, provided from one of three organizations designated to provide ECAs.
I would like to apply under Programmer Analyst category , May i know whether the quota is still available.
I WILL LIKE TO KNOW IF ACCOUNTANT POSITION IS AVAILABLE AND HOW TO APPLY.
If I would like to apply under noc 1112 is it too late?
At the moment, it’s not too late, but between the time that you send your application and the time that it is checked by CIC, it’s possible that the quota will be filled.
If you seek professional assistance, we recommend you contact us: http://cicsimmigration.com/contact
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Hi, Our application has been submitted at CIC on June 15, 2013 in Financial and investment analyst but we haven’t got any response so far. why is it taking such a long time? Does this mean that we are rejected? or do we still have to wait for the result?
Iam interested to apply for the medical lab technician category, Is the quota still available or is it copleted/filled?
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Have we any news regarding point calculation structure for FSW in 2014-15.
Points requirement and the calculation method will be same or it will change. I am about to apply under FSW 2132. Is it right time to apply for or should I wait.?
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If they re-open, the point system will stay the same until a new program in January of 2015.
Hello….I m in physiotherapy category in fsw and want to apply in this programme bt for all documents collection and for ielts it take few of month nearly 2 month..so cap reach within 2 mnth ….