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The re-opening of the Federal Skilled Worker programme (FSW) for immigration applicants to Canada has been postponed, as well as the re-opening of the immigrant Investor Program (IIP), according to the Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC).
The new date of resumed intake of applications is January 2013.
The intake of applications under these programmes was expected to re-open on July 1 this year.
However, both programmes are under review and expected to resume no sooner than January 2013.
"This temporary pause on new Federal Skilled Worker applications will allow us to set the program on a new course as we intend to launch revised selection criteria soon,” was Canada's Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney quoted as saying.
Both the programmes have been criticized for their restrictive set up, as soon after the opening of applications intake some of the categories were filled within days, and applicants needed to wait for another year to be eligible.