Last year, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Diane Finley, opened a new route to permanent residency in Canada for certain temporary workers and students under the new Canadian Experience Class (CEC) starting in September 2008.
The new immigration program is addressed to qualified temporary foreign workers and foreign graduates with professional, managerial and skilled work experience in Canada.
In contrary to other programs, the Canadian Experience Class emphasises the importance of an applicant’s professional experience in Canada in the context of the immigration process.
In order to apply, a potential candidate has to plan to lie outside the province of Quebec and be a temporary foreign worker with two years of full-time professional work experience in Canada, or a foreign graduate from a Canadian post-secondary institution with one year of full-time professional experience in Canada. Applications have to be made within one year of leaving the job in Canada.
Applicants are required to communicate and work in one or both of Canada’s official languages. The language abilities have to be proven in order to qualify for permanent residence under the program. The level of language competency required to qualify will vary depending on the occupation category.
All applications will be reviewed by a visa officer who will asess applicants’ information and documentation in accordance with current selection standards.
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