移民部正考虑放宽留学生申请移民条件

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Express entry review to ease path to permanent residency for foreign students
International students are the 'cream of the crop,' says immigration minister
By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Mar 15, 2016 8:24 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 16, 2016 2:30 AM ET

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum says the Liberal government wants to attract more international students. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

The Liberal government is looking to ease some rules to make it easier for international students who have been "shortchanged" by express entry to obtain permanent residency, says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum.

Express entry was launched by the previous Conservative government as a way to fill the country's labour needs by fast-tracking permanent residency, in six months or less, for highly skilled foreign nationals.

"We must do more to attract students to this country as permanent residents," McCallum said following a meeting this week in Toronto with his provincial and territorial counterparts.

"International students have been shortchanged by the express entry system," McCallum said. "They are the cream of the crop, in terms of potential future Canadians."

Many international students have been calling on the Liberal government to give them extra points for post-secondary credentials obtained in Canada by making some changes to the system used to rank foreign nationals under express entry.

Harpreet Singh, 24, is an international student who emigrated from India in 2011 after he finished high school.

He told CBC News that he applied for express entry over a year ago and although he has obtained a two-year post-secondary degree from a college in Ontario, he still doesn't have enough points to obtain permanent residency.

"If nothing works out, I'll have to go back," Singh said in a phone interview with CBC News.

Singh is currently pursuing a four-year university bachelor's degree in business management.

Court international students 'first'
Mark Holthe, an immigration lawyer and partner at the law firm of Holthe Tilleman in Alberta, said that while the government has acknowledged that international students do make an important economic contribution to the country, a report tabled by the Department of Immigration last week fell short on details.

"There was very little within the report to suggest anything will change for international students or many temporary foreign works who were hit the hardest" by the launch of express entry.

This week, McCallum said he was committed to reforming the system "to be more welcoming to international students."

"I do know that it's become more difficult since express entry for international students to become permanent residents, and I believe that international students are among the most fertile source of new immigrants for Canada.

"By definition they're educated, they speak English or French, they know something about the country. So they should be first on our list of people whom we court to come to Canada," McCallum said on Monday.

'Other possible reforms' to express entry
McCallum also said he is reviewing the need for employers to apply for a labour market impact assessment — a document required to hire a foreign national over a Canadian one.

"I also spoke about other possible reforms, including whether there's a need for labour market impact assessments for express entry," McCallum said on Monday.

Some businesses said the assessment requirement was the biggest flaw with express entry, in a report published earlier this year by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber said the introduction of this new requirement was a "misstep" that made it "extremely challenging" for businesses to attract highly skilled workers.

The Liberals are moving forward with reversing some changes made to the Citizenship Act that were made under the Tories.

Bill C-6 proposes to count 50 per cent of the time a foreign national spends in Canada before receiving permanent residency toward Canadian citizenship — a move that would also help international students.

More details are expected to come in the Liberal government's first budget on March 22.

 

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Ottawa looks to ease international students’ path to permanent residency
MICHELLE ZILIO AND SIMONA CHIOSE
OTTAWA and TORONTO — The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Mar. 14, 2016 10:18PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016 11:17AM EDT


The Liberal government is moving to make it easier for international students to become permanent residents once they have graduated from Canadian postsecondary institutions.

Immigration Minister John McCallum said he intends to launch federal-provincial talks to reform the current Express Entry program, a computerized system that serves as a matchmaking service between employers and foreign skilled workers. Thousands of international students have been rejected for permanent residency because the program favours prospective skilled workers from abroad.

“We must do more to attract students to this country as permanent residents,” Mr. McCallum told reporters after meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts Monday. “International students have been shortchanged by the Express Entry system. They are the cream of the crop in terms of potential future Canadians and so I certainly would like to work with my provincial and territorial colleagues to improve that.”

Mr. McCallum said international students are ideal immigrants and should be recruited by Canada.

“I believe international students are among the most fertile source of new immigrants for Canada. By definition, they are educated. They speak English or French,” said the minister.

“They know something about the country, so they should be first on our list of people who we court to come to Canada,” he minister.

International students have been uncertain about whether they will be able to stay in Canada after they finish their studies since the former Conservative government introduced the Express Entry system on Jan. 1, 2015. Prior to that, they had a clear path to permanent residency.

To be able to apply for permanent residence under Express Entry, however, graduates have to reach a certain number of points, with levels changing from month to month. Those with the highest points in any given month are more likely to be successful.

