Ontario ha abierto una nueva clase para los graduados Internacionales de un Doctorado en Ontario.

A partir del 21 de Abril del 2010, los graduados internacionales de un doctorado, quienes se hayan graduado de una universidad públicamente fundada en Ontario podrá aplicar para el programa de “Residencia Permanente” en Ontario sin una oferta de trabajo.

Las personas de esta clase podrán aplicar si cuentan con dos años de estudio de un Doctorado, dicha aplicación podrá realizarla desde Canadá o en el extranjero.

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CAMBIOS EN EL PROGRAMA DE LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
Marzo 4, 2010

Important changes to the Live-in Caregiver program will commence April 1, 2010.

Effective April 1, 2010, all employers applying for a Labour Market Opinion under the Live-in Caregiver Program wishing to hire foreign live-in caregivers must meet the following requirements:  

Health Insurance
Employers of foreign live-in caregivers are now responsible for paying for their caregivers health insurance at no cost to the caregiver until he/she becomes eligible for provincial health coverage. Employers are not permitted to recoup these costs from live-in caregivers.

Workplace Safety
Employers of foreign live-in caregivers are now required to enrol their caregivers in provincial workplace safety insurance (also known as workers compensation) or comparable insurance if the former is not available. This must be done at no cost to the caregiver. Employers are not permitted to recoup these costs from live-in caregivers.

Recruitment and Third Party Fees
Employers who wish to use a recruitment agency or third party agency to hire a foreign live-in caregiver must pay for all the services provided by the agency or third party, and must pay all fees and costs associated with such a recruitment or third party agency. Employers are not permitted to recoup recruitment fees or other costs associated with the use of such an agency or third party from the caregivers. 
 
Transportation Costs
Employers of foreign live-in caregivers are required to pay the transportation costs for bringing their caregivers to Canada. In the instance where foreign caregivers are already in Canada, employers are responsible for paying to relocate them to the location of work (where caregiving will take place) at no cost to the caregiver.

Mandatory Employment Contract
Employers must submit to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)/Service Canada an employment contract with their Labour Market Opinion application to hire a foreign live-in caregiver. The employment contract must include the following mandatory clauses:
Duration of the contract
Duties of the position
Hours of work (including wages, overtime, holidays, and sick leave)
Accommodation arrangements, as per provincial and municipal standards
Registration for provincial workplace safety coverage
Transportation costs and arrangements
Health Care provisions
Recruitment fees
Terms of resignation and termination
A contract template and accompanying instructions will be posted on the HRSDC Web site soon. When the foreign national applies to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for a work permit, a copy of the contract, signed by the employer and the foreign national, must be submitted to CIC.

Employers must provide their foreign live-in caregivers with signed documentation clearly identifying any regular and overtime hours worked. This is now required under new regulations that allow the caregiver to choose to count these hours toward the requirement for an application for permanent residence.

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EL GOBIERNO CANADIENSE ATACARA CON FUERTES MULTAS Y HASTA CARCEL A REPRESENTANTE NO AUTORIZADOS. Ver video

Yesterday, the government of Quebec announced its intention to set limits on who can work as an immigration consultant in the province.
 
Quebec Immigration Minister Yolande James said that consulting services can only be carried out by three types of professionals: lawyers, Quebec notaries and members of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants.
 
CMI Fellows can take pride in this announcement that recognizes the valuable service that Fellows offer to immigrants to Quebec. In addition, the government’s plan will lead to improved quality of service for consumers because immigrants will be assured of access to accredited professionals.
 
More information regarding the transition to regulation will be provided in the coming weeks. CMI will keep Fellows updated on future developments.

Province shuts down Niagara chef school
February 15, 2010

DALE BRAZAO/TORONTO STAR
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT. –They came halfway around the globe to become world-class chefs.

Now their dreams lie shattered after the province shut down a school they paid thousands of dollars to teach them about North American cuisine. Government officials who are investigating the school allege it was operating illegally and students claim they have been exploited by school owners. LEER MAS...

1 Millón de dólares para combatir fraudes en el área de migración por parte de pseudo consultores:

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/759975

Registered immigration consultants launched a $1 million national advertising campaign Wednesday to combat the ghost consultants who prey on prospective immigrants.

The announcement was made in Toronto in the wake of recent news reports of an RCMP investigation of citizenship fraud involving more than 300 people who used the same mailing address in their citizenship applications.

“Immigrants come to Canada because we have a reputation for protecting the vulnerable. And yet many immigrants arrive here only to be exploited by a ghost agent,” said John Ryan, chair and acting CEO of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants.

“Today we are taking further action to protect consumers from these unscrupulous individuals.”

CSIC was created by the government in 2004 to regulate an immigrant consultant industry rife with fraud from companies that would charge desperate people thousands of dollars with false promises of guaranteed immigration. Only CSIC members were considered valid immigration consultants. Despite that, hundreds of ghost consultants continue to operate.

The regulator also launched a 24-hour referral hotline to connect the public with registered consultants. The hotline number is 1-877-311-7926.

