A new assessment has found that those who immigrant to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker program are backing to Canada's economy. According to the assessment, the biggest forecasters of an immigrant’s economic success are having a job already arranged in Canada when applying; the ability to speak English or French; and having worked in Canada before applying to settle.
Immigration to Canada is the process by which people migrate to Canada to reside permanently in the country.Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.
In order to qualify for a Canada Immigration Visa, Canadian Federal Skilled Worker applicants must:
- Have at least one year of continuous full-time or equivalent paid work experience in the past 10 years in one of the 29 qualifying occupations; or
- Qualify for Arranged Employment with a full-time permanent job offer from a Canadian employer.
New immigrants selected by the federal government under the current skilled worker program are contributing to Canada's economy, a new government evaluation has found.
It found that besides having a job and being fluent in either, or both, of the country’s official languages, having worked in Canada before applying for immigration also played a significant role in the success of immigrants.The evaluation found out that those skilled workers who had a job offer fared the best of all, and their earnings rose to almost 80,000 dollars three years after arriving in the country.
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney has said that “The evaluation showed that skilled immigrants are doing well in Canada and filling gaps in our work force”.
The findings revealed that the selection criteria, put in place when the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) became law, have been successful in improving the outcomes of skilled immigrants by placing more emphasis on arranged employment, language and education. Income for skilled workers selected under the IRPA criteria was as much as 65 percent higher than for workers chosen under the pre-IRPA system.