Opportunities Ontario is the name given to Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program, which facilitates the Canadian province to nominate overseas skilled people for permanent residence status. In other words, the program is designed to help Ontario employers to find and hire the required skills from the overseas market to work for them in Ontario. The program is like a boon to Ontario employers as it gives them the liberty to hire the skilled workers they require.

Ontario Provincial Nominee Program enables employers to file applications in order get the approval to employ overseas skilled workers in full-time Ontario job positions; and hire overseas skilled workers to fill those positions. The employers who get the approval can recruit foreign nationals through two different categories, viz.:

• Foreign workers through the General Category and
• Foreign students through the International Student Category

On the individuals or workers part, Opportunities Ontario is the way to immigrate and work, thereby obtaining permanent residency in the province. However, it is not that easy as it sounds. In order to be able to immigrate under the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program, overseas workers and students need to have a full-time job offer from an Ontario employer. Further, the offer must be from a participating employer in the program, as well as the job title of an individual must be approved by the Opportunities Ontario. However, foreign students are exempted from the requirement of a full-time job offer, given they have a PhD/Masters degree from any of the Ontario publicly funded universities.

There have been a lot of concerns raised by the farmers regarding consequences of the cap on the foreign sheep shearers walking to the UK. In the previous year, the employers had to apply for work permits for overseas sheep shearers to be hired. At the same time, there are fears pertaining to the new immigration policies which are being brought about by the new Coalition government.

Every summer around five hundred foreign sheep shearers walk into the nation to cater to clipping the fleeces of about 14.5 million animals. This clearly shows the dependence of this industry on foreign labor. According to Baroness Neville-Jones, the Security Minister, few skilled workers would be subject to exceptions. This might involve the above industry, but concerns are still rising within the industry.

New Zealanders are the chief source of this industry being aided with sheep shearers. A shearer who is experienced can cater to around 12,000 to 14,000 sheep in a period of 10 weeks. However, a learner can only take care of about a quarter of the above number.

At the same time, it is difficult to find people in the UK for such jobs. This is because the numbers are simply not good enough, no matter how brilliant the local shearers are. More people are required to finish the tasks on time.

Thus, it is of grave importance to let the foreign workers come to UK as well as the same project should be equally funded which could aid to further encouragement of the youth to take this job professionally.

It is mandatory for the prospective Immigrant applicants to provide proof of ample financial assets and net worth to support self and dependants (is any) after you land in Canada. There are other mandates linked with your living in Canada. They are:

• No financial assistance would be provided from the Canadian government for initial settlement.
• You must be able to make use of your financial assets to support the entire cost of living of yourself and your clan in Canada.
• The applicant is required to show proof of financial condition and net worth to the Canadian Visa office at the time of the submission of the application. The size of your family determines as to how much money is you are required to support yourself and your clan in Canada. Here is the table (the amounts are amended annually).

In case the applicant has arranged employment in Canada, he/she is not required to have this much funds in Canada. It is mandatory to inform the Canadian official when you land in Canada. Failing to do so, you may be taken into police custody.

Consult an Immigration expert for more info on this.

The new list of 29 occupations brought out by Citizenship and Immigration Canada has created a stir amongst people who were aspiring to migrate to Canada for permanent settlement. This is because now those who fall under the skilled workers category of Canada based on the above list would be given preference. The occupation of Welders & Related Machine Operators has been included under the list of 29 occupations under which an applicant can apply for the immigration and permanent resident status in Canada under skilled worker category.

Qualifying Criteria

For Welders:

• They must have completed at least secondary school.
• They must have done a three-year of apprenticeship program.
• Or they must have an experience of three years in the field of trade along with some college degree or some vocational course in wielding.
• They must have authorized certificate in trade as it is mandatory in Alberta but not in other provinces like Nova Scotia , British Columbia , Prince Edward Island to name a few.

For soldering, brazing and weldering machine operators:

• They must have completed their education at least up to secondary level in school.
• They must have few months of professional training in their specific area.
• They must have worked for some time as a machine operator helper.

Duties and Responsibilities

Welders are required to perform the following duties:

• They are responsible of reading and interpreting the various specifications in relation with welding process.
• Welders carry out the various processes to fuse the various parts of the metals with each other.
• Processes to be used for fusion may vary under different conditions. Some are plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) or gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) to mane a few.
• They also  run the equipments and machines used in brazing and soldering
• They help in running the machines  which are used in the shaping of the metals such as shears, brakes and other machines used in the bending and straightening of the metals.
• They are responsible to repair the decaying parts of the various products of the metals.
• There are certain areas in which welders may have special training such as ship building and repair, custom fabrication, pressure vessel welding, aerospace precision welding, pipeline construction welding and equipment repair welding.

Welding, brazing and soldering machine operators are required to perform the following tasks:

• They repair the metal parts by operating the welding machines
• They braze or solder the machines for the metal bonding.
• They are responsible to maintain and repair the machines and equipments used in various processes such as brazing, welding and soldering.

Apart from above duties, there may be other duties and responsibilities which can be expected from the professional to perform. If your profession comes in the above category and you are able to meet the above requirements then your chances to get migrated to Canada are high. To know more you can write us at ajay@abhinav.com for further information and professional help.

The new list of 29 occupations brought out by Citizenship and Immigration Canada has created a stir amongst people who were aspiring to migrate to Canada for permanent settlement. This is because now those who fall under the skilled workers category of Canada based on the above list would be given preference. The occupation of Contractors and Supervisors and Mechanic Trades has been included under the list of 29 occupations under which an applicant can apply for the immigration and permanent resident status in Canada under skilled worker category.

Qualifying Criteria

• An applicant must have completed his education up to at least secondary school.
• An applicant must have work experience of few years as a well qualified tradesperson in his field.
• The certificate as a journeyman or woman trade is also required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Contractors and supervisors in this unit group are required to perform the following tasks:

• They are responsible to do the supervision, co-ordination and preparing the schedule chart of work activities for the workers.
• These workers mainly repair and maintain aircraft , railway locomotives and cars , construction and other heavy equipments, textile equipments , heating equipments and furnaces, industrial machinery, transformers and other electrical equipments , air –conditioning and refrigeration equipment , transformers and other electrical equipment , electrical appliances and other equipments such as snowmobiles, outboard motors and motorcycles.
• They also make sure that work activities go according to the schedule and also co-ordinate the various work activities of one department with the other.
• They place orders for the materials required and also do the supply work.
• They resolve various issues in relation with work and workers problems to maintain the harmony within the team.
• They also give various suggestions to improve the productivity of the team.
• They also give training or make arrangements for the training of new employees.
• They can recommend some person for work and can also refer some employee for promotion.
• They ensure safety in the work place to prevent any accident to occur.
• They prepare reports on production and other work related activities.
• They also supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of helpers and laborers.

If your occupation falls in the category of contractors and supervisors or mechanic trader, fulfilling the above qualifying requirements and are 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.

In a news conference in Tunis, Canada’s Ambassador Ariel Delouya stated that Immigration is one of the vital aspects and Canada cannot afford to ignore this facet, keeping in mind the nation’s need of Skilled Workers.

The news conference was held on the procedures of Canadian Immigration and if we go with the words of the Canadian diplomat, around 100 to 800 Tunisians arrive to the country every year. Additionally, almost 2,000 applicants on student visa are studying in Canada and nearly 200 people are on temporary work permits (annual statistics). He confirmed that the Canadian Immigration procedures are kept same no matter what the nationality of the applicant is. In order to get further information, please click upon tunis.gc.ca and cic.gc.ca.

In order to immigrate to Canada, it is mandatory for the applicant to have the required number of work experience in the highly requested sectors. As far as the students working in Canada are concerned, they have the freedom to work in Canada, provided they fulfill the requirements linked with the same. They could be granted open-work permit in order to gain professional experience to work in Canada.

Moreover, Tunis will also hold a Canadian education fair in the month of October. The same will be held by Sousse so that students could get all the information and answers to their unsolved queries. The fair will see the participation of around twenty Canadian higher education providers, which would further facilitate the process.

He said that the processing time may take somewhere between 18 and 24 month.

As Australia’s new Prime Minister has cleared that she is not in favor of Rudd government’s ‘Big Australia’ idea, now talks are going on to implement changes to the country’s immigration policy. Julia Gillard is currently concentrating on how the immigration policies could be mended in order to attract overseas skilled workers to the country.

Even though the Prime Minister wishes to use migration as a tool to develop the Australian economy, she is clear-headed about the fact that the nation should boast a sustainable population, not big population. The government is likely to implement changes to the immigration policies that would aid the nation’s infrastructure and sustainability. The government has to say that rather than emphasizing on bigger population, the policies should target skilled workers from across the world to aid the economy.

