WORLDWIDE NEWS
Vol. 8, No. 2

September 2008 

Featured Category:

Canadian Experience Class:

Bill C-50: 

As part of our ongoing commitment to our clients, we are pleased to present this edition of Worldwide News. 

In this newsletter, you will find information about the Canadian Experience Class and Bill C-50.

We hope you will find this information useful. 

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1. Canadian Experience Class

The CEC will facilitate the transition from temporary status to permanent residence for:

1. International students with at least two years of Canadian post-secondary education and who have attained one year of recent (i.e. within two years preceding the application for CEC) full-time Canadian skilled work experience in occupations listed in the National Occupation Classification (NOC) as levels 0, A or B; and

2. Temporary foreign workers who hold a secondary school diploma, trade certificate or apprenticeship and have a least two years of recent (i.e. within three years preceding the application for CEC) full-time Canadian skilled work experience at NOC 0, A or B.

Selection will be based on a pass/fail system. Applicants will be selected if they meet the parameters noted above, have legally come to Canada to work or study, have valid temporary status in Canada at the time of application, and have moderate official language proficiency

There Are A Number Of Positive Aspects To The CEC

·  Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s goal for 2008 is to admit between 10,000 and 12,000 under the new CEC category of immigration.

·  Applicants will have the choice to receive Permanent Residence status at either a port of entry (by going around the flagpole) or a CIC local office. Thus, they do not have to leave the country to apply and come back in.

·  CEC applications do not follow the point-system, which is used to evaluate applications under the Federal Skilled Workers’ category

2. Bill C-50

This recent amendment to Canada’s immigration policy is aimed at reducing existing backlog for skilled workers applications at Canadian Visa posts across the world. The amendment will only affect applications submitted after February 27, 2008.

As a result of this amendment, anyone will still be able to apply, but Citizenship and Immigration Canada will no longer be required to process all new applications submitted on or after February 27, 2008. The Minister will have the authority to issue instructions to immigration officers on the processing of applications, including with regard to jobs available in Canada, so that people with those skills and experience can be brought to Canada more quickly. The Minister’s instructions will apply to categories of applicants, not individuals.

Applications for family reunification and refugee protection will not be affected by Bill C-50.