Effective July 1, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced changes to the Canadian Skilled Worker Immigration Program such that the 29 eligible occupations for filing a skilled worker application without a prior work permit in Canada will be reduced from a quota of 20,000 to a quota of 10,000 (500 per each of 29 [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) proposes changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program. They are proposing changes to the job offer, education, language and age requirement. They are proposing increasing the points awarded for ability in the 1st official language of Canada either English or French and lowering the length of the degree [...]