Guide to Saskatchewan Immigration Program for International Skilled Workers

March 14, 2014 by Jessica

Canada immigration under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program for International Skilled worker category is designed for foreign nationals  with post-secondary education and high skilled work experience to help them to successfully establish and integrate into Saskatchewan’s labor market and communities.You must meet the education, experience , language skills and other eligibly factors to qualify to be nominated by Saskatchewan for Canada immigration. The program is additional opportunity for foreign skilled workers who many not be able to immigrate to Canada under the Federal Skilled Program for Canada permanent residence. There are limited number of immigrant visas available for foreign skilled workers without job offer and majority of the quota require job from an employer in Saskatchewan.

Eligibility:

SINP International Skilled Worker Category applicants who are either living in Canada with legal status or residing abroad and meet the following eligibility criteria:

• You must score a minimum of 60 points out of 100 on the point assessment grid.
• You must have a minimum of one-year work experience in the past ten years in your intended occupation. If you are not providing a skilled job offer from an approved Saskatchewan employer you must have a minimum of one-year work experience in the past ten years related to your field of education or training in a skilled position.
• You must have a minimum language score of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 in order to meet the minimum requirement, however, it can be higher depending on the employer or the provincial regulatory bod.
• The applicants with work experience in a proffession that is regulated must provide evidence that they have obtained the appropriate Saskatchewan licensure to be able to work in that profession before submitting their application.

• An offer of permanent, full-time employment in Saskatchewan either in an occupation in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) A, B or 0, or in a designatedtrade in Saskatchewan.   OR
• If you are not providing a skilled job offer from an approved Saskatchewan Employer you mustmeet all of the following requirements:
  • Your field of education or training must be in a high skilled occupation NOC A, B or 0 that is considered to be an in-demand in Saskatchewan.
  • You must have completed post-secondary education, training or apprenticeship equivalent that is comparable to the Canadian education system of at least one year in length that has resulted in a diploma, a certificate or degree.
  • You must have proof of a minimum of one year work experience in the past ten years related to your filed of education or training in a skilled position
  • If your occupational education and work experience is in a regulated profession or compulsory apprenticeship trade, you will be required to obtain the appropriate Saskatchewan licensure to be able to work in that profession before you apply.
  • You must demonstrate that you have required settlement funds and a settlement plan.

5 Selection Factors:

You must score 60 out of 100 points in following five factors:

1. Education and Training
2. Skilled Work Experience
3. Language Skills
4. Age
5. Saskatchewan Labour Market and Adaptability

Factor 1. Education and Training:

Master’s or Doctorate degree	23
University Degree that required at least three years of full-time study	20
Trade certification equivalent to journey person status in Saskatchewan	20
Degree, diploma or certificate that required at least two years of full-time post-secondary study, or apprenticeship equivalent	15
Degree, diploma or certificate that required at least one year of full-time post-secondary study or apprenticeship equivalent	12

Factor 2. Skilled Work Experience:

Under the skilled work experience factor, applicant can score maximum 15 points based on work experience during the last ten years. The applicant must have at least one year full time or equivalent work experience in the intend profession in Saskatchewan.

Work Experience during Most Recent 5 years prior to lodging application
5 years	10
4 years	8
3 years	6
2 years	4
1 year	2
Work Experience form 6 to 10 year time period prior to lodging application
5 years	5
4 years	4
3 years	3
2 years	2
1 year	1

If you submitted your application on January 1, 2014, then the most recent 5 year experience will be 2009-2013 and skilled experience form 6 to 10 year time period will be 2004-2008

Factor 3. Language Skills:

Maximum 20 points are awarded under the official language ability factor. You must submit language test result with your application as proof of language proficiency. Even if English or French is your native language, you must provide results of language test. The points are awarded according to the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and you must have at least CLB 4.

First Language
CLB 8 or higher	20
CLB 7	18
CLB 6	16
CLB 5	14
CLB 4 (Minimum requirement)	12
Native speakers of English or French without Test Results	0

Factor 4. Age:

Maximum 12 points are awarded for age of the principal applicant.

