Barristers and Solicitors

The Government of Canada has issued an operational bulletin instructing immigration officers to continue processing Federal Skilled Worker applications, including those filed before February 28, 2008, until proposed legislation to eliminate the FSW application backlog comes into force. This reverses earlier instructions from the government that ordered immigration officers to stop processing applications received before February 27, 2008.

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Effective April 25, 2012, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Service Canada have launched a new Accelerated Labour Market Opinion (A-LMO) Initiative under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The Initiative promises to provide eligible employers with a positive A-LMO within 10 business days of applying.

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In order to address Canada’s growing skilled labour shortages in construction, natural resources and similar industries, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced that it intends to create a new “Skilled Trades” stream within the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Program to make it easier for skilled tradespersons to immigrate to Canada.

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As part of its recently released 2012 Budget, the Government of Canada has indicated that it will introduce legislation which will effectively eliminate the longstanding backlog of applications in the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program.

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According to a recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) news release, the Government is proposing to change the way it assesses education credentials for Foreign Skilled Workers (FSW) by introducing pre-arrival assessments conducted by designated organizations.

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