The changes suggested by Julia Gillard are likely to make Australia a more sustainable nation. They would help the nation attract the skills that it needs, thereby building a more strong economy. The changes would probably lower the number of people immigrating to Australia. However, the Prime Minister said they are not going to block immigration to the nation, but they are focusing more on skilled migration. With this, the nation would also have a population that it can manage.

The news of implementing skill-oriented migration policy is surely a treat for skilled workers who have been planning to migrate to the land of Kangaroos. If you are one of these people, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant with adequate time on your hands!

While Australia’s politicians in the big cities are saying that the nation is left with no job vacancies, the most populous Australian state, New South Wales still needs a huge number of workers. In the recent annual conference of the National Party, the Nationals’ chief said that various regions of New South Wales require a total of 500,0000 workers altogether.

The chief of the Nationals Party, Andrew Stoner completely opposes his fellow politicians who say that the nation is full, with no requirement of workers. There are still regions in New South Wales that need workers to fill the vacancies. In particular, the regions in the west of the state require more people.

Stoner while revealing the Nationals Party’s population strategy at the conference in Tamworth expressed that his party wants New South Wales gain population by 470,000 over the next twenty-five years. Apart from increasing the population of the regional New South Wales, the strategy also included plans to implement measures like perks, improved services, as well as employment opportunities to make the regions of the state more attractive for living. One such measure is to offer Regional Relocation Grants to those who move from Sydney. He also said that the regional New South Wales wants increased population, but this does not mean that it needs only quantity, quality that is skill as well.

Of late, Australia Prime minister Julia Gillard declared that she does not want a bigger population, through migration, but skilled workers. However, she would not like to see businesses suffering from skill shortages, but, at the same time she does not like the nation’s youth to suffer from unemployment because of the migrants. The solution to the situation of population burden in cities, according to Stoner, is to generate employment opportunities in regional areas of Australia, which would attract people, thereby reducing the stress in big cities.

Canada offers Alberta Immigration Nominee Program for those who apply for permanent resident visa in Alberta. If you are applying as an employee together with your family, then you have to fulfill all the conditions of any one of the three categories which are skilled category, semi-skilled category and Alberta PNP self employed farmer stream.

Skilled category:

• Your job offer must come under the list of skilled occupation.
• You must have some formal educational qualification or professional training for you job position.
• If you have received your education from international institution, then you degree or diploma must be equivalent with the education of Alberta graduate degree.

Semi-skilled worker category:

• You must be qualified or trained for the job in food and beverage, hospitality, manufacturing, trucking, transportation or food services industries.

Self Employed Farmer category:

• You must have some prior experience in management and farming technique.
• Your work experience and professional training is extremely important for you to develop your farming business in Alberta.
• You must have a proper business plan for your farming enterprise in Alberta.
• You should have the proof that your farming proposal is supported be any Canadian financial institution.
• You must possess minimum at least $500,000 CAD of money to invest in your farming proposal or enough evidence which proves that you have the access to enough funds from other sources.

If you are working in United States on the basis of temporary visa (H1B, H1B1, H1C and E3) then you should have minimum one year of work experience in the country on the basis of temporary visa in the occupation which comes under Alberta’s occupation list. For further information and guidance, you can consult any immigration and visa consultancy from where you can receive professional help.

Are you looking forward to settle and work in Alberta permanently? Then AINP can surely definitely help you out in your Canada immigration process. The AINP is a program initiated by government of Alberta by the Immigration and Employment Ministry in association with Citizenship and Immigration Canada in concern with immigration process to Alberta.

This program is created especially for the growth and economic boom of Alberta by allowing capable and talented skilled workers from foreign countries to contribute to Alberta’s economy. Candidates who are selected by the Province Of Alberta along with their family members can apply for the permanent residential visa with the help of Citizenship and immigration Canada as a Provincial Nominee. But the procedure to apply for AINP is different for different stream and categories for which you are eligible for.

If you are applying as a worker which falls in the category of Employer Driven Stream of the AINP, then you must have some valid job proposal from your employer in Alberta and you must qualify under any one of the three streams of AINP. On an average there are three streams of immigrants who are applying as employees and they are; skilled worker and semi skilled worker stream and PNP self employed farmer stream.. There is one more stream which is called Alberta PNP strategic recruitment stream. To successfully migrate to Canada, an applicant has to fulfill the conditions of any one of these streams. There is a different condition for those who are applying under Alberta family stream.

Alberta is a beautiful place in Canada which has access to various facilities such as health care, hospitality, education etc which makes it an ideal destination for you to migrate. For further information and professional help, you can contact any immigration and visa consultancy companies from where you can receive professional help and guidance.