Canadian Immigration visas to drop 5 per cent next year

[ipevo]

According to numbers obtained from the Citizenship and Immigration Department through the Access to Information Act. the federal government hopes to reduce overall immigration next year by five per cent, mainly by cutting back on family reunification visas.
Read more: http://www.muchmormagazine.com/2011/02/canadian-immigrant-visas-to-drop-5-per-cent-next-year/

[BCguy]

 

[Baloo]

The numbers in this group (FSW) will drop by 20 per cent this year over last, with just 56,000 workers being allowed into Canada — compared with 70,000 last year.

So FSW rejections will be on the rise.
Parental processing times will rise.

You can bet this will change when we have an election, it may get worse

[BCguy]

Actually thats Why I love PNP,being a Provincial Jurisdiction it will not be affected except to a very minor extent

[PMM]

Hi

According to numbers obtained from the Citizenship and Immigration Department through the Access to Information Act. the federal government hopes to reduce overall immigration next year by five per cent, mainly by cutting back on family reunification visas.
Read more: http://www.muchmormagazine.com/2011/02/canadian-immigrant-visas-to-drop-5-per-cent-next-year/

I find it interesting that they say that numbers will drop over 2010, which is logical, but they fail to state that the number went over the 2010 plan by about 7%

[BCguy]

According to Alice Wong the Richmond MP who is the Parliamentary Secretary to Jason Kenney,They will cap International Parents and Grandparents to 11,000 in 2011