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- Let you know a guide to the detailed Agri-Food Immigration pilot. As the Agri-Food Emigration Filter, or agri-food immigration, was implemented as scheduled on May 15, much attention is being paid to it. At first, the date for the implementation of agricultural migration was scheduled for the end of March, but it was delayed by COVID-19 worldwide and officially implemented on May 15. Agri-food immigration is a temporary three-year program designed to address Canadian employers' labor needs in meat processing, mushroom and greenhouse production and livestock breeding industries. The work permit holder, who already works in Canada, has been interested in obtaining permanent residency more easily and aims to receive 2,750 applications annually by 2023. The reason why I'm interested in agri-food immigration is that certain professions can acquire permanent residency more easily. There are a total of six jobs available for this program: farm supervisor, retail butcher, wholesale butcher, food processing worker, farm worker, and harvesting worker. As with other permanent residency programs, the application requirements are the same, but the application is based on a first-come, first-served basis rather than on a score basis, so you can apply only if you meet the basic conditions, even if you don't have a high English score, academic background, or a lot of experience. Your career needs more than one year full-time experience in the last three years in Canada. The full-time here refers to a full-time job that requires more than 30 hours of work per week, and only the six jobs mentioned above can be recognized. You can apply for language scores if you only have 4 CLB points, 4 points per CELPIP area, and IELTS for Reading 3.5, Writing 4.0, Listing 4.5, and Speaking 4.0. In addition, the minimum settlement fund based on the number of family members should be proven. One-person households: $12,960, two-person households: $16,135, three-person households: $19,836, four-person households: $24,083, five-person households: $27,315, six-person households $30,806, seven-person households, proof of balance must be submitted as required. If you are currently working in Canada, it is not mandatory to prove it, but if possible, I recommend you to prove it. However, this program has limited the number of people who can apply every year. It is not always possible to apply for a job in this job, and the number of applications has been limited for each job group. There are 50 farm supervisors, 1,470 butcher workers, 730 food processing workers, 200 farm workers and 300 harvesting workers. We also expect it to take approximately 12 months, similar to PNP, given that we have yet to announce the exact duration of the procedure, but that we will have to apply by mail. As we receive applications on a first-come, first-served basis, we recommend that applicants who qualify for the application prepare the documents as soon as possible. Even if you don't apply this year, it will open again next year, so you have to prepare in advance so that you can apply right away next year. Also, this program was implemented for the first time, and unlike the existing immigration program, there are many additional documents that require, so please make sure to prepare the documents from the beginning. 2020-05-20 Read more >
- LMIA Impact from COVID-19 LIMA is an almost essential process for permanent residency. Of course, it's not mandatory for all permanent residency applicants, but it's essential to earn extra points in applying for the Express Entry permanent residency, or to get a Work Permit that allows you to legally live and work in Canada. However, there is a lot of concern about whether such an important LIMA can proceed at a time when COVID-19 reduces or reduces the number of employees currently employed. The bottom line is that LIMA is receiving applications and interviews with employers and coming out safely, given the massive job cuts, government subsidies and the progress of LIMA from March to May, when telecommuting began. LMIA stands for the Labour Market Impact Assessment, a program being implemented by Service Canada to help local Canadian companies hire and operate. Service Canada encourages Canadian citizens and permanent residents to get a job first, so companies want to give Canadian citizens or permanent residents a chance first. However, companies that cannot supplement enough human resources only by Canadian locals will be granted permission to meet their overseas workforce through LIMA. However, it may be ironic in some ways to apply for LIMA to hire additional employees at a time when COVID-19 has caused existing staff to be reduced and the business to close. So there's a lot of concern, and fortunately, Service Canada has decided that this is a temporary situation and is approving LIMA applications and approvals. Of course, there are some companies that operate normally as before, but others that do not have the same approval rate are getting approval with quite a high approval rate. The most worrisome thing is that the company currently has reduced employees. While it may not make sense to hire new employees during the downsizing process, recent interviews with LIMA officials have shown that LIMA has also given its approval if it intends to rehire existing employees after this COVID-19 incident. In addition, work permit holders were able to return to their home countries due to COVID-19 and obtain approval even if they were short of staff. On the other hand, companies that have significantly lowered their current income, not restructuring, or that have temporarily closed their businesses have received applications well, and LIMA has been approved without any problems. However, in the LIMA interview, you can ask carefully how you can make up for your insufficient income and when you plan to reopen it. The duration of the LIMA process will vary from company to company, but usually within two to four weeks of application, the interview contact has been the most frequent, and in the case it takes two to three months. Of course, the duration of the procedure may vary between companies and judges. As mentioned above, LIMA is proceeding according to existing policy regardless of COVID-19, and applications and approvals are coming out as long as the company's LIMA application conditions are met. However, there may be differences depending on the examiner and the government policy continues to change due to COVID-19. If you need to extend work permit after receiving LIMA from Canada or plan to move forward, we recommend that you prepare and apply for LIMA and Work Permit as soon as possible. 2020-05-13 Read more >
