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Canada creates fast track approval process for employers hiring temporary workers

May 6th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Canada announced this week that if businesses are frustrated by red tape and delays in hiring temporary immigrant workers they may be able to fast track their foreign worker visas.

Canada’s Human Resources and Skills Development Minister, Diane Finley, announced that businesses with a two-year positive history of successfully hiring temporary foreign workers will be allowed to apply for fast-tracked hiring. A positive history means that the company has a consistent history of filing genuine and successful visa applications and have not violated any immigration rules.

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Canadian Immigration proposes changes for assessing skilled worker credentials

April 9th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced a new proposal that would change how foreign skilled workers’ education credentials are assessed. The proposed new requirement would require applicants wishing to immigrate under the Federal Skilled Worker program to have their foreign education credentials assessed and verified before they arrive in Canada.

“Our Government is building an immigration system that is focused on economic growth and ensuring that all Canadians, including immigrants, are able to contribute to their maximum capacity,” said Kenney.

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International Careers Fair in Nova Scotia matches Canadian immigrants with local businesses

March 29th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Nova Scotia held an International Careers Fair in Halifax on 6 March 2012 that attracted many new immigrants looking for jobs in the province.

Hundreds of job seekers attended the job fair to meet with nearly 80 local businesses to see what job opportunities were available. Nova Scotia held the event to connect skilled immigrants, international graduates, and temporary foreign workers with local businesses.

The province is facing a looming shortage of skilled workers; Connecting immigrants with local companies is becoming increasingly important.

“By 2015, the demand for skilled workers will outstrip the supply,” said Elizabeth Mills, executive director of the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration.

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Canadian Immigration redesigns website to help employers find skilled workers

March 19th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Canadian Immigration announced last week that they will provide more help to local employers seeking to recruit immigrant workers from abroad for both permanent and temporary positions.

Canadian employers will now be able to access more information online about Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) programmes as part of a government commitment to make sure the best people are selected for jobs. CIC stated that the website had “been redesigned to include a new section to guide employers to the most suitable program”.

“The economy and job growth remain the number one priority of the Government,” said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

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Alberta, Canada looking for skilled workers to immigrate to fill labour shortages

March 12th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Alberta’s Premier Alison Redford is in the US last week to look for US workers to immigrate to Canada to fill labour shortages. While the main focus of her visit to Chicago is to highlight Alberta’s energy relationship with the US, the province’s labour shortage will also be an important discussion topic when she meets with US political officials and union leaders.

“We’ve had discussions with a number of labour organizations in Chicago who’ve been doing work with decision-makers in the United States — and with the Canadian and US ambassadors — to try to find avenues where we might be able to accelerate access of skilled labour into Alberta,” said Redford adding that the province is looking for workers with specific skill sets to fill key positions in Alberta.

A new Calgary Economic Development study reveals the 25 occupations that will be most needed in the coming years.

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US immigration creates program to attract foreign-born entrepreneurs

March 6th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

A US immigration official announced this week that the US is looking at ways to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the country. Members of California’s Silicon Valley start-up community met with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Alejandro Mayorkas for an informational meeting to officially launch its “Entrepreneurs in Residence” program.

The event was held on the campus of the NASA Ames Research Center. It focused on addressing a recurring tech industry complaint that student immigrants who could stay and set up companies that benefit the US economy are instead leaving and setting up businesses in their home countries.

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British companies bypass immigration cap on skilled migrants

March 5th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Overseas staff coming to UK under ‘intra-company transfer’ scheme surged to 29,700 last year, Home Office figures show

British companies are bypassing the government’s cap on skilled migrants by bringing in staff from their plants and offices overseas, an official report has found.

Figures from the Home Office’s migration advisory committee show that the numbers coming to Britain under the “intra-company transfer” scheme have surged in the past two years and now outnumber those coming into Britain on work visas by three to one.

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Canada Immigration plans to introduce changes to immigration system

February 6th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced this week that changes are coming to Canada’s immigration system soon. According to Kenney, the changes will make the system more flexible in an effort to combat labour shortages.

Kenney said Canadian immigration is planning to change the points system they currently use for selecting immigrants to make it easier for applicants in skilled trades to qualify for Canadian skilled immigration. This means the focus would be on admitting more tradespeople as opposed to just university-educated immigrants like engineers and doctors.

“People who are skilled tradespeople have an almost impossible job of coming to Canada under our current system because the skilled worker program basically selects people with advanced university degrees,” Kenney said.

He added that once the government opens up the border to more skilled workers, they can attract “hidden jewels” that can help fill labour shortages.
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