The advertising campaign, in Mandarin, Hindi, Tagalog, Urdu and Korean, will target ethnic media, airports and public transit systems in major Canadian cities. Paid for through members’ fees, the campaign is designed to educate the public to beware of unregistered consultants, said Ryan.

Using the announcement to mark the inaugural National Immigration Protection Day, Ryan also urged the federal government to boost prosecution of ghost consultants and close loopholes in the law by making unregistered immigration services a criminal offence.

An all-party House of Commons report in November put forward recommendations to revamp the consultants’ regulatory system. To date, no recommendations have been implemented

Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s office located at 55 St. Clair avenue East, Toronto has a policy on expediting work permits for doctors, live in care givers and other workers. Applicants can be issued work permits faster than waiting for CPC Vegreville if they can show that they satisfy certain extenuating circumstances.

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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) has issued an update for January 2010 on Directives for Assessing Labour Market Opinions.

More information is available on the HRSDC website.

Several important bulletins have been issued to the industry recently from CIC and HRSDC:  

(1) Operational Bulletin 180 - January 22, 2010

 Section 11 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) and applications for permanent residence in the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class 

This operational bulletin includes instructions for the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) and visa offices on how to apply subsection 11(1) of the IRPR on Skilled Worker applications. It includes CIO procedures, visa procedures and administrative guidelines for file transfers

(2) Directives for Assessing Labour Market Opinions - December 2009 

These guidelines are developed for temporary foreign worker officers at HRSDC/Service Canada who assess LMO's for employers

Directives for Assessing Labour Market Opinions

January 2010Table of ContentsPART I – Summary and Procedures

PART II - Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Analysis

The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Co-Chair of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, today endorsed a new framework to enhance foreign qualification recognition for internationally trained workers.

Under the new Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications, foreign-trained workers who submit an application to be licensed or registered to work in certain fields will be advised within one year whether their qualifications will be recognized.

The objective of the Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications is to articulate a new joint national vision, guiding principles and desired outcomes for improving the assessment and recognition of newcomers’ qualifications.

The framework will initially be implemented in the following eight occupations by December 31, 2010:

  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Financial Auditors and Accountants
  • Medical Laboratory Technologists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Pharmacists
  • Physiotherapists

    Registered Nurses.

    During the next phase of implementation ending December 2012, the framework will be implemented in the following six occupations:

    Dentists
    Engineering Technicians
    Licensed Practical Nurses
    Medical Radiation Technologists
    Physicians
    Teachers (K-12)
    Governments will work with regulatory bodies, post-secondary institutions and other key partners to implement the framework.

    1) Operational Bulletin 173 -   January 8, 2010  

    Ministerial Instructions - Clarification on continuous full-time experience and break in continuity of employment

    The purpose of this operational bulletin is to clarify the requirement in the Ministerial Instructions (MI) that Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) applicants in the SW1 category must have one year of continuous full-time (or equivalent part-time) paid work experience in the last ten years in one or more of the occupations listed in the MI. It also clarifies the issue of breaks in continuity of employment for both SW1 and SW3 applicants.

    (2) Operational Bulletin 167 -  January 5, 2010     

    Procedures for transferring files for in-Canada applications for permanent residence     

    This operational bulletin provides instructions on how to transfer files regarding in-Canada appications for permanent residence. 

    (3) Operational Bulletin 170 - December 30, 2009     

    Assessing Official Language Requirements for Temporary Foreign Workers     

    This bulletin clarifies the assessing of language skills by officers, which assessment is not limited solely to those described in the Labour Market Opinion (LMO). However, the language requirement stated in the LMO should be part of the officer's assessment of the applicant's ability to perform the specific work sought because it is the employer's assessment on the langauge requirements for the job.  Currently, Service Canada does not assess a job's language requirements.      

    4) E-Filing Update for Temporary Applications in Vegreville     

    Vegreville has commenced online filing for certain temporary applications, namely work permits, work permit extensions and visitor extensions.  Early indications are it is going smoothly.  However, the client must set up their own E-pass account.   They are led through a series of questions in plain language to elicit the necessary information. The application need not be completed in one sitting; the information will be retained for 60 days.  The specific documents to be uploaded are listed, and must be uploaded individually.  The client can file an IMM 5475 and IMM 5476. 

    Email generated by the system informs the applicant when they have mail at their "MyCIC" account.  In this way, CPC-V will request something further, advise that the case is being referred to a local CIC office, etc. 

    A cover letter or submission from an Authorized Representative may be submitted at the outset; indeed, this will be required if a paid AR is indicated.  But at this point, only the applicant can receive the email notifications.  The next change, expected to occur within a month, is that the system will direct the emails to the representative if desired. Many thanks to our members who lobbied CIC on this point as well.  It is a substantial change from the initial six-month delay estimated.      

    Heads Up:  The turnaround time on these e-applications is expected to be very quick, about 10 days.  This will likely go a long way towards addressing the widespread use of "implied status" as a way to extend status for visitors who will probably be denied, and for work permits requested when LMOs were not filed on time.  In some cases, this has been to the advantage of the AR as well as the client to deal with firm deadlines. Once the AR portal is fully functioning, we might anticipate CIC may not be so accommodating about incomplete applications filed to gain time - so it will be incumbent on representatives to have good systems in place for keeping track of LMO and work permit deadlines for their clients.

