Nigerians that have applied for Federal Skilled Workers 2013 program

[GENTLEANDREW]

Gentleandrew, we really cant find anyone with PER from May 2012 because the overall Cap for the FSW for July 2011 to June 2012 reached in May 2012 and after that FSW, there was no other applucation period until ours being FSW2013. See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/notice-fsw.asp

No additional FSW aplications were accepted feom May 2012 to May 2013. Accra may still have still received applications from PNP and Quebec applicants but these are usually not as much as FSW applications. From the other forum for Nigerians i saw that most 2012 cases up till April, had gotten MR requests so in my opinion I think the latest FSW 2013 applicants will wait for MR will be March. We will all get our PR's this year IJN. Moaxow VO has started issuing MR, London also so Accra will wake up by force oooo.

I believe you.I was actually talking about our FSW 2013 to request from Accra the situation of things.I was also talking about our set;FSW 2013 to request GCMS or CAIPS to reveal what is going on to our 2013 file.My humble submission.

 

[Afewgoodmen]

Sample of what is contained in a GCMS:

Updated on : 7/12/2013
App Status : Open
Reason : In progress
Cost Recovery : Complete
RPRF : Complete
Restricted Notes : No
location : registry
Eligibility : Passed
Security : Not Started
Criminality : Not Started
Medical : Passed
Due date : 30/10/2013

Incoming 1: thy updated on 07/12/2013
Comment : PCC for PA & Spouse. Scanned & PA'ED (?? wht is PA'ED)

Incoming 2 : thy updated 7/12/2013
Comment : POF+RPRF Fee receipt scanned & PAE'D (?? wht is PAE'D)

PA means Principal Applicant or Put Away depending on Usage.

PA'ED or PAE'D means PASSED.

Thanks to the power of Google.

 

[Floxzy]

PA means Principal Applicant or Put Away depending on Usage.

PA'ED or PAE'D means PASSED.

Thanks to the power of Google.

Oh thanks.

 

[fatenny]

Accra VO, wake up from your slumber in Jesus name

Amen oh ,they really need to wake up.Am numbering my days in Naija oh lol!

 

[maskuraid]

Amen oh ,they really need to wake up.Am numbering my days in Naija oh lol!

In fact,the thought of packing bags wakes me up before my alarm every morning. Make God speed up the process o....

 

[GENTLEANDREW]

In fact,the thought of packing bags wakes me up before my alarm every morning. Make God speed up the process o....

Considering that some of our seniors are still expecting their MRs,PPRs,etc makes me wonder when they will start with our batch.Again,most VOs worldwide have started with our batch.It seems that it is only Accra that is left.But all these VOs too have issues with backlogs.It is not that it has been cleared.The backlogs still exist but they still went ahead with processing our batch.I believe that it is because of the promised one year finish off date.Will this come alive for us under the Accra region of VO?Only time will tell.

 

[phunrae]

Lets just focus on other things to keep body mind and soul together because only God and their staff knows what is happening in AVO. I just can imagine what the 2011 applicants yet to receive MR are going through if we 2013 are ready to pack nd move?

 

[fatenny]

Lets just focus on other things to keep body mind and soul together because only God and their staff knows what is happening in AVO. I just can imagine what the 2011 applicants yet to receive MR are going through if we 2013 are ready to pack nd move?

How easy is it to focus on other things?hmmmm God help us! The tension is more when u see VOs like NDVO giving out visas to our fellow 2013 applicant.

 

[phunrae]

Amen cos its truly not easy but very necessary to reduce tension.

How easy is it to focus on other things?hmmmm God help us! The tension is more when u see VOs like NDVO giving out visas to our fellow 2013 applicant.

 

[GENTLEANDREW]

Skilled immigrants to be matched with vacant jobs in 2015


The federal government is looking to match skilled immigrants with unfilled jobs, in what it's calling a new "fast and flexible system of economic immigration" it intends to have in place in January 2015.

Under this new system, which the government has compared to "a dating site," Ottawa would act as chief matchmaker between immigrants who want to move to Canada for work and Canadian employers looking to fill job vacancies.

"We're looking for an economic match," said Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander in an interview with CBC News.

Alexander is currently working to build an "expression of interest" system to manage applications for immigration to Canada.

"We are moving from defence to offence. We're moving from a passive system to a proactive system. We're moving from a system based on processing whatever applications showed up, to a system focused on recruitment of the people that we know we need," Alexander said on Jan. 23.

By next year, Canada will no longer be obligated to process all applications in the order they were received.

The new system would work in two stages.

First, prospective immigrants would apply to express their interest in coming to Canada. In doing so, they would answer a series of questions about their professional skills, their education, languages spoken, etc.

In the second stage, Alexander said, those applicants would see their skills matched with labour needs identified by the provinces and territories, as well as employers.

That means provincial governments and employers alike would have access to the pool of applications — in essence, an "employment database" that did not exist before.

"We will share it with employers in a way that protects privacy," Alexander said.

Employers to play key role

Under the proposed system, employers would play a key role in searching the pool for prospective candidates, conducting interviews and identifying candidates.

Only once a match has been identified would the skilled immigrant be invited to apply for permanent residence.

