The much sought after and widely preferred Canada Federal Skilled Worker Permit, pocketed through the Canada Federal Skilled Program, is duly tailored for the experts having the skills, credentials and/or experiences to positively address the nation’s skill scarcities & play a decisive role in boosting the national economy.
The aspirants filing a petition, for this visa, would do well to show that they cater to the bare minimum permit prerequisites even as these include work experience, one year of the same in an assigned line of work; an offer of job from a firm/recruiter of Canada, or be an overseas worker or student residing in the Maple Country at the time of the filing of the visa-petition under the program for the Federal Skilled Worker Visa.
Further, the aspirants must fulfill, what is known as the points based appraisal. The candidates have to gain a bare minimum pass mark of 67 out of total available 100 points across the six main factors, such as age, education, employment experience, skills in language, & adaptability.
Those who make the cut would receive a permanent residence permit even as they would be allowed to reside & get employed in the country, minus any restrictions whatsoever.
Canada Federal Skilled Worker Permit: Salient Characteristics
1. It enables the holders to get suitably employed in the country, without having any sponsorship from a firm, a national work visa or an offer of work.
2. Unlike a usual work visa, the successful aspirants are at their liberty to work, minus any restrictions at all.
3. Post three years of residence in the nation, the candidates may file a submission for the nation’s prized citizenship.
4. Post one receives his Canadian Passport & Citizenship he is at his liberty to take a trip to several nations across the globe, minus a permit.
5. The holder may offer sponsorship to his close family members & relatives to stay with him in the Maple Country.
6. The holder gets unobstructed access to the nation’s labour market & related pension & insurance benefits.
7. The PR Permit is now offered within just 6 to 12 months, in place of the earlier 3+years.
8. The holders and his family members get access to administration subsidized healthcare (Medicare) & educational facilities.
Canada FSWP Changes
Significantly, the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Department has made public some modifications to the FSWP even as these will come into force from May 4, 2013 onwards. At the said time the Skilled Worker class will start entertaining submissions.
Now, one way to make the grade for immigration to the country–as a federal skilled worker–is to possess not less than 1 year of nonstop permanent or parallel fully paid job experience in the last decade in one of the updated 24 qualifying vocations.
The qualifying vocations are given by the NOC (National Occupational Classification) even as these are based on the primary works undertaken. The said list was apparently updated to mirror the ministerial instructions made public recently. The particulars cover the occupation priority list, the groups entitled to do the educational record evaluations & the upper limit put on the intake of the submissions.
Petition Upper Limit
Significantly, the volume of the petitions that will be admitted, via the FSWC for 2013, will be confined to just 5000. In addition, there will be an upper limit of 300 submissions per line of work. Thanks to the restricted intake, the accepted profession classes may be shut down inside just a few days. Given this, the candidates would do well to suitably file a petition on May 4 itself.
However, the latest development—and this includes the latest occupation list of the 24 vocations–ought not to dishearten the future immigrations from preferring Canada immigration. In this connection, an involved person reportedly observed that more than 60 immigration visa schemes are available across the nation to opt for. In case one fails to benefit from the FSWP, he should explore other accessible choices.
