Canada registers drop in immigration applications filed by Asian migrants
According to the latest reports, and contrary to the popular belief, there has been a significant decrease in the overall numbers of the immigration applications filed by the migrants from some of the important nations from Asia. Actually, since 2006, after the Canadian Conservative Government allegedly started to overhaul its migrant selection, it has nose-dived by as much as 50%.
Some detractors claim that the top-heavy declines registered from the countries of India, China, India, Pakistan and the Philippines could indicate how the recent immigration policy overhaul introduced by Canada are heavily biased in the favor of certain immigrant nations over others, even as it would have a negative influence on the overall immigrant composition of the nation.
Meanwhile, and talking about the development, a concerned person was quoted as saying that immigration selection is much more than just headhunting; it's nation-building. He added that immigration policy is too a crucial issue to be framed in a bit-by-bit manner.
Available data show that between the period of 2006 and 2011, a remarkable decrease in the annual number of the applications filed by the applicants from the nations of China, India, the Philippines and Pakistan, keen on acquiring the Canadian Permanent Residency (PR), has been registered. While there has been a decrease of 45% from China, there has been a decrease of almost 51% from India. From the Philippines, there has been a decrease of 32% even as from Pakistan there has been a decrease of as much as 65%.
Even as the number of applications submitted has headed south overall for the leading 10 source nations during the said duration——the declines registered in the case of the chief four nations has significantly been more than the French or the English-speaking nations.
In a related development, Immigration Canada has suggested that the number of immigration applications filed from the US has headed south by just 10% during 2011 while the number of applications filed from France has headed south by just 7%.
Since 2006, the CIC has made key changes to its immigration program. It has made the language requirement more stringent, tightened the eligibility to limited vocations in demand, and put a cap on the number of applications it processes per annum. The CIC also intends to have the qualifications of the applicants duly pre-evaluated before they turn up and also offer the job-providers of the nation additional power in choosing immigrants, through employments.
In this connection, the immigration minister has reportedly disclosed that although he doesn't foresee basic changes in the key immigrant source nations, he expects to see a swell in the abilities of the migrants from such nations to do rather well in Canada.
Jason Kenney, the minister, added that he is least bothered as to from the migrants could be from--provided they do well inside the Maple Country. He continued that he strongly believes that most of the job-providers of the country nurse the same feelings. He further said that language skills matter in Canada.
Available information suggests the main reason why many overseas skilled workers fail to find a job in the country is that they lack the much-needed language skills.
Some detractors claim that the top-heavy declines registered from the countries of India, China, India, Pakistan and the Philippines could indicate how the recent immigration policy overhaul introduced by Canada are heavily biased in the favor of certain immigrant nations over others, even as it would have a negative influence on the overall immigrant composition of the nation.
Meanwhile, and talking about the development, a concerned person was quoted as saying that immigration selection is much more than just headhunting; it's nation-building. He added that immigration policy is too a crucial issue to be framed in a bit-by-bit manner.
Available data show that between the period of 2006 and 2011, a remarkable decrease in the annual number of the applications filed by the applicants from the nations of China, India, the Philippines and Pakistan, keen on acquiring the Canadian Permanent Residency (PR), has been registered. While there has been a decrease of 45% from China, there has been a decrease of almost 51% from India. From the Philippines, there has been a decrease of 32% even as from Pakistan there has been a decrease of as much as 65%.
Even as the number of applications submitted has headed south overall for the leading 10 source nations during the said duration——the declines registered in the case of the chief four nations has significantly been more than the French or the English-speaking nations.
In a related development, Immigration Canada has suggested that the number of immigration applications filed from the US has headed south by just 10% during 2011 while the number of applications filed from France has headed south by just 7%.
Since 2006, the CIC has made key changes to its immigration program. It has made the language requirement more stringent, tightened the eligibility to limited vocations in demand, and put a cap on the number of applications it processes per annum. The CIC also intends to have the qualifications of the applicants duly pre-evaluated before they turn up and also offer the job-providers of the nation additional power in choosing immigrants, through employments.
In this connection, the immigration minister has reportedly disclosed that although he doesn't foresee basic changes in the key immigrant source nations, he expects to see a swell in the abilities of the migrants from such nations to do rather well in Canada.
Jason Kenney, the minister, added that he is least bothered as to from the migrants could be from--provided they do well inside the Maple Country. He continued that he strongly believes that most of the job-providers of the country nurse the same feelings. He further said that language skills matter in Canada.
Available information suggests the main reason why many overseas skilled workers fail to find a job in the country is that they lack the much-needed language skills.
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