Hi. I recently joined this forum and this is my first post. ;D
My two cents worth on this is simple: Canada is lost when it comes to its immigration policy! ???
I feel that Canada doesn't know how to address what it wants, what it needs and what it can offer.
First, we applied under the old process. Ours was the one where Canada made use of the simplified process and we just submitted a 3-page application form, unlike our friend's application wherein they submitted a few months earlier with all their documents attached. In 2008, Canada changed its laws and issued the First Instructions, hence, the list of the 38 In-demand occupations. Just last December though, we received a letter asking us if we want to pull out our previous application and re-apply under the First Instructions, considering that our profession is among the 38 listed. Yes, we did. We pulled out and re-submitted in April. Now, a new set of Instructions was released. Out of the 38, the list now contains only 29. This time the profession of my husband (the principal) is not on the list.
I am not worried since our application will still be considered as we received already our AOR last June 11. Its just that so many rules and instructions are being changed in very little time and the Canadian Embassy is sending letters which confuses the applicants to make a bad decision. This is quite frustrating.
Imagine, if we pursued our first application, we could have expected an action on that, perhaps in 2013. Boy! 7years after we first submitted it.
So my questions now for them are... do they really want to address the backlog? Do they mean addressing as acting on it or just encouraging the people who applied under the backlog group to withdraw and re-apply? How can they encourage a shift when they only limited a number of professions allowed? Is 2 years enough for them to determine how much demand and supply on workers they need?
I would love to go to Canada. I just hope they have foresight on things so that they don't keep changing their minds on immigration.
