The Canadian Experience Class – Applying For Permanent Residence In Canada Has Never Been Easier

In accordance with the Conservative government's ever-changing reformation of the supposedly out-of-date and out-of-touch current Canadian immigration system, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") has now focused its considerable regulatory sights on the Canadian Experience Class ("CEC") – one of the most significant, successful and economically advantageous categories of permanent immigration categories CIC has introduced since Canada repealed the Immigration Act of 1976 and replaced it with the with the Immigration Refugee and Protection Act ("IRPA") in 2002.

The CEC, woven into the framework of the IRPA in 2008, was established in a bid to retain the top talent from abroad and overcome the excessively long processing delays many applicants experience when applying for permanent residence status under the federal skilled worker program. This class of application allows temporary foreign workers with work experience, and foreign students who are graduates of a