Canada Increases Economic Class Immigration Levels in 2015

Friday, 25 April 2014 / Published in Skilled Trades Immigration
The Government of Canada will increase immigration levels significantly in 2015. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced that Canada aims to welcome as many as 285,000 new permanent residents this year. This represents an increase in levels from previous years by about 20,000.  It is expected that the majority of economic class admissions to

Federal Skilled Trades Program

Saturday, 16 February 2013 / Published in Skilled Trades Immigration
On January 2nd, 2013 Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) began accepting applications for permanent residence under its widely anticipated Federal Skilled Trades Program. The program is quota based and limited to 3000 applications per year with sub quotas in many of the 43 targeted occupations. Requirements Eligibility under the Federal Skilled Trades Class is assessed