The Federal Court has certified a question regarding whether immigration officers can consider a position’s prevailing wage rate when determining whether an applicant meets the requirements of the Canadian Experience Class (“CEC“). Although the Court in Qin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 147 stated that it can, the issue is now on its way… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Canadian Experience Class
Should I Do BC PNP or CEC?
After the work experience requirement for the Canadian Experience Class went from two-years to one, many people have been asking whether they should apply for the BC PNP – Strategic Occupations – Skilled Workers program or the Canadian Experience Class. The following table shows some of the issues that applicants should be aware with each… Continue Reading
Canadian Experience Class Going to One Year
On January 1, 2013, the Canadian work experience requirement of the Canadian Experience Class (“CEC“) is being reduced from 24 months to 12. Applicants who have 12 months work experience in the 36 months preceding an application will now be eligible to apply to the program. Only applicants with National Occupational Classification 0, A or… Continue Reading
Live in Care Givers, PNP Acceptance Rates
According to CIC, during the past 12 months the approval rate for different application streams for permanent residence has been as follows: Immigration Category Approval Rate Economic Quebec Skilled Workers 97% Federal Skilled Workers (Pre-C-50) 57% Federal Skilled Workers (Post C-50) 21% Entrepreneurs 76% Self Employed 45% Investors 82% Provincial Nominees 96% Live-In-Caregivers 99% Canadian… Continue Reading
From Foreign Worker to Permanent Resident
According to the Calgary Harold, on July 20, Thomas Lukaszuk, the province’s employment and immigration minister, had this to say about the temporary foreign worker program: In my opinion, it was a program that had fulfilled its mandate, (by) suddenly providing a large number of workers to an economy that suddenly had a massive shortage… Continue Reading
Decline in Chinese Immigration to British Columbia : 渥京改政策 省推薦名額增
On Tuesday, June 29th, I was quoted in Ming Pao, Vancouver’s largest Chinese daily newspaper. 另一本地移民律師辛湉王(Steven Meurrens)則認為，技術移民及新推出的加拿大經驗類別(Canadian Experience)移民均甚多限制，有意申請人士最好另走他途，他認為PNP仍是移民最快增長點，但許多人對PNP仍認識不夠。 辛湉王 續稱，雖然近日投資移民的投資額及資產額都提高了一倍，但聯邦及省府均有充分信心，認為投資移民金額提高一倍不會影響申請人數，這是政府迅速增加收入的有 效途徑。 My comments were a response to recent Chinese immigration trends to British Columbia. The interviewer wanted to know my response to the following statistics compiled by BC Stats: PRC LANDINGS TO BC Family Refugee… Continue Reading
IELTS Tests Mandatory for British and French
Yes. Just what are they speaking in England? Apparently, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC“) is not too sure, and will now be requiring that all British people and French people take language tests to prove that they speak either English or French if the immigration program that they are using requires proof of language. So… Continue Reading
Canadian Experience Class Applicants Must Take the IELTS
The final of today’s series of changes to Canadian immigration law is the introduction of a requirement that Canadian Experience Class applications must be accompanied by the results of the principal applicant’s English or French language proficiency assessment. The same is true for Federal Skilled Workers. Only test results from a third-party language testing agency… Continue Reading