Some observers claim that the incumbent Citizenship & Immigration Minister of Canada must be praised for reforming the national immigration system. They add that his most widely stated achievement has been to take the nation progressively towards admitting those overseas people who could be more suited to contribute handsomely to the country’s economy.
The said shift will be noticeable once again in 2012’s target levels through every segment of migrants (economic). A promised concluding re-calibration of the scheme of points–which supervises the overseas trained worker class–was also intended to be made public the other day, but the declaration in question has been shifted to January, 2013.
Notwithstanding this, a sizeable section of the planned changes to the arrangement of points are already extensively known. They will put increased stress on youth, employment abilities and–much more crucially—robust French or English language expertise. The latest move will also offer improved pre-screening of overseas education testimonials even as the same will be some fresh categories added, such as a long-needed class of skilled trades.
Waiting time period reduced
In the meanwhile, Ottawa has fixed the processing time frame, bringing the same down to less than even one year. Earlier, and under the previous arrangement, they took, in certain cases, almost 10 years. According to a concerned person, the readiness to restrict the admittance of visa-petitions is the key factor why the processing time frames are, at last, manageable and down, even while it is the most productive step Jason Kenney, the minister, has embarked upon.
He added that the said single step–which although could be politically not accepted much–fixes and improves the national immigration arrangement. It ensures no more immigration petition backlogs take place. By and large, the overseas trained workers class has undergone a key change. He further said that thanks to the new step, now it will be comparatively less costly to process extra files, even as the overall standard of such files may be of a higher grade—the reason being the standard has been improved for language expertise.
As for the backlog of files admitted under the previous scheme, a few months back, the Canadian minister adopted a new contentious step–a plan to remove the backlog of nearly 280,000 overseas qualified worker submissions. Under the plan of Kenney, those petitioners, whose files had still not been attended–will be returned their submission charges. Still–to those whose files were about to be attended–the development seemed highly unjust even while they have gone to the courts. It’s not still apparent what the result will be.
Observers usually concur that certain improvements to the immigration arrangement comprise:
Growth of the Provincial & Territorial Nominee programs: Hitherto, a sizeable section of the Canadian provinces have proven comparatively more skilled at zeroing in on the aspirants who have the required job expertise, as compared to Canada which has done the same, via the overseas skilled worker class. One may look forward to see those levels improve or continue to be stable for one more year at a stretch.
Formation of the Canada Experience Category: Now the very best and the brightest students from abroad and trained workers–who already have experience in the Maple Country—would not have to leave the nation with a view to re-applying for the status of permanent residency (PR). Under the existing arrangement, they may well undergo the change and become Canadians even as they continue to make contributions to the national economy.
But some critics claim that for several employees in the Maple Country no easy shift to residency exists in spite of months, or at times, years of grueling labor in the nation. They add that it’s an important issue, and it must not be ignored while coming to a conclusion as to how nicely the incumbent immigration minister has been able to shift the focus of the country to immigration as a device for the nation’s economic growth.
