Applying for a permanent residency or a work permit in Canada, applicants must prove their language skills by meeting minimum language requirements.
However, even an applicant meets the requirement, visa officers can reject applications.
The application of an Indian citizen who applied for temporary residence and a work permit as a long-haul truck driver in British Columbia has been denied since the Canadian visa officers have not been convinced that the applicant had the language skills necessary to adequately perform the work.
The applicant had a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and met the language requirement of CLB 4 for the job.
His application has been rejected due to the lower level of reading score (CLB 5) since the officer considered this score was not enough to study and learn the rules of driving in Canada.
#Federal_Court, #LMIA, #language_requirements, #truck_drivers
February 4, 2022
Canadian employers face labour shortages in many sectors.
However, healthcare, construction, and the restaurant and hospitality sectors experience the most acute labour shortage when compared to other sectors.
According to a Statistics Canada report published on January 27, 2022, in November 2021, the healthcare sector had 119,600 vacancies with a 5.2% job vacancy rate.
Construction and the restaurant and hospitality sectors doubled the number of job vacancies compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
Despite the number of vacancies being down 9.3 percent or 89,600 positions in November 2021, it was still much higher than before the pandemic.
#Statistics_Canada, #labour_shortage, #healthcare_workers, #construction_workers, #hospitality_workers
February 4, 2022
Immigration consultants (working both registered and unregistered, paid or unpaid) have to stop their job activities if getting appointed to a position within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
to avoid situations of conflict of interest and conflict of duties with the goal of upholding the values and ethics of the public sector and the public interest.
In addition, prospective IRCC workers who are Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs) have to resign from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants in case getting a job within IRCC departments.
#IRCC, #immigration_consultants, #RCIC, #consultants
February 3, 2022
Timmins located in the northern part of Ontario sees a record number of immigrants applying under the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
The city doubled the number of newcomers due to the community’s ability to retain these immigrants.
According to the director for community economic development at the Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC), Noella Rinaldo, the city’s retention of newcomers has been encouraging for the city.
Last year, Timmins received more than 120 applications and issued 106 community recommendations to candidates.
#Timmins, #RNIP, #TEDC
https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/canada-sees-record-numbers-of-immigrants-this-past-year-4898588
February 3, 2022
