Wednesday 18 December 2013

Changes in FSW Canada

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Applications we will accept – Federal skilled workers

As of May 4, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will only consider federal skilled worker (FSW) applications from people who have:
  • at least one year of continuous and paid (full-time or an equal amount in part-time) work experience in a single occupation,
  • within the last 10 years,
  • at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2011 edition of the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC),and who are:
    1. in one of the 24 eligible occupations, and whose application is received under the occupation’s sub-cap and overall FSW cap, or
    2. with a valid offer of arranged employmentor
    3. who are applying under the PhD stream (see below) until the PhD cap of 1,000 applications is reached.
All applicants must also:

Applications per eligible occupation:

Between May 4, 2013, and April 30, 2014, we will consider no more than 5,000 complete FSW applications for processing. Within the 5,000 cap, we will consider no more than 300 applications per eligible occupation for processing within this same time frame.
The cap year began on May 4, 2013, and will end on April 30, 2014, unless otherwise stated by the Minister.
Note: Due to the large number of applications we get, we cannot check that each one is complete on the same day it gets to the office. The numbers on this page are updated at least once a week, but are only a guide. There is no guarantee that an application sent in now will fall within the cap by the time it gets to the Centralized Intake Office.
Total received toward the overall cap: 3,154 of 5,000
Eligible occupation
  
(by National Occupational Classification [NOC] code)
Number of complete applications counted towards the 300 sub-cap Footnote1
0211   Engineering managers300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
1112   Financial and investment analysts300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
2113   Geoscientists and oceanographers49
2131   Civil engineers300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
2132   Mechanical engineers300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
2134   Chemical engineers148
2143   Mining engineers8
2145   Petroleum engineers4
2144   Geological engineers75
2146   Aerospace engineers19
2147   Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers)300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
2154   Land surveyors19
2174   Computer programmers and interactive media developers 300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
2243   Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics70
2263   Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety188
3141   Audiologists and speech-language pathologists13
3142   Physiotherapists300 (Cap reached) Footnote2
3143   Occupational Therapists39
3211   Medical laboratory technologists223
3212   Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants82
3214   Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists18
3215   Medical Radiation Technologists48
3216   Medical Sonographers33
3217   Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists24

Applications in the PhD stream:

CIC will accept 1,000 applications for processing per year under the PhD stream. To apply under this stream, you must have either
  • finished at least two years of study in Canada towards a PhD, or
  • graduated from a Canadian PhD program in the 12 months before we get your application.
Find out more about eligibility for this category.
The new PhD cap year began on May 4, 2013, and will end on April 30, 2014, unless otherwise stated by the Minister.

Footnotes

Footnote 1
The number of complete federal skilled worker applications received as of May 4, 2013 is an estimate.
Footnote 2
Once we reach the cap, we can only accept applications under this occupation from people with a valid job offer in place.
 

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