Today the Canadian Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander,
announced changes to the popular Canadian Experience Class
(CEC).
The CEC is a program that allows eligible applicants with
Canadian work experience to apply for Canadian Permanent Residency.
The CEC is currently open to applicants who have gained 1 year of
skilled, paid work experience in Canada within the three years
before applying. Applicants must also meet minimum language
requirements and have the intention of residing in any Canadian
Province other than Quebec. Under the current CEC, which ends
tomorrow, there are not caps or limits.
In order to prevent processing backlogs and maintain fast
processing times, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will
only be accepted a maximum of 12,000 applications for processing
between November 9th, 2013 and Oct 31, 2014.
