Suspension of Federal Skilled Program
As expected, Govt. of Canada is going to suspend Federal Skilled Program.The House of Commons immigration committee has just agreed to hold eight hearings on the matter, beginning next week.
Since 2008, the minister has had the power to limit applications in certain categories. Mr. Kenney has exercised that power for foreign skilled workers and, most recently, the investor program. Canada is not accepting any more applications in the investor program until next summer.
As a result, and also because immigration officials are being pushed to process applications faster, the rate of increase in the backlog has diminished over the years, officials say.
Plus, the wait for some categories of workers — people who have a job lined up, or professionals badly needed in Canada — are usually approved within months.
But others — especially parents and grandparents of permanent residents, and immigrants who applied before the systemic change in 2008 — can spend up to eight years before they receive word about whether they are accepted or rejected.
Now, the challenge is to prevent the list from continuing to grow.
Source: Globe and Mail.
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