On February 3, 2022, Statistics Canada published new data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) indicating that immigrants who came to Canada as children and participated in the Canadian education system earn more or similar wages during adulthood when compared to those of their Canadian-born peers.
The report analyzed the characteristics of these immigrants and their socioeconomic outcomes and median wages based on income tax data in 2019.
In general, children admitted with economic immigrants had higher median wages than the overall Canadian population in the same age range.
#Statistics_Canada, #IMDB, #economic_immigrants, #Child_immigrants, #wages
February 4, 2022
Applying for a permanent residency or a work permit in Canada, applicants must prove their language skills by meeting minimum language requirements.
However, even an applicant meets the requirement, visa officers can reject applications.
The application of an Indian citizen who applied for temporary residence and a work permit as a long-haul truck driver in British Columbia has been denied since the Canadian visa officers have not been convinced that the applicant had the language skills necessary to adequately perform the work.
The applicant had a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and met the language requirement of CLB 4 for the job.
His application has been rejected due to the lower level of reading score (CLB 5) since the officer considered this score was not enough to study and learn the rules of driving in Canada.
#Federal_Court, #LMIA, #language_requirements, #truck_drivers
February 4, 2022
Canadian employers face labour shortages in many sectors.
However, healthcare, construction, and the restaurant and hospitality sectors experience the most acute labour shortage when compared to other sectors.
According to a Statistics Canada report published on January 27, 2022, in November 2021, the healthcare sector had 119,600 vacancies with a 5.2% job vacancy rate.
Construction and the restaurant and hospitality sectors doubled the number of job vacancies compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
Despite the number of vacancies being down 9.3 percent or 89,600 positions in November 2021, it was still much higher than before the pandemic.
#Statistics_Canada, #labour_shortage, #healthcare_workers, #construction_workers, #hospitality_workers
February 4, 2022
Immigration consultants (working both registered and unregistered, paid or unpaid) have to stop their job activities if getting appointed to a position within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
to avoid situations of conflict of interest and conflict of duties with the goal of upholding the values and ethics of the public sector and the public interest.
In addition, prospective IRCC workers who are Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs) have to resign from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants in case getting a job within IRCC departments.
#IRCC, #immigration_consultants, #RCIC, #consultants
February 3, 2022
