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CANADA FILTERS IMMIGRANTS
To begin with, when applying for immigration through the Express Entry system, you must clearly know which immigration program you will be applying under, whether you meet the minimum requirements for that program, and whether you can provide all the necessary documents.
The fact is that after receiving an invitation to submit a complete package of documents (Invitation to Apply), you are given only 60 days to submit. If you have not gathered your documents in advance, this time will most likely not be enough for you to collect and prepare them.
If you do not meet the 60-day deadline, the invitation is canceled, your application is removed from the Express Entry Pool database, and you can submit a new application only after 12 months.
It should also be remembered that when submitting an application through the Express Entry system, you must already have the results of a language proficiency test (IELTS, CELPIP and/or TEF). If you are applying under the FSWP program, you must also have the results of an assessment of your diplomas from Canadian evaluation organizations at the time of application.
It is extremely important that the documents submitted to the immigration authorities do not contain incorrect information. If the immigration authorities consider that you have provided incorrect information (even if it is the result of a simple mistake or negligence), your application will be refused, your profile will be removed from the Express Entry Pool, and you will be prohibited from reapplying for 5 years from the date of refusal. That is, as has always been the case, before submitting an application, you must do thorough work on preparing documents.
UNDOUBTEDLY, the absence of a list of in-demand occupations is a positive point, as it allows any specialist to apply for immigration. However, there is also a fly in the ointment: there are no guarantees that your application will be among those that receive an Invitation to Apply.
Apparently, high scores also guarantee little. Since immigration authorities have the right to decide for themselves who, how many, and in which profession to take, and which parameters to prioritize in each selection round, the result can be unpredictable in principle. For example, if the ministry decides that psychologists are currently needed, and good English proficiency is more important than education level, then they will select precisely that category of applicants.
It must be understood that the Express Entry Pool is essentially a database from which selections can be made by setting the necessary search parameters and applying certain filters. This automates the work of immigration authorities, allowing them to select specific groups of candidates with fine-tuning based on a large number of parameters, changing them according to current needs.
At the same time, for applicants this means complete uncertainty. Even with a high score, there are no guarantees of success. In this, the new system is fundamentally different from what it was for the past two decades.
The only guarantee that you will receive an Invitation to Apply is having a job offer from a Canadian employer. For this, you immediately get 600 points, and such applications are processed out of turn.
The new system assumes that all Express Entry applicants will be entered into a single database of the Canadian Job Bank, where Canadian employers will see them. It is expected that this option will be available from spring 2015. How effective it will be for finding a job in Canada is hard to say. Personally, I have great doubts about this, since Canadian employers will be able to select candidates from this database only if they can prove that they have not found candidates for the vacant positions among Canadian residents.
SO FAR, only information about the Express Entry system is available, which is already good. Unfortunately, nothing has been said yet about the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC), and how they will be changed.
I think that the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program will not undergo any changes. As for the FSWP and FSTP programs, the pass mark principle, along with the points system, will be abolished – as I have already written in this article.
Nevertheless, we need to wait for additional instructions from the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, it won't be long now. As soon as there is any news on this matter, we will immediately prepare the relevant material.
Elena Ryabinina.
«Russian Toronto»