2006 DAMASCUS APPLICANTS

[armintaba]

@ cooldoc80

Dude, I know that. I meant we should have at least one year full time of CONTINEOUS work experience at the date of application then the subsequent continued work will be accepted otherwise we are not qualified to be conidered for the next steps (in my view), you got my drift? at the date of application I used to have 17 months but in 2 parts of 7 months and 10 months, so I just wrote in the application form that I had 17 moths without describing the situation.

 

[armintaba]

For those friends who are concerned about the work experience, I figured it out from a very trusted lawyer:

The requirement to gain points under work experience is to have one full year of continuous full time work under the same NOC code. The extra points for additional years (up to 4) can be achieved non-continuously and under different NOC codes.

This 1 full year can involve work for different employers and different positions. So long as there was a relatively short gap between employment (ie, a few weeks) and the different positions all fall under the same NOC code, you will be fine.

 

[cooldoc80]

well i guess you answered yourself armintaba , wish you all the best

I had a question i wish if anybody who is SURE from it could help .......

i'm already an employee in my home country but i'm working(training) in a hospital for the past 4 yeaers in another country to get a medical speciality degree my status in my home country is (im on a study leave with full salary)

a lawyer said to me they may not consider it a working because and may consider me as a student as i'm studying!!! but in the same time i'm working as a resident doctor in a hospital to get this degree!!!!!

any suggestions??

sorry for posting this hear but i really trust you guys here to answer this

 

[mayankpandya]

Its Official News.. & Time to give feedback to CIC.

News Release


Government of Canada consults on immigrant skilled worker program

Ottawa, February 17, 2011 — Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is proposing changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program to help Canada select immigrants who have the best chance of integrating and making a better contribution to the Canadian economy. CIC will be consulting with stakeholders and the public on the proposed changes beginning today.

The consultations follow the release of an evaluation of the program, which found that skilled workers are faring far better in Canada than their predecessors, thanks to their stronger language skills and arranged employment. The evaluation does show, however, that there is room for improvement.

“To stay competitive globally, we have to make sure the skilled immigrants we choose are the ones that we need, and the most likely to succeed when they get here,” said Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. “Research points to some key changes that will help us meet those goals.”

The input received through the consultations process will be taken into account in the development of new regulations. The proposed changes could place more emphasis on youth and language ability, and are expected to increase the number of skilled tradespeople.

CIC will consult on:

requiring federal skilled workers to have a minimum level of language proficiency;
making the program more accessible to skilled tradespeople, technicians and apprentices;
placing greater emphasis on younger immigrants who will adapt more easily and be active members of the work force for a longer time frame;
redirecting points from work experience to other factors that better contribute to success in the Canadian work force; and
reducing the potential for fraudulent job offers.
The current Federal Skilled Worker Program was introduced in June 2002 with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The program is based on an objective and transparent points system, which considers factors such as language skills, age and education in the selection of immigrants. The system aims to be more effective at selecting those who will succeed economically.

In-person consultation sessions will take place with key stakeholders in five cities across the country beginning February 17. These sessions are not open to the general public or the media. Other organizations or interested individuals who wish to provide input can submit their feedback online until March 17.

Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CitImmCanada

A summary of the results of this process will be published on our website in spring/summer 2011.

For further information (media only), please contact:

Alykhan Velshi
Minister’s Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Media Relations
Communications Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-952-1650
CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca

Backgrounder

A Tale of Two Skilled Workers: Impact of Proposed Immigration Changes
Proposed Changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program

 

[mayankpandya]

Backgrounder

Proposed Changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Programs

The federal skilled worker selection system established in 2002 looks at the worker’s overall capacity to adapt to Canada’s labour market. It measures each candidate’s score on a grid worth up to 100 points. The grid takes into consideration the candidates’ official language ability, their education, their work experience, their age, whether they have a job already arranged in Canada (arranged employment) and their overall adaptability (which awards points for things like previous work or study in Canada, the spouse’s education and relatives in Canada).

A recent evaluation of the Federal Skilled Worker Program showed that, overall, skilled workers selected according to these criteria are faring well in Canada, but it also shows there is room for improvement. Based on recommendations from the evaluation, academic research and best practices in other immigrant-receiving countries, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is proposing changes to the selection system. These changes don’t alter the selection criteria established in 2002. Instead, the proposals below would affect the number of points assigned to the criteria and the way they are assessed.

