The following may please be read in continuation to the article of last week on the same subject.

The proposed legislative amendment to the immigration & Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) based on 3 Tier system has since received a favourable response from the senate & the House of commons thereby making the Canadian Immigration System more responsive. With the introduction of the 3 Tier system people with skills for the jobs available would now be able to reach Canada more quickly.

The change will not only benefit Canada but is going to be a boon for all those inspiring to immigrate to Canada because they will now have more opportunities to find work sooner, to provide a better life for themselves & their families.

The government will be establishing processing priorities after due consultations with the provinces & stakeholders regarding the shortage of various job position. After having finalized the priorities of the various jobs the Visa officers at the different Visa Posts would be accordingly issued guidelines for their processing schedules.

The requirement of processing of all applications through to a final decision would no longer be mandatory under the new system which will be applicable to the cases filed on or after 27 February, 2008. This would automatically stop the accumulation of backlog which was getting to unmanageable proportions. As a result of the above new system the time taken for Canadian Immigration would be reduced tremendously & bring it in line with that of Australia & New Zealand.

However, it may be noted that the government of Canada has assured that while implementing the new system, the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms to protect against discrimination will be complied with besides complementing the government’s annual levels plan which establishes clear target ranges for the number of permanent residents accepted in each category: economic, family class & protected persons.
Notwithstanding the above the Canadian government has assumed that they will continue to uphold their commitments to family re-unification & refugee protection.

Finally it would interest all concerned that demand for qualified workers in Canada is growing rapidly & by 2012 immigration is projected to account for all labour force growth over there. Two thirds of the available jobs will require post secondary education as jobs that require a university level education are the fastest growing types of jobs.