The Government of Canada has made announcement that it would implement rigid regulations. The motto behind this step is to enhance the working conditions of applicants who come to work in the country on temporary basis as well as the care-givers in the nation.
The Federal government has confirmed that the employers have been exploiting and mistreating people who come here. According to Chair Nigel Thomson from the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, the new stringent regulation would see to it that the temporary workers don’t face any hassles here and it would be made sure that employers play their rules.
In order to take care of this issue, the Federal government has implemented these rigid rules to take care of the employees who are live-in caregivers, plus the ones who work on temporary basis. The steps would save them from potential exploitation from their employers.
The rules came into implementation in April 2010. In accordance with these regulations, the employers would be required to give the contracts which have properly demonstrated wages, benefits and hours of duties, including the leaves which would be granted to these employees.
Also, starting from April 2011, new regulations will apply a stricter and accurate assessment to employments for these categories before the employers are granted the authority to hire. It will take care whether the employer who is hiring the workers are following the guidelines or not.
The International Graduate stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program lets the province’s employers hire and retain the international graduates who have been studying or living the Nova Scotia. In other words, this stream is meant for international graduates who are living and working in the province and have the intention to establish their careers in Nova Scotia.
Here are the basic eligibility criteria for the applicants of this stream:
International graduates must have graduated within the last two years. They must have pursued the degree/certificate/diploma from a provincially-accredited post-secondary institution in Canada.
They must be legal residents in Canada on a temporary work permit.
They must have a permanent, full-time employment offer from a Nova Scotia employer in their field of study. They must have been working in a regular position for minimum 3 months.
Job offers for international graduates must require them to be in positions which fulfill the requirements of the NSNP, pertaining to the skill level.
Graduates must have the required skills, qualifications, and training for the job.
They must have the intention and ability to settle in Nova Scotia, permanently.
They must posses the adequate settlement supports.
They must fulfill the criteria pertaining to age, language proficiency and education set for the International Graduate Stream.
To more about this stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!
The Nova Scotia Nominee Program’s Skilled Worker stream enables the province’s employers hire international skilled workers in order fill up the job positions, reason being the local workers lack the required skills. In order words, Nova Scotia employers make use of this program in appointing foreign skilled nationals, when they are unable to find Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents with the needed skills to fill those positions.
In order to be able to qualify for this stream applicants must possess a permanent, full time employment offer from a Nova Scotia employer in hand, much before filing their immigration application with the Nova Scotia Nominee Program. The skilled worker applicants can expect priority processing of their applications whose:
Employers (from whom they receive employment offer) have genuinely tried to find and recruit qualified Canadian citizens or permanent residents for the positions.
Employers are in a position to demonstrate that they will assist foreign workers with additional supports for settlement in the province.
Employers have a practical strategy to recruit, as well as retain immigrant workers in the province.
Below are the eligibility criteria for skilled worker applicants:
Applicants must have lawful status in the country where they are residing at time of applying for the NSNP.
Applicants must intend to settle in Nova Scotia, permanently.
Applicants must possess adequate settlement supports.
Applicants must have a permanent, full time employment offer in Nova Scotia from a well settled Nova Scotia business/employer.
Applicants must possess required qualifications, training, work experience, for the job.
For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!
The Family Business Worker stream of the NSNP allows employers to hire family members or close relatives as international skilled workers. For this, it is mandatory that the foreign workers are skilled. They should be eligible to fill the positions that the Nova Scotia employers are finding it difficult to cater with the local Canadians (permanent residents or Canadian citizens). To be eligible for this stream, applicants must have an assured, permanent employment offer from a Nova Scotia employer. This employer should either be a family member or he can also be related closely, running a successful business in the province of Nova Scotia.
An applicant should be a relative of the business owner. He/she can be the business owner’s children, siblings, niece or nephew, aunt or uncle or even grandchild.
In order to qualify and apply under this category, the applicants must:
Have lawful status in the country which he is residing.