Requiring a minimum level of language proficiency

A 2005 Statistics Canada study found that employment rates for immigrants increased with their ability to speak an official language. It also found that language proficiency had the biggest impact on their ability to find work in either a high-skilled profession or their intended field.

However, the current selection system only awards a maximum of 16 points (out of a total of 100) for high proficiency in the first official language. It is also possible for an applicant to be selected with little to no language proficiency if he or she scores well on other criteria.

CIC will consult on increasing the maximum points awarded for proficiency in the first official language from 16 to 20, and on establishing minimum language requirements, depending on the immigrant’s occupational skill level. For example, managers or professionals would have a different requirement from tradespeople.

Placing greater emphasis on younger workers

Immigrants who arrive between the ages of 20 and 30 have been found to have the greatest economic impact on the receiving country. Younger immigrants have higher rates of employment and earnings than older immigrants. By contrast, immigrants aged 45 or older experience unemployment rates almost double those aged 25–34 years.

The selection system currently awards the maximum of 10 points to applicants up to age 49. Approximately 27% of federal skilled workers who arrived between 2000 and 2006 were over the age of 40. CIC will consult on the proposed changes to award a maximum of 12 points until age 35, with diminishing points awarded until age 49. No age points would be awarded after age 50.

Making the program more accessible to skilled tradespeople

Canada is facing current and predicted shortages of workers in certain skilled trades. Immigrants can help meet this need. However, skilled tradespeople currently make up less than 3% of all federal skilled worker applicants.

Education points are awarded based on the credential (such as a post-secondary diploma) and the number of associated years of education. The latter is intended to help ensure the quality of the credential. However, it does not take into account country-to-country variations in school systems. Skilled tradespeople who have a credential in their trade, but not the required years of education, are therefore disadvantaged and lose points.

The proposal is to reduce the number of years of education required to claim points for a trade or other non-university credential. This change would help improve access for skilled tradespeople, technicians and apprentices who have valid post-secondary qualifications but not the required number of years of study.

Redirecting points from work experience to other factors

The overall value of work experience points in the grid represents too large a share when compared to the overall value afforded to work experience by our competitor countries. Currently, with as little as four years of foreign work experience, an applicant has already earned 21 of the points required to meet the pass mark of 67.

CIC is proposing to reduce the total number of points that could be awarded for work experience from 21 to 15. The proposed change would also increase the years of experience required to achieve full points under this criterion. This change would better reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work experience, and ensure that applicants have more experience to earn full points. It would also allow points to be redirected to the criteria that better contribute to an immigrant’s successful establishment, such as language proficiency.

Reducing the potential for fraudulent job offers

Arranged employment has several advantages for immigration purposes. It offers applicants an immediate 15 points on the grid, and waives the requirement to have a certain amount of money set aside to prove that the immigrant is able to be self-sufficient in Canada. All of these advantages have made this part of the Federal Skilled Worker Program susceptible to exploitation by people attempting to immigrate with a fraudulent job offer.

The evaluation of the Federal Skilled Worker Program showed that people who immigrate with a valid job offer are doing very well in Canada, earning 79% more three years after arriving than people without arranged employment. Therefore, the program is important and should be used to help employers offering legitimate work. But a more rigorous up-front assessment of the employer and job offer is needed to curb the potential for fraud.

The proposed changes would establish clearer criteria for assessing the genuineness of a job offer, and could require employers to sign a document attesting to their intention to hire the immigrant. They could also include restrictions for employers who don’t comply with this intention.

 

[deep_pan]

@mayankpandya....Thank you very much for this information rich post..


+1 from me...keep it up..

Deep

 

[armintaba]

well i guess you answered yourself armintaba , wish you all the best

I had a question i wish if anybody who is SURE from it could help .......

i'm already an employee in my home country but i'm working(training) in a hospital for the past 4 yeaers in another country to get a medical speciality degree my status in my home country is (im on a study leave with full salary)

a lawyer said to me they may not consider it a working because and may consider me as a student as i'm studying!!! but in the same time i'm working as a resident doctor in a hospital to get this degree!!!!!

any suggestions??


you may get the job experience points if you get an official letter as a reseaarch asistant or teacher asistant from the authorities of your school with detailed information on your salary,duties and whatever needed as a skilled orker or its not gonna be accepted as work expeience since you have been a full time student and in your certiicate full time student will be mentioned, if so, to me try to negotiate with your supervisor to get along with ya



sorry for posting this hear but i really trust you guys here to answer this

 

