Below are the eligibility requirements that applicants who wish to immigrate to the Canadian province of New Brunswick under the category of Skilled Worker with Employer Support are expected to meet by the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program. Let us have a look:

• Applicants must have a full time, regular employment offer in hand from a New Brunswick employer.
• Applicants must receive the employment offer from an area where there is skill shortage.
• The employment offered to applicants must meet the province’s employment standards.
• Applicants must possess the required qualifications, as well as the license to work.
• Applicants are expected to meet the language ability, either in English or French.
• Applicants must score a minimum of fifty points on self-assessment.

As far as the Skilled Worker with Family Support category is concerned, eligible applicants for the same include:

• Son/daughter
• Sister/brother
• Step-sister/step-brother
• Step-son/step-daughter
• Sister-in-law/brother-in-law
• Niece/nephew
• Grandchildren

Before nominating applicants, the New Brunswick PNP conducts an assessment of both the applicants, as well as their family supporter(s) in the province. An applicant is assessed on the basis of employability, as well as their skills, age, education, language proficiency and work experience, while a family supporter is assessed taking his/her commitment to the province’s immigration process and the fruitful settlement of earlier family member(s) as the basis. For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

As we all know the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is an effort by the Manitoba’s provincial government’s that allows international skilled workers to enter the province and settle there. In a way it helps local employers in Manitoba to hire the skills that they need to fill up job positions when they find the local Canadian workers lack the required skills.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program also makes it easier for foreign nationals to obtain the permanent residence status in Canada. This program allows individuals to settle themselves in Manitoba under a number of streams. There are streams for international students, family members and individuals who have already been working temporarily in Manitoba. Different streams, as a matter of fact, require applicants to meet different requirements.

In order to be eligible to apply for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, individuals must produce the proof of their lawful status in the nation where they are residing/living at the time of filing MPNP applications. Even if they are in Canada as visitors, students or temporary workers, they must produce their immigration status. Individuals who await a refugee claim hearing or if they have been refused such a claim are not eligible to apply for the program.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program also requires applicants to produce the evidence of their financial assets. In other words, all MPNP applicants must sufficient funds to support themselves in Canada. Usually, the MPNP allows an individual to apply who has a fund of minimum 10,000 dollars (Canadian dollar), and 2,000 dollars (Canadian dollar) for each dependant accompanying him/her to Manitoba.

Health care industry is of the utmost importance to any country as it directly deals with the well being of the people of the country. This is the reason that nurses as a profession is very significant for the health industry of the country. Keeping the urgent need of nurses in mind this profession has been included under the list of twenty nine occupations under which an applicant can apply for the immigration and permanent resident status in Canada under skilled worker category.

Qualifying Criteria

• It is mandatory to have a degree of completion of either a vocational or college program for licensed practical nurses.
• It is important to be registered with a regulatory body in all the regions and provinces.
• They must clear the exam of Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination in all the regions and territories except Quebec.
• The people who come in the category of Operation room Technicians must have done some course in their specific field or some practical training and work experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

Licensed practical nurses are required to perform the following duties:

• They provide nursing services to patients on the basis of the assessment of the patient.
• They perform the basic duties of nurse such as applying aseptic, sterile dressing, monitoring nutritional consumption and collecting specimens for various medical purposes.
• They give medicines to patients and they also observe and keep the record of therapeutic effects on patients.
• They are also responsible to take care of patients needs before and after the surgery.
• They observe and note the progress of the patient.
• They consult the patients and individuals on safety and health education.

Operating room technicians are required to perform the following duties:

• They perform the basic hygiene activities such as they wash, shave and sterilize the patient before the operation.
• They help in the surgical procedure by laying out the instruments, setting up the equipment for the surgery.
• During the surgery, they assist the doctors and nurses by performing small tasks such as passing the instruments etc.
• They also maintain the hygiene of the operating room by cleaning and sterilizing the room and instruments.

If you are either a nurse or an operating room technician who fulfill the above qualifying requirements and capable of performing the necessary duties, then your chances of migration to Canada are high. To know more you can write to us at ajay@abhinav.com for further information and professional help

Canada is among world’s premier tourist and business destinations. Canada is a member of Group 8 and one of the developed nations in the world. It has been observed that in recent years, there has been a constant growth in the restaurant and food service sector in the nation. This has obviously led to an increase in the requirement of the number of professionals in this industry. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has recognized it by including Restaurant and Food Service Managers amongst the list of 29 occupations that have been opened for immigration and permanent resident visa under the skilled worker category to Canada.

One does not need a job offer or work permit to immigrate to Canada if meeting the requirements. He will be given immigration based on his professional qualifications and work experience.

Qualifying Criteria

1. Relevant work experience in the area of food service which must include experience as a supervisor.
2. A college degree or a diploma in Food or Hospitality and Beverage Service Management.
3. Experience of at least one year as a Restaurant manager or in the capacity of food and beverage manager
4. Experience of additional (besides one year as mentioned in 3 above) 2 to 3 years in other positions; overall experience (post qualification) of 2 to 4 years.