Diciembre 2009
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA: CONSULTA PÚBLICA DESTACA LA NECESIDAD DE ACTUAR EN CONTRA DE AGENTES FANTASMAS DE MIGRACIÓN.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada presenta un resumen de Canadá acerca de la consulta pública sobre el trabajo de consultores de migración, abogados y otros representantes que muestran la necesidad del gobierno para tomar una acción concreta para parar a aquellos representantes de migración no autorizados, mostrándose como agentes fantasmas. LEER MAS...

 

December 2009
CIC public consultation highlights need for action on immigration ghost agents.

The release of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s summary of its public consultation on the use of immigration consultants, lawyers and other representatives illustrates the need for the government to take concrete action to stop unauthorized immigration representatives known as ghost agents. MORE...

 

Agosto de 2009
El pasado  21 de agosto se llevo a cabo un desayuno organizado por  la Comisión de Turismo Canadiense en donde se dieron cita  funcionarios de migración de la Embajada de Canadá así como el Embajador Guillermo E. Rishchynski. LEER MAS…
 

Agosto de 2009
A crackdown on queue-jumpers
Will the Tories make bogus refugee claims an election issue? LEER MAS…
 

Julio de 2009
Perú no requerirá visas a los turistas mexicanos. La medida, que entrará en rigor de manera inmediata, busca incrementar el flujo de turistas hacia el país andino LEER MAS…
 

El Universal
Viernes 17 de julio de 2009
Timan con oferta de residencia, denuncian…Con la promesa de que el cliente se establecerá en Canadá, tendrá trabajo seguro y regularizará su situación en cuestión de semanas o meses mediante el pago de hasta 10 mil dólares por el servicio LEER MAS…).
 

“EL PARLAMENTO CANADIENSE HACE RECOMENDACIONES SOBRE CONSULTORES NO AUTORIZADOS (GHOST CONSULTANTS) Y EL PROGRAMA DE LIVE IN CAREGIVERS…LEER MAS…).
 

“Diciembre 11, 2008: La Suprema Corte de Justicia de Canadá reivindica a la Sociedad Canadiense de Consultores Migratorios (CSIC) como el único organismo a nivel federal para regular a consultorios migratorios…Leer mas…
 
“En una decisión unánime emitida el 18 de julio de 2008, la Corte Federal de Apelaciones reafirma a la Sociedad Canadiense de Consultores Migratorios CSIC, como la entidad asignada por el Parlamento Canadiense y el Departamento de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Canadá, CIC, como el único organismo autorizado para regular a consultores migratorios…leer el fallo…”
 

ALBERTA AMPLIA EL PROGRAMA PARA CONTRATAR INMIGRANTES

Con un déficit de aproximadamente 40,000 trabajadores, Alberta está ampliando el programa “Provincial Nominee Program” para permitir que los  canadienses puedan patrocinar a sus familiares y que de esta manera; puedan obtener la residencia permanente.

Con este programa que ha sido renombrado “ALBERTA IMMIGRANT NOMINEE PROGRAM” (AINP), la provincia puede procesar las solicitudes en fast-track por el Departamento Federal de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Canadá.

Ahora, cualquier ciudadano canadiense o residente permanente que haya vivido en Alberta en los últimos dos años puede patrocinar a un padre, hijo, hermano, hermana, tía, tío, sobrino o sobrina para la “PROVINCIAL NOMINATION”.

El candidato deberá tener entre 21 a 45 años de edad, tener como mínimo la preparatoria terminada, diploma o certificado, o bien haber trabajado o estudiado tiempo completo tres de los últimos cuatro años, y tener por lo menos 10000 dólares en ahorros más  2000 por cada dependiente.

No es necesario que el candidato tenga un trabajo para poder ser elegible.
 

El gobierno federal canadiense anuncia cambios para estudiantes internacionales: Inscríbete a un programa académico en un College o Universidad en algún diplomado, carrera o maestría con duración mínima de dos años y al concluirla obtén un permiso de trabajo abierto por tres años en cualquier parte de Canadá y sin necesidad de que el trabajo sea en tu área de estudios y sin tener una oferta de empleo por parte de una empresa canadiense. Al final nuestro equipo de profesionistas consultores migratorios te tramita tu residencia permanente dentro de Canadá, bajo el nuevo esquema, “Canada Experience Class”.

 

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Debido a los recortes en impuestos, los ingresos del gobierno disminuyeron $900 millones en enero. 

 
CISC: El primer niño adoptado en el extranjero, llega a Canadá como ciudadano canadiense.
 

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: El gobierno de Ontario invertirá 1500 millones de dólares en infraestructura y creación de empleos.

 

CIC:  El gobierno de Canadá anuncia recursos adicionales para ayudar a nuevos residentes a sentarse en Toronto, Ottawa y Peterborough
 

CIC: El gobierno federal presenta nuevas iniciativas para modificar la ley migratoria para que familias y trabajadores independientes lleguen a Canadá mucho más rápido.