[youskal]

Some ppl have some issues and need help, it might be an inferiority issue, like for example to become popular and increase their postings by around 100 posting per day, they copy/paste topics from articles and news, and post them in every thread they lay eyes on, even in threads that are not related at all to the subject, like posting things that are for future applicants or post feb 2008 applicants in a thread that is intended for old 2006 applicants, first you try to ask them to stop that, they don't listen, then you ignore them, they don't get it, then everybody ignores them, they also don't listen, now I don't like to act or sound like a harsh person, but really really, whats the point, and those are suppose to be ppl that are educated and well mannered, but I guess smelling too many chemicals might have that effect on some ppl.

 

[Hurry.visitor]

Some ppl have some issues and need help, it might be an inferiority issue, like for example to become popular and increase their postings by around 100 posting per day, they copy/paste topics from articles and news, and post them in every thread they lay eyes on, even in threads that are not related at all to the subject, like posting things that are for future applicants or post feb 2008 applicants in a thread that is intended for old 2006 applicants, first you try to ask them to stop that, they don't listen, then you ignore them, they don't get it, then everybody ignores them, they also don't listen, now I don't like to act or sound like a harsh person, but really really, whats the point, and those are suppose to be ppl that are educated and well mannered, but I guess smelling too many chemicals might have that effect on some ppl.

am with you bro....

 

[Diako]

Some ppl have some issues and need help, it might be an inferiority issue, like for example to become popular and increase their postings by around 100 posting per day, they copy/paste topics from articles and news, and post them in every thread they lay eyes on, even in threads that are not related at all to the subject, like posting things that are for future applicants or post feb 2008 applicants in a thread that is intended for old 2006 applicants, first you try to ask them to stop that, they don't listen, then you ignore them, they don't get it, then everybody ignores them, they also don't listen, now I don't like to act or sound like a harsh person, but really really, whats the point, and those are suppose to be ppl that are educated and well mannered, but I guess smelling too many chemicals might have that effect on some ppl.

I agree about the irrelevant info. It also somehow makes us nervous because, after reading, you'll waste your energy trying to relate it to your case, and will ultimately find it was irrelevant.

 

[way4infinity]

hey guys I am thinking of withdrawing my application of 2007 and apply again as my job is in the list of the 28 jobs.
I need a brotherly advice from you, Can I apply again on the same day I withdraw my old application, or I need to wait for some time after that?
please help me with that. I am tired of having my life under the mercy of those relentless ppl in Damascus office. I want it to get moving

 

[armintaba]

Some ppl have some issues and need help, it might be an inferiority issue, like for example to become popular and increase their postings by around 100 posting per day, they copy/paste topics from articles and news, and post them in every thread they lay eyes on, even in threads that are not related at all to the subject, like posting things that are for future applicants or post feb 2008 applicants in a thread that is intended for old 2006 applicants, first you try to ask them to stop that, they don't listen, then you ignore them, they don't get it, then everybody ignores them, they also don't listen, now I don't like to act or sound like a harsh person, but really really, whats the point, and those are suppose to be ppl that are educated and well mannered, but I guess smelling too many chemicals might have that effect on some ppl.

I am definitely keeping your side, why don't they respect our boundaries, why???? this forum belongs to all of us and we need to regard for the other members' rights. some posts are such a wasting time for us and only disappointing and depressing.

 

[Dam2006]

i agree with u Youskal, irrelevant info get us confused and nervous more than we already are!! please do not post irrelevant links here, it is just not nice u do so despite all our disagreement!

nothing new here, i added me case today to link i gave u few days ago, found it easier than here to be honest. however, in that website there is no information and it is not interactive webside as this forum. it is just to view others time lines as far as i know so far.

 

[armintaba]

this is in reply to some iranian 2006 applicant who emailed warsaw offic a few days ago regarding when they would send him the medical forms:


Please note that thus far, no medical forms have been sent to you.
Please be advised that background checks are ongoing and that we will be in contact with you in due time.

 

[Diako]

this is ink reply to some iranin 2006 applicant who emailed warsaw a few days ago regarding when they would send hiom k=the medicls
Please note that thus far, no medical forms have been sent to you.
Please be advised that background checks are ongoing and that we will be in contact with you in due time.

I wish I could figure out how long 'due time' is.