Duties & Responsibilities

All the Restaurant and Food Service Managers are expected to perform (at least for one year) some or all of the duties mentioned below:

• They are expected to plan and organize as well as control and assess the restaurant operations as also other F& B activities.
• Deciding on the services to be catered to and execution of other procedures pertaining to operations of the restaurant and or other F&B work areas.
• Overlooking recruitment processes as well as training of the staff in restaurant and/or in other F&B areas.
• Altering prices and processes as per the revenues monitoring and controlling inventories.
• Negotiating with clients for the purpose of catering and for other facilities such as banquets; with suppliers for food etc.
• Catering to customer complaints and following regulations pertaining to health and safety.

Above all, this profession is soon going to be one of the most sought after professions in Canada. The main reason behind this is the multicultural ambiance of the nation which caters to people from different ethnicities. And so, with people from different nations residing together, the need for multi cuisine restaurants tend to arise.

If you qualify the above requirements, you are not very far from reaching the next level in your career. Write to ajay@abhinav.com to know about this fast track process for migrating to and settling down in Canada.

According to the prediction of Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the state may face major skill shortages in coming times. The chamber forecast that Western Australia will require about 500,000 skilled workers in the coming 10 years. This makes the chamber to predict that the huge number of required workers will cause labor shortages in the state.

On the basis of available figures, as well as the current trend of population growth the chamber makes it a point that Western Australia will face a shortage of over 200,000 workers. According to the chamber chief, the employers of the state have already been facing two of the biggest problems, one being the labor shortages and other is wage pressures. However, among the two, labor shortages are more intense.

Keeping all these in mind, the Australian immigration minister said that his department is looking for possible changes to the country’s migration program. The changes will be instrumental in delivering to the needs of the Australian employers in terms of skills. The migration program would be more of an employer-driven, where the country will hire skills they need.

Australia’s step to bring changes to the migration program would help its employers to cater to their needs. However, the scheme will ensure that the employers just hire the skills that they need at the time.

If you are one of those who are intending to immigrate to Australia as skilled worker, contact an Immigration and Visa consultant! Professional services will help you sail through the immigration process smoothly.

Recently, Prince Edward Island, Canada made changes to its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). With the implementation of new amendments, immigrants will find it easier to go through the program in order to meet the requirements needed to obtain residency in Prince Edward Island!

Earlier, individuals who intended to migrate to Canada under the PEI PNP Entrepreneur Stream had to deposit $25,000 as an evidence of good faith, along with the intention of settling in the province. However, the amount gets refunded, given the applicant had resided in the province for a year. As per the new amendment, this requirement has now been relaxed.

Also immigrant entrepreneurs whose proficiency in English or French, being the two officially accepted languages in Canada is insufficient were required to deposit an amount of $20,000, that to be returned after they demonstrated a certain level of language skills in either of the languages. With the changes to the PNP, the PEI government lowered the standard for the official language skills.

The PNP is a federal-Provincial partnership between the governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island. The program was introduced to accelerate immigration to Canada for individuals, as well as families who intend to settle in Prince Edward Island. As per the rules of the program, applicants must meet the basic requirement of having moderate proficiency in either of the two Canada’s official languages, English or French. PNP allows applicants to immigrate under three categories- (1) Skilled Worker; (2) Immigrant Entrepreneur; and (3) Immigrant Partner.

In a recent report, an American Couple won a Federal court case. Readers would be thinking as to what is so exceptional about winning a court case! The case could change the way the Canada government treats immigrants who are HIV positive.

Although Canadian Immigration laws do not openly ban immigrants with HIV positive coming to Canada, but having HIV is almost considered as an automatic refusal, on the grounds that the patients would compel major demands on the “health care” of Canada. The issue is a concern for people suffering from various health conditions.

Ricardo Companioni and his partner, both suffering from HIV, were initially approved to move to Canada under the Skilled Worker category. Their annual bill was prescribed somewhere around $33,500, on which the couple agreed to cover their own costs, provided they don’t get any insurance. The couple also showed a proof that they have half a million dollars in assets, but ended up as their case being rejected!

Companioni showed his astonishment and said that he was really shocked at being rejected at such a later stage. But on an advice form a Toronto lawyer, the couple decided to re-appeal. Courtesy the decisions by Justice Harrington’s decision, the case of the concerned American couple would be sent to another office for consideration!

The case might open the gates for all the immigrants suffering from HIV or any other health condition to move to Canada, provided they pay for their own drugs.

According to the Ministerial Instructions (MI), the new Operational Bulletin Number 173 has been introduced to elucidate the requirement of evidence for work experience in one or more the occupations mentioned in the National Occupation Classification. This bulletin has been put in to effect immediately.