This new system of immigration would apply to anyone who has put in a bid through one of five immigration programs:

Federal skilled workers.
Federal skilled trades.
Canadian experience class.
Business class.
Provincial nominees.
Alexander said the federal government doesn't want to "pick the winners," per se.

"We can't socially engineer this ourselves. We need data from across the federal government … the provinces, as well as strong input from employers to make these determinations."

"It's going to give us a much more tailored immigration flow and a workforce that will make itself at home in a Canadian economy much more quickly."

'This wait is far too long for businesses, many of whom have jobs that needed to be filled yesterday.'
—Allan O’Dette, president and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Under the new system, the government is proposing to shrink the processing time from upward of two years to six months.

According to a report issued by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce earlier this month, employers will buy into the new system only if it's fast.

Aiming to cut the processing time down to six months, did not appear to win employers over.

“This wait is far too long for businesses, many of whom have jobs that needed to be filled yesterday,” Allan O’Dette, president and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce said in the report.

Canada's system is said to be modelled after similar systems which are already in place in New Zealand and Australia. Under the Australian model, visas for permanent residence are processed within 60 days.

The government must ensure the new immigration system reflects the needs of employers, the report said.

Details missing

While the system is still a year away from being implemented, it's not the broad strokes of the system that worry the opposition parties, but rather the lack of details about a new system that will process the majority of new immigrants to Canada.

"There are a lot of details missing. We feel that they want to flatter themselves about what they're doing but at the same time when we are asking for details, we have none," said NDP immigration critic Lysanne Blanchette-Lamothe in an interview with CBC News last Thursday.

The government introduced the new system in Bill C-4, a budget implementation bill which has since been passed despite the lack of details.

Liberal immigration critic John McCallum said that "in principle it's probably a good idea, but we have some issue with the details."

"I have come to the conclusion that immigration is becoming much more of a buyer's market than a seller's market. Countries like Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. are all in competition for immigrants because we all have an aging population," the Liberal MP said in an interview with CBC News last Thursday.

McCallum said the onus is on the federal government to persuade prospective applicants to immigrate here instead of taking their skills elsewhere.

"The really important point is to use this expression of interest system to radically speed up our immigration, and it's not at all clear that the government has got its sights high enough," said McCallum.

But according to Alexander, reducing the processing time to six months is not only "doable," it's "exciting" from an economic perspective.

After all, the government is looking for a long-term match.

"We don't want break-ups and divorces in this case. These are people coming here for the rest of their lives," Alexander said.

"Making that match is more challenging than ever, but when you get it right, the benefits are greater than ever."


http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/skilled-immigrants-to-be-matched-with-vacant-jobs-in-2015-1.2514673

 

[Afewgoodmen]

Nice read, GENTLEANDREW. This is indeed a great change in Canadian PR immigration when it comes into full effect next year (2015). I hope they conclude all our pending cases before then.


My advice to anyone interested in Canada is to apply as soon as possible, before May 2014, as it would be difficult fathoming the very algorithm that shall be used in the forthcoming 2015 EOI selection process. And everything shall essentially be left to chance..

 

[nanonye]

This is what scared me:

"This new system of immigration would apply to anyone who has put in a bid through one of five immigration programs:

Federal skilled workers.
Federal skilled trades.
Canadian experience class.
Business class.
Provincial nominees."

Now this means that not only FSW applicants, but effectively, all Permanent Residence applications to Canada except the Quebec based applications, will be lumped into this EOI pattern. I think we are lucky to have had this opportunity to have applied and received our PER which means we are good to go and won't need to think about this dreaded EOI pattern where applicants clearly leave everything to chance. In my opinion, mostly Canadian based applicants with Canadian experience will be picked by prospective employers in this EOI pattern so foreign applicants may struggle.

Please anyone that has even a one percent chance of making it in this FSW should please apply asap.

 

[maskuraid]

This is what scared me:

"This new system of immigration would apply to anyone who has put in a bid through one of five immigration programs:

Federal skilled workers.
Federal skilled trades.
Canadian experience class.
Business class
Provincial nominees."

Now this means that not only FSW applicants, but effectively, all Permanent Residence applications to Canada except the Quebec based applications, will be lumped into this EOI pattern. I think we are lucky to have had this opportunity to have applied and received our PER which means we are good to go and won't need to think about this dreaded EOI pattern where applicants clearly leave everything to chance. In my opinion, mostly Canadian based applicants with Canadian experience will be picked by prospective employers in this EOI pattern so foreign applicants may struggle.

Please anyone that has even a one percent chance of making it in this FSW should please apply asap.

God should see us through this FSWP as that EOI route is way tougher except you schooled in their country or your occupation is in high demand. I went through the Australian process and from what i saw,you'll need a healthy dose of outstanding to scale through...

 

[Oyifien]

Hello my good people! I received a mail from my consultant that my file is in queue for processing at the visa office. Keeping fingers crossed and patiently waiting. We hope something tangilble like MR will show up soonest. God bless all.

 

[nanonye]

Oyifien, when did you aply and when did you receive your PER? Also, what is the status of your ECAS?

Hello my good people! I received a mail from my consultant that my file is in queue for processing at the visa office. Keeping fingers crossed and patiently waiting. We hope something tangilble like MR will show up soonest. God bless all.