- If I got fired, Should I leave Canada? Now not only Canada but also the world is not doing normal economic activities due to COVID-19. As a result, many workers are suffering, especially those who work permit who are preparing for permanent residency in Canada. As a result, a common concern for work permit holders working in Canada is what happens when they lose their jobs and how they affect immigration applications. First of all, the Work Permitholder may not know exactly whether or not he/she can stay in Canada after losing his/her job and how to deal with it. In conclusion, there are many ways to stay in Canada even after you lose your job. In the case of Work Permit holders through LMIA, if they receive a Work Permit via LMIA, they have a Closed Work Permit, and even if they are currently unemployed, they can legally stay in Canada until the Work Permit expires. But you can't work elsewhere. In other words, if you receive a Work Permit through LMIA, it is a Work Permit that you have already set up and received so that you can work for a particular employer and a specific job in a particular region. Therefore, if you work through this Work Permit, you must work with the employer as defined by LMIA. However, if you are forced to lose your job, you can stay in Canada like a visitor until the work permit expires without leaving Canada. If you want to work elsewhere, you can find another employer and start a new job with LMIA and Work Permit. Unlike the Closed Open Work Permit above, Open Work Permit holders are free to find and work with their employers during the Open Work Permit period. You don't need to get a new work permit like Closed Open Work Permit. This makes it easier to find new employers than Closed Work Permit. If your current work permit expires soon or has already expired, you must apply for a new Work Permit application before it expires. Alternatively, you should apply for Study Permit or Visitor Permit to maintain a legal status to stay in Canada. If you applied for a new permittance before the expiration of the current permittivity, you can legally stay in Canada until the results of the new permittance are released, and your status is called "implified status." If you have not applied for a new permittion before the current permittivity is over, you will be given a period of permit restoration, called Restoration, within 90 people from the time the permittion expires. If you restore the restoration within this period, you can live in Canada while waiting. You also need to know exactly how your previous career is recognized when you lose your job. If you quit your job in the middle due to unemployment, your career will be recognized from the date you started to quit, and if you start working again in a new job, your career will continue from then on. For example, if you work for six months in a job called A and work for another six months in a job called B after losing your job, your total career can be recognized for one year. In addition, at a time when there is a lot of interest in employment and permanent residency, I hope you will find out the exact information and how to deal with it and make sure that you are prepared not only for the extension of the work permit but also for permanent residency in the future. 2020-05-06 Read more >
- Is there only a CEC selection in the recent Canadian permanent residency program Express Entry? There have been a total of six Express Entry selections until April 16 since the entry into Canada on March 18. A total of six starts in about 29 days were the shortest since Express Entry was created in 2015. On April 9, there were two starts on the same day, and from April 9 to April 16, there were four starts in a week. Recently, due to such an unconventional selection, EE's starting score dropped from 470 to 455. If you take a closer look at these selections, there is a difference from the ones previously announced. Only CEC was selected for the selection on March 23, April 9, and April 16, and only EE was selected through PNP for the selection on March 18, April 9, and April 15. In other words, if you look at the existing selections, the selection of CEC (experience immigration), FSW (technical migration), and PNP (state immigration) were always made at the same time, but since March 18, CEC and PNP selection have been held separately, and there has been no FSW selection for a month. We can see why we're suddenly so focused on the selection and the CEC selection, but the biggest impact is COVID-19 (Chorona virus. The CEC was implemented in 2008 to encourage foreign students and foreign workers to have permanent residency, and the number of international students and workers has increased exponentially since then. As a result, I received more permanent residency and contributed greatly to the economic growth of Canada. CEC basically requires a year of experience in Canada, and most CEC applicants already live and work in Canada while applying. Therefore, CEC selection is focused on CEC selection rather than FSW selection because CEC applicants are considered to be less exposed to the risk of COVID-19 than FSW applicants who are relatively overseas or who have a short time to enter Canada. As such, Canada has already settled in Canada and is encouraging the immigration of applicants who are less exposed to COVID-19. It aims to attract more permanent residents and revive the sluggish economy with COVID-19. The expected economic growth in Canada due to CEC is highly regarded. Basically, in order to obtain permanent residency, we need young age, high education, high language skills, Canadian experience, and overseas experience, because by providing permanent residency to these applicants, we can make economic progress through skilled, young workers who already work in Canada. But in Canada, CEC is not the only program, so when the overall immigration score is falling, you have to consider how to obtain the right permanent residency through other immigration methods such as PNP. There are not only EE immigration methods, but there are many immigration methods such as PNP, AINP, and RNIP, so I hope you find out more about them and proceed. 2020-04-29 Read more >
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