Evan Green, a Toronto immigration lawyer who has helped international students apply for permanent residence, was cautious about the promise to adjust how applications are processed.

The government is projecting fewer economic applicants overall, and so international students may face more competition for the available spots.

“The target for 2015 was 181,300 in the economic class and this year it’s 160,600,” he said.

Still, a few simple adjustments could make it easier for international students to settle in Canada, he said. Giving graduates specific points for education and work experience in this country would be a start. That’s how the prior system worked.

“You had people who paid for their own education, had Canadian work experience, they’re pretty good immigrants,” he said. “They could adjust it so that work experience on your postgrad work permit could be worth more.”

Making the system easier to navigate is crucial to Canada’s economy and its universities, said Paul Davidson, the president of Universities Canada. International students contribute in excess of $10-billion in GDP to the economy, more than wheat and more than softwood lumber, he said.

“It’s a global competition,” he said. “Being able to offer a commitment that students can stay here after they graduate is part of the pitch Canadian universities make to attract top talent.”

When the system was first introduced, people with a long work history in Canada were the first to receive invitations. That’s because their employers were willing to file applications for a labour market impact assessment (LMIA). If the assessment is positive, and shows no Canadian can do the job, the applicant receives an automatic 600 points.

That’s a much harder bar for an international student, with limited work experience, to meet. As a result, most graduates who were international students do not have LMIAs.

Still, since last spring, new graduates have been receiving invitations.

Recent graduates have also been frustrated by long processing delays. While the government was busy fine-tuning the Express Entry system, thousands of international students who had applied before the new rules came into effect found their applications delayed for as long as 18 months.

“I applied in December, 2014 and did not receive a response until this December,” said Babatunde John Olanipekun, a geology PhD graduate from Memorial University in St John’s. Mr. Olanipekun missed out on several jobs while waiting for his application to be processed.

“I was stuck in limbo. My wife is a family doctor in Nigeria, but we could not make any decision,” he said. “I told [the government] you can’t just abandon us,” he said.

According to numbers provided by CIC, in December, 6,000 applications submitted under the Canada Experience Class were still awaiting processing at the time.

Dr. Olanipekun’s father is an American citizen and he could have applied for a green card, but he chose Canada instead. With his application now approved, he will be taking up a postdoctoral position at a Canadian university later this year.

Mr. McCallum also said the government will engage the provinces on the need to recognize immigrants’ foreign credentials.

“There’s universal agreement that the foreign credentials issue is a really important one and a really important impediment for newcomers coming to this country. We all know that many doctors and accountants and engineers have to wait for years, perhaps forever, before they can get accredited in Canada,” said Mr. McCallum.

While foreign credentials fall under provincial jurisdiction, Mr. McCallum said Ottawa will hold a meeting on the matter with the provinces, territories and Employment and Social Development Canada to “discuss best practices in the area of credentials.”

 

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John McCallum pledges to make immigration easier for international students
Minister says international students 'the best source of immigrants'
By Moira Donovan, CBC News Posted: Mar 16, 2016 8:30 AM AT Last Updated: Mar 16, 2016 8:30 AM AT

Immigration Minister John McCallum says he wants to make it easier for international student to immigrate to Canada. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum says the government will be looking at ways to make the immigration process easier for international students.

"International students are the best source of immigrants, in the sense that they're educated, they're young, they speak English or French, they know something of the country," he said. "So we should be doing everything we can do to court them."

His comments could have significant implications for Nova Scotia, which welcomes thousands of international students each year and has been pushing hard to attract more immigrants.

International students in Nova Scotia
Saint Mary's University says more than a quarter of its students come from other countries. Dalhousie University says 14 per cent of its 18,000 students are international, while Cape Breton University is home to nearly 1,000 international students.

Jimena Prado is a member of the Dalhousie International Students' Association. (Stephanie vanKampen/CBC)

Jimena Prado is from Mexico and is studying immunology and microbiology at Dalhousie University.

As a member of the Dalhousie International Students' Association, Prado says many international students want to stay in Nova Scotia after graduation, herself included.

"A lot of us are young and want to start our lives here. So I think that would be a really good thing and it would open a lot of opportunities for all of us," she said.

McCallum told CBC Radio's Mainstreet the government is looking into different options to facilitate students becoming permanent residents.

Citizenship difficult through current system
He said the existing Express Entry System makes it difficult for students to gain permanent residence.

The Express Entry system is a computerized program that matches students with potential employers, but many students have been rejected by the program because it prioritizes immigrants who are skilled workers.

The system was introduced on Jan. 1, 2015, by the previous Conservative government; before that, it was a straightforward process for international students to apply for permanent residence.

McCallum said the federal government will work with provinces on ways to reform the points-based system.

Reforms yet to be determined
Those reforms may include increasing the number of points an applicant for permanent residence gets simply by virtue of being an international student.

It could also mean decreasing the number of points applicants gain for receiving a permanent job offer, since students often struggle to get job offers that have government approval.

Although the exact nature of the reforms have yet to be determined, McCallum said the federal government recognizes the importance of encouraging international students to stay in the country.

"The bottom line is that we definitely want to be more welcoming to international students and we will have more concrete proposals in the not too distant future," he said.

 

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

好像是哈婆政府开始给留学生移民更多名额吧？当时被骂死，说是限制中国移民。
土豆整几万难民来，还不如中国技术移民。

 

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

也不知道习大大是什么生活圈子。 老移是不愁温饱，整天的瞎喊乱叫。。。小移们要么富二代，要么一穷二白，无依无靠，除了搞定身份，不可能有太多政治考量。

小移中小学都在国内上，脑子已经被洗了。
反而是年龄大点的，看懂了中国社会。

 

[冷笑9声]

小移中小学都在国内上，脑子已经被洗了。
反而是年龄大点的，看懂了中国社会。

看到麦达菲议员们的骗钱丑闻的更新了么？ 涉案30人左右吧？金额总共100万加元，包括麦达菲的9万。。。调查费用是2400万。。。绝大多数无证不予起诉，最终获得起诉的估计不会超过麦达菲一人，还不知是否判罪。。。你TMD真不知道肥了谁了。
当年我们单位有个技术骨干偷了小组小金库3万RMB，单位请来公安派出所进入调查，连吃带住一个月破案，费用也是3万元。 大伙心里说这个不值啊，青年才俊一念只差进监狱5年，公安片警吃吃喝喝一个月。。。安内为，程序正义。

 

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看到麦达菲议员们的骗钱丑闻的更新了么？ 涉案30人左右吧？金额总共100万加元，包括麦达菲的9万。。。调查费用是2400万。。。绝大多数无证不予起诉，最终获得起诉的估计不会超过麦达菲一人，还不知是否判罪。。。你TMD真不知道肥了谁了。
当年我们单位有个技术骨干偷了小组小金库3万RMB，单位请来公安派出所进入调查，连吃带住一个月破案，费用也是3万元。 大伙心里说这个不值啊，青年才俊一念只差进监狱5年，公安片警吃吃喝喝一个月。。。安内为，程序正义。

有些案子RCMP撤消封存了，不继续查了。

 

[冷笑9声]

小移中小学都在国内上，脑子已经被洗了。
反而是年龄大点的，看懂了中国社会。

现在的小孩很有主见的。。。港台那边的小孩人称“天然独”，趋势，没辙。大陆那边的小孩是“天然统”，阶级感情。

 

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有些案子RCMP撤消封存了，不继续查了。

没听错的话是24人吧？剩下几个人估计也查不出什么。

 

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

现在的小孩很有主见的。。。港台那边的小孩人称“天然独”，趋势，没辙。大陆那边的小孩是“天然统”，阶级感情。

老胡家估计是双政府工，对加拿大感情太深厚。

 

[xilihutu]

无论怎么说，支持放宽留学生移民
只有各位走出自己那个小圈子，多接触年轻一代，就会改变成见
我很开心看到新一代留学生（不是老一代艰苦的留学生，经历不同，心态不同）毕业选择留在加拿大的，已经在渥太华不少行业形成群体了
他们朝气蓬勃，阳光，大气，有实力。。。留下来的，结婚买房的不要太多哦，9教授那个神马温饱完全还是老一代移民的格局和眼光，他们这一代房子首付是30%，还都是大房子，温饱是问题吗？

 

[呆呆不在家]

不知何时能实现 拭目以待

 

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

不知何时能实现 拭目以待

现在已经是有工作offer就给移民了吧？比美国松，没有H1B配额。

 

[呆呆不在家]

现在已经是有工作offer就给移民了吧？比美国松，没有H1B配额。

限制条件很多
有工作其实并不加分

 

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

限制条件很多
有工作其实并不加分

有些什么限制？