Which is exactly how the democratically elected Canadian government wants it. And outsider opinions on policy decisions don't matter to them. IRCC officers simply perform their duties and do exactly what they are told - they are the closest to a Vogon you would find on this planet.CanadaWeCome said:
I do understand the reasons for the Syrians...and also the arguments that "It's their country, their prerogative etc etc...Asivad Anac said:
The Canadian immigration system that was there in place before express entry was one which would follow up with every applicant if documents were missing. However, that system was bogged down and they could not keep up with the work load and follow ups. Applications took YEARS to process.CanadaWeCome said:
+1 Spot on...Asivad Anac said:
Is there a chance you misunderstood my comment? I wasn't saying anything against the Syrian refugees. I was talking about how low the number is for Skilled workers immigrating, and using Syrian refugees for contrast. I mean, if you have to make up artificial numbers (What say? 25K sounds right for refugees, nice round number? How about the CRS - 450 sounds right!), the number of skilled workers you want should probably be much higher than the refugees.Asivad Anac said:
| ECONOMIC IMMIGRATION PROGRAM | 2016 LEVELS PLAN TARGET |
| FEDERAL ECONOMIC – HIGH SKILLED* | 58,400 |
| FEDERAL ECONOMIC – CAREGIVERS | 22,000 |
| FEDERAL ECONOMIC – BUSINESS | 800 |
| PROVINCIAL NOMINEE PROGRAM | 47,800 |
| QUEBEC SKILLED WORKER | 26,200 |
| QUEBEC BUSINESS | 5,400 |
| OVERALL | 160,600 |
What @Asivad is saying is that 'you' in your statement above is (and should be) Government of Canada and neither us interested parties nor the Syrian refugees themselves.ay238 said:
Yes, it is bad news for Canada. There are more immigrants this year (about 20,000 more), but they are reducing the number of economic immigrants to focus on more family class and quite a few more refugee classes (both of which pay less in taxes, and use more in services).ay238 said:
Yes. Very bad news.ay238 said:
What I am trying to understand is if it is bad news for someone like meAsivad Anac said:
In fact it's actually a reduction in total FSW immigrants.ay238 said:What I am trying to understand is if it is bad news for someone like me
Last year there were only a little over 30K ITAs issued. As per the news they are targeting 58,400 in this class - FEDERAL ECONOMIC – HIGH SKILLED. Does this mean EE FSW? If yes, and if they are actually trying to meet this target, I can only see this as good news because its an improvement over last year. Is there something I am missing?
Last year, there were about 24,000 additional CEC allocations which have been bundled in with FSW/FST this year. Those 24,000 odd spots have been distributed largely among family class and refugees. The combined aggregate of CEC/FSW/FST has actually come down to below 60,000 from last year's combined aggregate of nearly 80,000+. In other words, Canada is taking in 20% fewer economic immigrants in 2016 compared with the previous year. And that is bad news if you are an economic immigrant. Not bad news for EVERY economic immigrant for sure. But bad news for the group as a whole. Because there are lesser numbers required, IRCC can keep the draw numbers artificially high throughout 2016.ay238 said:What I am trying to understand is if it is bad news for someone like me
Last year there were only a little over 30K ITAs issued. As per the news they are targeting 58,400 in this class - FEDERAL ECONOMIC – HIGH SKILLED. Does this mean EE FSW? If yes, and if they are actually trying to meet this target, I can only see this as good news because its an improvement over last year. Is there something I am missing?
They have enough of backlog still (per latest released numbers) that they can keep the scores high even without the new changes.Asivad Anac said:
