Canada Immigration Plan 2016 - less quota for Economic stream

[RamsayBolton]

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1038699
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=1038709&crtr.tp1D=930

Immigration Class		2016 Levels Plan Target		2015 Levels Plan Target
Economic Total		160,600		181,300
Family Total		80,000		68,000
Refugee Total		55,800		24,800
Humanitarian Total		3,600		5,100
Overall		300,000		279,200

In 2015, FSW and CEC had quotas of 51,000 and 23,000 respectively, but this year they merge the two programs together with a total quota of only 58,400 - this explains the lost of more than 26,000 nominations for Economic stream.

Detailed 2015 plan: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-11-06.asp
Detailed 2016 plan: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2016-03-08.asp

 

[sunnyvin]

Not bad reason they have maintained number from last year.

Marginal decrease.

This is apart from pnp n quebec

Now draws starts for 2016.

 

[Asivad Anac]

This is bad news.

Economic immigrant targets under FSW/FST/CEC have been cut down by nearly 20%. And only half of those immigrants are expected to come through EE in 2016 (in their own words) which indicates that considerable backlog is still in place. PNP numbers are almost unchanged though. Unless more provinces start OINP style programs, expect draw cutoffs to remain above 450 for the foreseeable future.

 

[cjs]

if we go by these figures also then too draws CRS should come down. FSW + CEC is 58000 whereas last year around 35000 ITAs were issued. so CRS should go down.

 

[riasat.abir]

This is bad news.

Economic immigrant targets under FSW/FST/CEC have been cut down by nearly 20%. And only half of those immigrants are expected to come through EE in 2016 (in their own words) which indicates that considerable backlog is still in place. PNP numbers are almost unchanged though. Unless more provinces start OINP style programs, expect draw cutoffs to remain above 450 for the foreseeable future.

I'm surprised too! To accommodate refugees they are cutting skilled workers! That's shocking

 

[cjs]

if we go by these figures also then too draws CRS should come down. FSW + CEC is 58000 whereas last year around 35000 ITAs were issued. so CRS should go down.

as per these details total ITAs issued will be around 100000 including PNP figures also provided backlog is cleared which CIC spokesperson had indicated in December

y

 

[Asivad Anac]

if we go by these figures also then too draws CRS should come down. FSW + CEC is 58000 whereas last year around 35000 ITAs were issued. so CRS should go down.

Wrong calculation.

Number of ITAs are not equal to immigration targets. Immigration targets include all the spouses/partners/dependent children along with the PAs who were invited to apply under EE or processed from the backlog. Number of ITAs is just the number of PAs who were invited to apply under EE.

 

[cjs]

Wrong calculation.

Number of ITAs are not equal to immigration targets. Immigration targets include all the spouses/partners/dependent children along with the PAs who were invited to apply under EE or processed from the backlog. Number of ITAs is just the number of PAs who were invited to apply under EE.

oh yes my mistake I did not included accompanying members. but then too on average if we think there are 2 people per application it should touch 50k ITAs..

 

[RamsayBolton]

Wrong calculation.

Number of ITAs are not equal to immigration targets. Immigration targets include all the spouses/partners/dependent children along with the PAs who were invited to apply under EE or processed from the backlog. Number of ITAs is just the number of PAs who were invited to apply under EE.

Yes, very bad new. Like McCallum said in an earlier article, to make room for more refugees, they will cut quotas from other programs. We can safely say that there will be no more than 2 draws / month.

 

[Asivad Anac]

oh yes my mistake I did not included accompanying members. but then too on average if we think there are 2 people per application it should touch 50k ITAs..

Even that appears to be unlikely now. They've cut down on FSW/FST/CEC by 20% from last year. And they claim that backlogs still exist in considerable numbers to ensure that half of the 2016 targets will be made me by processing those applicants. Unless more provinces start picking up more applicants directly from EE pool (like Ontario does), one shouldn't expect to see more than 2 draws per month and/or cutoff below 450.

 

[Direction North]

Do you guys think this affects also applications which are already in progress?

 

[RamsayBolton]

Do you guys think this affects also applications which are already in progress?

Why would it ?? if your application is already in process, then it does not count.

 

[quicksilver6]

So may be less draws. Even we won't see a draw tomorrow.

 

[TrackIT]

What a crazy target, making life much more painful and adding some more frustration to life. Well !
I know there is nothing much that can be done as this is the fact. Anyways thank you for updating the
news ! atleast something new to read

 

[vtox_g@yahoo.com]

I have just started the immigration process to canada, is it a good Idea to carry on the process it should not be that in some point i dont get visa thu EE