The Operational Bulletin states that the all the skilled worker applicants under Federal Canada should have at least a year of full time work experience or equivalent in the tenure of the previous 10 years, which is paid. This is not restricted to only one specific occupation that is mentioned in National Occupation Classification. An applicant is permitted to have a combined experience of a year as well in different professions. With this, the Bulletin also demystifies the question of gaps between jobs for the applicants under the SW1 and SW3.

Previously, the eligibility included having a minimum of one year of professional experience which is full time and continuous in a specific profession. However, the amendment made now continues to mandate the same terms for professional experience but with a slight change. The applicant is no more restricted to work in the same profession. He could have worked in different professions continuously for a year and would still be eligible.

Now, the gaps between each employment which are not of long duration would be permitted. For instance, an applicant was employed in a contractual basis and seeks a new job before finishing his tenure. In this case, the candidate would have to join his new job shortly after his contract with his previous employer is over. The short period before joining his employer would be accepted by the Canadian High Commission. However, the occupations in both the cases must be present in the list of the MI. This is specific for both – SW1 and SW3 categories.

Additionally, those applicants who were deemed as ineligible would now be qualifying for the same. A follow – up operational bulletin would be issued for them. This bulletin is still in the process and thus, in the meantime these applicants would have to consult their specific Regional Program Advisor.

If you are one of those intending to look for a better life…then Canada is the place for you. It is one of those very countries which consider its immigrants an asset to its growth and development. And guess what! Now it’s even easier to immigrate to Canada. All that is required of you is that your occupation is mentioned in the New Occupations Lists for Canada Skilled Worker Applications.

The eligibility criteria are not very complicated for the Federal Skilled Migrant program. Various factors such as age, language skills, education and work experience and so on are looked into. Once you qualify under the eligibility criteria, you application process would consist of the following –

• You would have fill and file an application form at the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) in Nova Scotia, Canada. It would take around 2 – 3 months to receive an approval from the CIO. It has to be remembered that this assessment is the most important for any Federal Skilled application. It is important that your occupation has been identified aptly or your application would be rejected.
• Post approval, the process is carried out at your nearest visa post that is your country of residence/nationality. Here, you have to submit all the required mandatory documents. These documents have to be submitted with in 120 days from the dated communication received from the CIO.
• The entire process time takes around 6 – 12 months. In the meantime, you can get done with the medical and the police clearances for the same.
• You might be asked to attend an interview, which again depends on your application and as assessed by the visa officials.

You also have the option of checking your application status online. With this, the consultants at Abhinav can guide you at every stage of the above mentioned process. This would make the process easy for you. This is true especially for the documentation part. Collecting the right documents in the correct format is the most tedious task of all.

In no time, you would receive your Permanent Residence status which is the fastest when compared to other countries. Being one of the richest countries, it offers good standards of living and thus, a better life.

So, think and decide and make sure that Canada is on priority. You would not regret it for sure!

To know more about the Canada Federal Skilled Worker Class, watch this video of Mr. Ajay Sharma, the principal Immigration Consultant of Abhinav:

Immigrants in Canada who are not of English origin have always faced difficulty in landing with good job offers. These have also been proved by many Canadian research studies.

Today, discrimination by many biased Canadian employers is a matter of concern for the country. Many research studies have shown that non – Canadians with English names are more likely to get appointed for a job when compared to those of Indian, Chinese or of Pakistani names.

Metropolis – an Immigration and Diversity Research Group conducted a study by sending more than 6000 fake resumes as a response to different job advertisements in the Toronto region. The study showed applications with familiar English names had 16% more chances when compared only 11% chances for names of other nationalities. All these groups belonged to same level of education and work experience.

It was also found out that those non – English names with Canadian work experience but foreign education were even less preferred with only 8% rate of response. However, people with no Canadian work experience and foreign education had only 5% chances of getting a response from an employer.

With this, the fake resumes with additional skills, voluntary work experience and other extracurricular merits had better chances but still not to an extent where it could help much to an applicant.

This study is a clear example of why unemployment rate amongst the immigrants is higher (11.5%) when compared to the local unemployment rate (4.9%).

Thus, if you are an immigrant in Canada, it is highly recommended that you consider and apply the following tips:

• Since Canadian employers prefer Canadian references, it is best suggested that you get some Canadian references. This could be done by interacting with the locals such as your neighbors etc.
• Chalking out an appropriate Canadian resume is a must. Get to know about what Canadian companies expect from a prospective employee. Get some tips on how to write a good Canadian resume.
• Above all, most of the employers in Canada find it difficult to pronounce non – English names. Hence, it is advised to have a pseudo name or a nick name which is easy for a Canadian employer to understand and pronounce. You can mention it clearly on your Canadian resume.

All in all, the high unemployment rate amongst the immigrants and the biased response is due to the lack of trust and credibility for the immigrants. This could only be resolved by providing for what is required by the Canadian companies.

However, efforts should be made by both parties to balance the situation. Incase, you plan to immigrate to Canada as a skilled migrant, it is highly recommended that you contact a seasoned Immigration and Visa specialist who is updated with all the current aspects in Canada.