Applicants for Skilled Worker Canadian Visa Should Hurry Up

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According to the latest announcement from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), immigrant workers applying for visas under 29 eligible occupations should consider the cap applied to each category before it is reached.
As of July 1, 2011, a maximum of 10,000Federal Skilled Worker Visa applications will be considered for processing in the following 12 months. CIC have announced thatCanadian visa applicants for the following two occupation categories have reached their cap:
•   Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management;
•   Professional nurses.
This means that immigrant workers applying under either of these two categories must have an offer of arranged employment in order for their application to be considered.
Only 500 federal skilled worker visas are available for applicants in each eligible occupation who do not have a pre-arranged offer of employment.
The statistics from CIC show that 2, 983 visa applications were received as of October 18, 2011. The following details the number of visa applicants received in each eligible occupation (with code) as of October 18, 2011.
•   0631 Restaurant and Food Service Managers : 288 applicants
•   0811 Primary Production Managers (except Agriculture) : 24 applicants
•   1122 Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management : Cap reached
•   1233 Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners : 49 applicants
•   2121 Biologists and Related Scientists : 178 applicants
•   2151 Architects : 89 applicants
•   3111 Specialist Physicians: 143 applicants
•   3112 General Practitioners and Family Physicians: 149 applicants
•   3113 Dentists : 185 applicants
•   3131 Pharmacists: 320 applicants
•   3142 Physiotherapists : 40 applicants
•   3152 Registered Nurses: Cap reached
•   3215 Medical Radiation Technologists: 16 applicants
•   3222 Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists: 12 applicants
•   3233 Licensed Practical Nurses : 69 applicants
•   4151 Psychologists: 19 applicants
•   4152 Social Workers: 102 applicants
•   6241 Chefs: 23 applicants
•   6242 Cooks: 56 applicants
•   7215 Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades : 30 applicants
•   7216 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades : 55 applicants
•   7241 Electricians (except Industrial and Power System): 32 applicants
•   7242 Industrial Electricians: 24 applicants
•   7251 Plumbers : 5 applicants
•   7265 Welders and Related Machine Operators: 13 applicants
•   7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics: 11 applicants
•   7371 Crane Operators : 2 applicants
•   7372 Drillers and Blasters-Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction: 2 applicants
•   8222 Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service: 30 applicants