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No the new rule only affects those who submitted the initial applications on or after June 26, 2010. Since your initial application was submitted in march it will be processed under the old system.

I could be wrong but doesn't the visa application have a question asking you to indicate if you have applied for refugee status before, although I'm not sure if it is to Canada only or other countries. You might want to direct your friend to these forums so that he can ask the questions himself.

Another thing that they could possibly do is once they are close to reaching the caps for each category - say 800 out of 1000, they may make an announcement saying that the category closed for the year, reject any new applications, and ask people to wait another year to apply. They could quite...

Did your friend maintain an address in Australia while he stayed there? Did he have a bank account and had bank statements mailed to that account? What was he doing in those 7 months? Was he working or studying or traveling? If he was just traveling for 7 months he probably can get away without...

They weren't specific on what they would do with 1001. Maybe they will reject the application, maybe they will push the application to the next year. Either way, they are doing this to clear a backlog of old applications, but I have a feeling it is going to create a bigger backlog for them in...

The job title doesn't matter. I am sure that there are 100 different job titles for people doing the exact same job. In fact if you try to pass yourself off as an accountant or financial consultant you may be rejected. Accountants and Financial managers were on the old list and has been taken...

I don't see how this list will wipe out Asians. There are doctors and dentists and pharmacists and nurses and architects and plumbers and welders and crane operators in every single country in the world. Perhaps that you are stereotyping that Asians that want to come to Canada only do certain...

It doesn't matter now as they have removed both codes as of June 26, 2010. They may put it back in after reviewing it year. But just to answer your query, should they ever reverse the situation: I was in the same situation as you when I applied and I applied as a university professor and had...

The first thing you will have to do is register for a business license with the province you are settling down in. After that you will have to register for a PST/GST number, or if you live in one of the provinces that use or will be adopting HST in July (BC, Ontario), you will have to register...

These changes only affect those applications received on or after June 26, 2010. So even if your application was received June 25, 2010, they will still fall under the old system.

jnathan is saying that it's hard to find plumbers, welders, etc. that have bachelors degrees, which is a basic prerequisite of the FSW class. He is in no way insulting the lack of plumbing in Asia. However, vocational training, apprenticeship, licensing and experience is able to substitute for...

I guess if a police check would help assuage your fears you should go ahead and get it. I do not think $2000 is enough for a judge to issue an arrest warrant, but it really depends on the city. There is a small chance that the judge might issue a notice to appear in court and since you couldn't...

You did not say what your wife's masters degree was in or what her work experience was. The new 1122 category seems to be a broad category, read it carefully to see if your wife still qualifies. Traffic tickets and driving offenses (other than DUIs, hit and runs, and vehicular homicides) are...

If you have access to a scanner, send them an e-mail first, but also send them a hard copy by regular mail too - do not send the original though! if it gets lost there goes your only proof.

What did they say specifically in the letter? They may mean that they did not receive the full set of documents - i.e. they received the documents he sent but they were incomplete. If that was the case, did they provide him with a list of the items they were missing? When I sent in my...

I guess that is why there are no college-level teaching jobs available despite having looked for more than 2 years. I think we were definitely lucky in the timing when we applied. Looks like most of the IT jobs are gone too as are managerial jobs. My sister has been trying to look for a job in...

There's nothing I would say that hasn't already been said. He's looking for an easy way out despite having poor English skills. I have very little sympathy for people who want to come to a predominantly English-speaking country but refuses to at least be semi-proficient in the language...

Most people in Montreal are bilingual and can speak and understand English perfectly well. There are people who are born and raised in Montreal that don't speak a word of French. There are very few direct international flights going direct to Calgary other than flights from the United States...

The whole of Singapore this time, not just Orchard road. My facebook is flooded (pun intended) with flood posts from all my friends. everyone is complaining about ankle to mid-knee deep water.

Calgary is 5th I think in terms of population but definitely the fastest growing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_largest_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada