According to Canadian media reports, since the federal immigration department resumed accepting skilled worker immigration applications on May 4, only two of the 24 eligible occupations have reached their caps, with very few applicants for the remaining categories. Analysts suggest that the excessively high threshold for skilled worker immigration is the primary reason for this lukewarm response.
Under current conditions, in addition to possessing a certain level of professional expertise and experience, applicants must secure a job offer in Canada before they can apply. Furthermore, there is a high language requirement of at least 6 points on the IELTS, which is extremely difficult for applicants from non-English speaking countries such as China. The number of open occupational categories is also shrinking; many individuals who meet the qualifications but fall outside the specified occupations are forced to seek other alternatives.
Precisely because of these stringent requirements, even though the Canadian government "wiped the slate clean" last year by canceling 280,000 federal skilled worker applications—which should have left many spots available—the response remains cold since the program reopened. The immigration department announced that it would accept applications for skilled worker immigration across 24 limited occupational categories until April 30, 2014, with a total annual cap of 5,000 applications and a limit of 300 per occupational category. However, to date, only 997 applications have been received, which is less than one-fifth of the quota.
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