Willing to migrate and settle down forever in Nova Scotia.
Have enough supports for the purpose of settlement.
Have a job offer which is permanent and full-time in nature from a Nova Scotia employer, which of course must belong to a family member or relative.
Be qualified with work experience, trained with skills which are transferable. He must have the relevant license or accreditation which is needed for the job.
Have the relevant academic background, language skills, work experience, appropriate age and so on for the particular stream.
It is noteworthy that priority is given to applicants where in it could be proved by the family employer that they could cater to more supports to provide for the former and the accompanying dependents with their settlement needs.
At the same time, with such a program in place, it would be easier for those planning to immigrate to have better options post immigration. This way, the immigrant would already have a job in prior which caters to his immediate needs. So, he would be financially secure to support self and family. Above all, it is always better to immigrate with known contacts abroad which would definitely make the process for settlement easier for the migrant and his family. For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!
Employers working with Service Canada and who handle employment claims are soon on the verge of becoming unemployed. There is news that in an attempt to manage the budget, Service Canada would cut down almost 600 hundred of its government workers ahead of 600 who were cut down in the month of May.
In addition to that, reports have confirmed that more and more cuts are expected in the month of January. Those who have been made employed include those whose tasks involved processing employment insurance claims to pension problems to passport applications.
According to Steve McCuaig, who is the national executive vice-president of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union, people who are the receiver of these services are the ones who would suffer the most due to these cut offs. He further added that people who are heavily dependent on the Canadian staff for their pension issues would suffer a huge impact. The group includes elderly people and the ones with disabilities.
Those employees who would be affected by the move would be sent letters by next week. Speculations are made that those employees who are hired on contracts would suffer these cut offs.
The cuts are simply in regard with the flow of the current economy. The same has been confirmed by Service Canada. Also, those who were hired on a temporary basis were already acquainted that their jobs are on temporary basis.
Whetever is the case, the cuts offs would leave a massive effect on the service industry.
The Students category of the Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program is designed for international students who wish to live in the province and obtain Canadian permanent residence status. Foreign students who have been studying or have studied in Saskatchewan find it easier to speed-up the process of obtaining Canada immigration visa as compared to other federal programs. Let us have a look at the eligibility criteria that all prospective Students category applicants have to meet:
Applicants must have graduated and obtained certificate/diploma/degree from an accredited program (institution) in Canada. The program must have continued for at least one academic year of full-time study.
Applicants must have worked for a Saskatchewan employer for at least 6 months. They must have worked on a post-graduate work permit.
Applicants must have a current permanent/regular employment offer from their respective employers.
However, it is not necessary that the employment offer is related to what they have studied.
Applicants must have applied and obtained a post-graduate work permit from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
For more information on the Students category of the Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program, contact an Immigration and Visa consultant today itself.
With the recent decision of the UK government bringing about a cap on immigration especially from the non EU nations, many businesses in Britain have warned that would be forced to deploy all the jobs overseas. This also includes India as due to the new immigration policies, there would be a severe shortage of skilled professionals in UK.
With the above on the move, it would be soon that jobs pertaining to call centers based in Britain and other occupations regarding Finance and Information Technology would be shifted to other nations. These nations would be especially the ones where in it would be less expensive and easy to find the required staff.
The above warning has come about when Damian Green, the Immigration Minister for Britain was to come to India on a visit for three days. The main purpose of this visit to guarantee the Ministers as well as the businesses that the new policies are not about creating more barriers or closing the doors. It is about bringing controlled immigration with a system that is quick and fair.
According to a new survey, about two-thirds of those who suggested of relocating the jobs preferred to shift to India and another one-third intended to move to China. The survey said that the employers wanted the best professionals. They are not bothered about the origin of these workers. This was not possible with the local employees who do not fit the bill.
As per an official from the British Chambers of Commerce, the companies in Britain are not against hiring local people but they find it difficult to find such professionals who meet their eligibility criteria along with the required attitude and motivation which is important for their business to flourish.
