Immigration from UAE: Canada announces new rules

CIC has announced the three-pronged approach to the Canadian immigration program, largely affecting the Federal Skilled Worker Programme.

The Canadian government has announced proposed amendments to Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which include changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), as well as it introduces a new Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC).

This was reported by various regulated immigration consultants, although the official government body Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) has not yet published the news on its website.

The proposed amendments are referred to as the three-pronged approach, but mostly affects the FSWC, Canada's flagship Immigration selection programme.

According to Deepak Kohli, President of Transcend Consultants, a regulated Canadian-based immigration consultancy office, the new FSW programme is likely to favour immigrants who are younger, have Canadian work experience and better language skills