Counting started for 12,000 cap

[Hope1957]

We will have to wait till tomorrow to see how this affects CEC. But I strongly believe that this means more applications being accepted from May till december. It will be stupid of mr chris to give advantage to people from outside canada who don't have canadian experience over people who do.

 

[AK84]

Hello,

They will increase the 8000 cap or reduce ? I plan to apply in September in NOC B i am confused what happening now ??? Will EXPRESS ENTRY benefit for CEC applicants or those who are working in Canada on open work permit?

Any suggestion go for PNP option now ? Please help

 

[Hope1957]

"The CEC cap will be re-set at 8,000 applications, as of May 1, 2014, to cover the transition period leading up to Express Entry." This is a re-set so it means more applications will be accepted from May 1.

Thats how I understand it too, that they will accept 8,000 more from May 1st till the end of year. But Im not sure any more..

 

[ljiljka007]

"The CEC cap will be re-set at 8,000 applications, as of May 1, 2014, to cover the transition period leading up to Express Entry." This is a re-set so it means more applications will be accepted from May 1.

We'll know it for sure on May 1st

 

[AK84]

Hi,


Its mean NOC B code cap reset again on 200 each code or there is chance they reduce each cap more ?

 

[LPS]

Yes, a thing being "reset" usually starts again from zero.

For the sub-caps, I don't how they could restart the overall application counter without also restarting the counters for each of the NOC Bs.

 

[swathi461]

yes it is little bit confusing.
Will the cap decrease to 8000 from 12000 or
will the cap reset to freshly 8000 from may 1st.

 

[kooltest22]

'Reset' and 'as of May 1, 2014' indicate that there will be a new cap of 8000 applications from 1 May. This is actually a good news for people in Canada who will complete 1 year after May 1, 2014.

 

[maxmoore]

New caps for Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs, and Canadian Experience Class
On April 26, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will issue a new set of Ministerial Instructions to immigration officers regarding the processing of applications to the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

Effective May 1, 2014, the following measures will be in place:

Canadian Experience Class:
This program is for people who already have skilled work experience in Canada and want to immigrate permanently.

- Overall cap of 8,000 applications
- Sub-caps of 200 applications each for any NOC B occupation
- Six ineligible occupations: administrative officers (NOC code 1221), administrative assistants (1241), accounting technicians/bookkeepers (1311), cooks (6322), food service supervisors (6311), and retail sales supervisors (6211).

The new Ministerial Instructions will also re-confirm the existing pause of applications to the federal Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneur Programs.

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Honestly, I'm confused too... but my gut feeling tells me that the cap will be increased by 8000 to cover the demand until January 2015. After that, CEC won't exist anymore as we know it now (the program will remain available but with some changes), thus there won't be another 12000 cap from November 2014 to 2015... so they will add 8000 more (12000 + 8000 = 20000) or completely reset the existing one to 0 (total = 8000 until January 2015) to complete this year and have a smooth transition towards the express entry system. Makes sense?

 

[LPS]

Well, we will find out when the new ministerial instructions come out.

Express Entry starts in the new year. To my mind, this is a new cap of 8,000 applications received between May 1 and the end of this year.

 

[iam_toby]

Well, we will find out when the new ministerial instructions come out.

Express Entry starts in the new year. To my mind, this is a new cap of 8,000 applications received between May 1 and the end of this year.

That's how I've read it as well.

 

[Hope1957]

We will know better on April 26, 2014 as the full set of ministerial instructions will be out then on Canada Gazette.
Hopefully, it will all work out for us

 

[gopr]

@Iam_toby:
Any idea will those new instructions that will be issued to VO's on April 26 will affect people who just received AOR's? I am a march 2014 applicant & got aor last week.

 

[Hope1957]

No, it is not going to affect applicants who have applied before May 01, 2014. The new rules come into effect on May 01, 2014 and applicants who apply on or after May 01, 2014 will be affected.

@ Iam_toby:
Any idea will those new instructions that will be issued to VO's on April 26 will affect people who just received AOR's? I am a march 2014 applicant & got aor last week.

 

[SimK]

No, it is not going to affect applicants who have applied before May 01, 2014. The new rules come into effect on May 01, 2014 and applicants who apply on or after May 01, 2014 will be affected.

Can anyone comment about any possible effects of the new rules??