Caregivers New Requirements on Jul 19, 2011TORONTO--Employers hiring caregivers from the Philippines are now strictly required to have their employment contracts verified with the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) before the documents are processed by the Philippines Overseas Employ...
Canada's 3rd Priority List - Ministerial Instruction 3 on Jul 4, 2011CANADA is now OPEN again for IMMIGRANTS! We now have an idea what the 3rd Ministerial Instruction (MI-3) would be like. The list of 29 in-demand occupations would be retained. However, details on new application requirements an...
July Canada Priority List on Jun 25, 2011Federal Skilled Worker –The list of 29 eligible occupations remains the same for the coming 12 months. However, between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, CIC will only accept a maximum of 10,000 applications for processing under this category of immi...
Canada’s postal service is on strike. Find out how this affects you. on Jun 10, 2011The Canada Post Corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers failed to reach a deal on negotiating a new collective agreement. As a result, the postal workers began a strike effective 11:59 PM EDT Thursday, June 2, 2011. This w...
Biometric Scanning for Canada Visa Applicants on Jun 7, 2011Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office has confirmed Canada will soon roll out biometric scanning for travellers seeking visas to Canada, but it won't say which country will be first.On Friday, the Toronto Star reported the federal go...
Construction Related Proffessions and the Canada New Priority Applications on Jun 7, 2011A new endeavor has been launched by Canada Construction Sector Council for recruiting foreign workers in Canada.The new resource will prove to be of significant help for bringing the aspiring immigrants wanting to work in Canada construction sector...
Canada Visa Application One Month to Go! on Jun 1, 2011If you wish to emigrate to Canada under the Canada Skilled worker immigration category you only have about one month left before the new occupation list comes into place. If you have at least one year experience in one of the 24 occupations that a...
Economist Makes Case In Canada Immigration Application on Jun 1, 2011Some economists in Canada are saying that Canada should welcome another 100,000 immigrants a year.York University's Tony Fang and the University of Toronto's Peter Dungan and Morley Gunderson say that raising immigration numbers in Canada will incr...
List of Requirements Updated on May 31, 2011IDENTITY AND CIVIL STATUS DOCUMENTSShould be NSO AuthenticatedProvide birth certificates or other official document confirming identity for you and each of your family members.Marriage certificates CHILDREN’S INFORMATION (IF APPLICABLE)Children’s...
Reactions on Canada Visa Processing Delay on May 31, 2011After posting Canadian Visa Office Manila's explanation about delay in processing, I've got several reactions from my blog readers. Some were enlightened while some others were disappointed.I can understand why many were disappointed. The visa offi...