On the other hand, the various businesses in the nation have also said that these new rules can be a threat and might lead to damaging relations with other nations. This is specifically true for nations like China and India. This is because the nation required the markets and entrepreneurial skills from these nations at one point of time.
With the recent decision of the UK government bringing about a cap on immigration especially from the non EU nations, many businesses in Britain have warned that would be forced to deploy all the jobs overseas. This also includes India as due to the new immigration policies, there would be a severe shortage of skilled professionals in UK.
With the above on the move, it would be soon that jobs pertaining to call centers based in Britain and other occupations regarding Finance and Information Technology would be shifted to other nations. These nations would be especially the ones where in it would be less expensive and easy to find the required staff.
The above warning has come about when Damian Green, the Immigration Minister for Britain was to come to India on a visit for three days. The main purpose of this visit to guarantee the Ministers as well as the businesses that the new policies are not about creating more barriers or closing the doors. It is about bringing controlled immigration with a system that is quick and fair.
According to a new survey, about two-thirds of those who suggested of relocating the jobs preferred to shift to India and another one-third intended to move to China. The survey said that the employers wanted the best professionals. They are not bothered about the origin of these workers. This was not possible with the local employees who do not fit the bill.
As per an official from the British Chambers of Commerce, the companies in Britain are not against hiring local people but they find it difficult to find such professionals who meet their eligibility criteria along with the required attitude and motivation which is important for their business to flourish.
On the other hand, the various businesses in the nation have also said that these new rules can be a threat and might lead to damaging relations with other nations. This is specifically true for nations like China and India. This is because the nation required the markets and entrepreneurial skills from these nations at one point of time.
Farming season is going on in the U.S. And gradually, the stats are saying that the job of harvesting the crops is in a major way dependant upon the illegal immigrants.
The debate of illegal immigrants is afresh in every country that face this dilemma of undocumented workers. In addition, the Arizona law played a huge role in adding oil in the fire and further fuming it in a big way. The law is strictly against the undocumented immigrants and hence intends to deport them out of the country, as it has believed that they are grasping the jobs from the hands of local nationals, who actually deserve them.
Farmers all over the country have a different story to tell. American nationals are gradually moving away from the farming aspect. Hence, the employers in this profession are demanding the contribution of illegal immigrants who come to America from all over the world. Hence, they are relying on the contributions by these undocumented workers. These illegal immigrants are now required to get indulge in the task of harvesting fruits and vegetables.
These immigrants come to US seeking brilliant economic opportunities. Some of them are now harvesting the crops and picking, washing and wrapping these vegetables so that they can meet their fate in various supermarkets.
No wonder America is the land of opportunities. One worker, who kept his identity anonymous, said that they come to this side for having good economic opportunities but ended up suffering.
The Congressional cap on the H1-B visas has been slammed by the corporate world in the United States. The US government has been asked to permit the markets to decide on the numbers of skilled migrants from overseas (including India) to be eligible to work in the nation.
According to a latest report called as Regaining America’s Competitive Advantage: Making Our Immigration System Work, the greatness of the nation is in its openness towards new people and innovations. Not allowing such highly educated migrants to look out for opportunities who cater to further competition amongst the firms in the US would mean weakening and reducing the competitiveness of the employers in America. The plan that would suit the best for the nation is the one which caters to innovation and freedom instead of limitations. This report has been developed by the US Chamber of Commerce, American Council on International Personnel as well as the Representative Body of the American Businesses.
As per the above report, the best plan would lead to an easy way for the US firms to sponsor highly skilled migrants for green cards. This can be done by removing the labor certification as well as the immigration quotas which are based on employment where in an applicant has to be in queue for about six to twenty years.
At the same time, catering green cards to those who have graduated from institutions in the United States would also cater to retaining innovators by the employers in the US. All in all, it would be strengthening for the nation itself to keep the doors open for these highly skilled migrants. Freedom and not restriction has to be the choice.
