Business Immigrants Must Act Fast If They Intend To Immigrate To Canada

The Canadian Government is calling on all eligible foreign workers wishing to immigrate to Canada to act fast on completing their permanent residence applications because over the next year there are limits on the number of applications Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will consider for the various economic classes that do not require arranged employment.

From May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015, CIC will consider a maximum of:

• 25,500 applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSW);
• 5,000 applications under the Federal Skilled Trades Class (FST); and
• 8,000 applications under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

The above noted economic classes for permanent residence applications have their own sub-caps as well which are further dissected below. And for further clarity, these caps do not affect applications received before May 1, 2014.