An AEO is a document issued by Service Canada in support of a person’s application under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP). Applicants with a valid AEO will score extra points in the FSWP point schedule. More importantly, they are…
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Important changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Investor Program, and Federal Entrepreneur Program
Effective July 1, 2011, three important Canadian immigration programs will have significant changes, again. 1. For the Federal Skilled Worker program, there will be a cap of 500 applicants in each of the 29 “priority occupations,” and a cap of…
Federal Skilled Worker program update: Less than 100 spots remain for NOC #3111 applicants
The federal skilled worker program was substantially changed on June 26, 2010 (see my previous blog). For the year between June 26, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the cap on the total number of the skilled worker applications is 20,000.…
What are the requirements and processing times for the current federal skilled worker applications?
On June 26, 2010, the new Ministerial Instructions (MI2) came into force. Unless people have a valid arranged employment offer, only those with at least one year of experience in one of the 29 occupations (within the past ten years) are…