In an interesting and welcome development – and thanks to a new pilot project introduced by Ottawa — members of the family of a majority of the foreign workers, employed on a temporary basis, in the British Columbia (BC), will now be in a position to do job for a job provider in the said province. Jason Kenney, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister; and Pat Bell, British Columbia Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, jointly announced this.
Temporary foreign workers turn up on the soils of Canada to cater to the particular requirements of a particular employer. The said employer may not have been in a position to come across citizens or those residents who are permanent and who may be good enough for the jobs on offer. But a work permit which is open enables the one having it to grab a job with a job provider.
Earlier, only partners, not to mention common-law partners with those foreign workers who are temporary, working in senior positions, were entitled to get an open permit involving work in the province in question. But, from August 15 onwards, partners, common law partners, besides working age dependents of a majority of foreign workers who are temporarys, would enjoy the privilege.
As much as 1,800 open work permits would be up for grabs under the pilot project, which would conclude on February 15, the next year. In this connection, Kenney was quoted as saying that as much as 32,000 temporary foreign workers had made a move to permanent status the last year, in 2010. Out of those, nearly 2,300 had decided to migrate on a permanent basis to the BC.
can u give informations on this?
shijoal
Immigration Forum