< 18	0
18-21	8
22-34	12
35-45	10
46-50	8
>50	0

Factor 5. Saskatchewan Labour Market and Adaptability:

Maximum 30 points are awarded under this factor for the international skilled worker category. The applicant must have a full time job offer from an approved Saskatchewan employer in a skilled occupation NOC A, B or O or a strong connection to Saskatchewan with intention and ability to settle successfully and economically establish in the province as a permanent resident.

High skilled employment offer, OR	30
Close relative in Saskatchewan, OR	20
Previous work experience in Saskatchewan OR	5
Previous Student experience in Saskatchewan	5

You must submit all the supporting documents when you submit your application online.

Source: http://www.visato.com/canada/guide-saskatchewan-immigration-program-international-skilled-workers-20140314

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4 Year Maximum Working Rule for Temporary Workers in Canada

 by Jessica

He came to Canada from India on a work permit in May 2011 and has been working as assistance managercustomer care. While trying to extend his work permitlast year, he found that he can stay in Canada for only four years as temporary foreign workers and he will have to leave once he has completed four years work in Canada. The most worrying aspect of this 4 years working rule was that he can return to Canada only after waiting for four years.

Many temporary foreign workers may not know about this new 4 year working rule that restricts their stay in Canada to a maximum period of four years.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations:

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations R200(3)(g) under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations establishes the maximum period of 4 years for foreign temporary workers which states:

(3) An officer shall not issue a work permit to a foreign national if

(g) the foreign national has worked in Canada for one or more periods totalling four years, unless

• (i) a period of forty-eight months has elapsed since the day on which the foreign national accumulated four years of work in Canada,
• (ii) the foreign national intends to perform work that would create or maintain significant social, cultural or economic benefits or opportunities for Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or
• (iii) the foreign national intends to perform work pursuant to an international agreement between Canada and one or more countries, including an agreement concerning seasonal agricultural workers

All Work Counts:

The work performed by a foreign temporary worker since April 1, 2011 is counted towards the accumulated four year work. The work regardless of whether or not it was permitted by a work permit or exempt from work permit counts towards a temporary foreign worker’s 4-year total. Temporary foreign worker must include all the following work:

• volunteer work,
• a self-employed individual,
• work in all occupations falling under all categories in the National Occupation Code (NOC) list,
• work done while under implied status
• work done while on an open work permit.

Exclusions:

International students can exclude any work performed during a period in which they were authorized to study on a full-time basis in Canada.

Some situations in which there was a gap between employment such as time spent outside Canada, or maternity/paternity leave spent in Canada can be excluded from total work.

The restriction of 4-year accumulated work in Canada was introduced to encourage temporary foreign workers to explore options of Canadian permanent residency if they want to reside in Canada for prolonged periods.

Foreign temporary workers after living some time in Canada may have good English/French language skills, skilled work experience and ability to integrate in the Canadian society. They may take advantage of Canadian Experience Class for Canadian permanent residence after gaining 12 months of work experience and meeting other selection criteria.

Source: http://www.visato.com/canada/4-year-maximum-working-rule-temporary-workers-canada-20140105

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Alberta accounts for “lion’s share” of annual national employment growth

BY MARIO TONEGUZZI, CALGARY HERALD MARCH 7, 2014

 

 

 

 

Year-over-year employment growth in Calgary has been strong.

Photograph by: Leah Hennel , Calgary Herald

CALGARY - The unemployment rates in both Calgary and in Alberta dipped in February as the province accounted for the “lion’s share” of annual national employment growth, according to Statistics Canada.

The federal agency reported Friday that the unemployment rate in the Calgary census metropolitan area was down to 4.7 per cent from 4.8 per cent in January while at the provincial level it fell to 4.3 per cent from 4.6 per cent the previous month.

Employment was basically unchanged in the Calgary region with a loss of 200 jobs from January but year-over-year employment was up by 3.5 per cent or 27,000 positions. In Alberta, there were 18,800 new jobs created from January, up 0.8 per cent, and year-over-year employment grew by 82,300 positions or 3.8 per cent.

It was the highest pace of monthly job creation in nearly three years and well above the average gain of about 6,000 since the end of the 2009 recession.

“Alberta’s better job prospects, if you don’t have one, and higher wages, if you do, continue to draw migrants from almost every other province in the country,” said Robert Kavcic, senior economist with BMO Capital Markets.

Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, said February’s job report puts to rest any lingering notions that Alberta’s labour market is shifting into lower gear.

“If anything, it may sound the alarm that the economy is galloping ahead too quickly,” he said.

Hirsch said Alberta now accounts for 87 per cent of all the jobs created in the entire country since February of last year.

Most of the new jobs in Alberta were in construction (23,300), retail and wholesale trade (7,300), and oil and gas (6,800). These gains were partially offset by a drop in professional, scientific and technical occupations (15,200), and health care and social assistance (10,600), explained Hirsch.

“Three months ago, Alberta saw a one-month drop of nearly 10,000 jobs. That led to some concern about an economic slowdown,” he said. “The longer-term trend points to anything but. With a falling unemployment rate and employment rising more quickly than the pool of available workers, the true worry could be that more Alberta employers will feel the pinch of labour shortages.”

Alberta’s unemployment rate is the second lowest in Canada behind only Saskatchewan’s 3.9 per cent which fell from the previous month’s 4.3 per cent.

Douglas Porter, chief economist with BMO Capital Markets, said the job gap between “powerhouse Alberta” and the other nine provinces has widened.

“Looking through the typical see-saw pattern in Canadian employment, there is little doubt that underlying trends are cooling, with job totals up a modest 0.5 per cent from a year ago and the unemployment rate seemingly stuck at 7.0 per cent,” he said. “We wouldn’t expect job conditions to improve markedly in the year ahead - the expected rotation of growth to exports and business investment is not especially favourable for job growth. But perhaps the biggest story in (Friday’s) figures is the extreme gap in job growth between Alberta and everybody else.”

Nationally, Statistics Canada said employment was little changed in February, and the unemployment rate remained at 7.0 per cent.

“There has been little overall employment growth in Canada since August 2013,” it said. “Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased by 95,000 (0.5 per cent) and the unemployment rate was unchanged.”

On a monthly basis, employment was down by 7,000 positions across the country.

Sonya Gulati, senior economist with TD Economics, said contraction of jobs in February “caught us, and the market, by surprise.”

“However, we have become accustomed to significant monthly swings in the Labour Force Survey. In turn, it is becoming increasingly hard to accurately pinpoint what the monthly print will be,” she said. “Stepping back, employment growth in Canada has now stalled over the past six months. Some comfort will be had that full-time positions and the private sector have been holding up reasonably well beneath the headline.”

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Strengthening Immigration in Ontario

English: Ontario Province within Canada. Français : Situation de la province d'Ontario au Canada. ---- Español: Provincia de Ontario en Canadá. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New Legislation to Help Attract More Skilled Immigrants, Boost Economic Growth

February 19, 2014 9:45 a.m.

Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

Ontario is taking steps to strengthen its role in immigrant selection by introducing legislation today that would, if passed, help meet the province's future labour market needs and support economic growth.

Building on the government's Immigration Strategy, the proposed Ontario Immigration Act would, if passed, assist the province in working with the federal government to maximize the social, cultural and economic benefits of immigration by:

• Helping meet future labour needs by legislating the province's ability to set immigration targets to attract more skilled immigrants.
• Preventing fraud by improving compliance and enforcement measures in the immigrant selection process, such as introducing penalties for applicants who misrepresent personal information or for those that may take advantage of immigrants.
• Enabling Ontario to work more closely with the federal government on recruitment, selection and admission of skilled immigrants to the province.

The province will also redesign the Provincial Nominee Program to help facilitate expected increases in the federal government's allocation of economic immigrants. Ontario has called for an increase in its provincial-nominees allocation from 1,300 to 5,000 to support the province's highly-skilled workforce.

Strengthening immigration in Ontario to help build our knowledge economy is part of the government's economic plan that is creating jobs for today and tomorrow. The comprehensive plan and its six priorities focus on Ontario's greatest strengths -- its people and strategic partnerships.

Quick Facts

• Ontario remains the number one destination for newcomers to Canada, receiving more immigrants than the combined total of all the provinces and territories west of here. Newcomers make up 30 per cent of Ontario's labour force.
• Over the next 25 years, immigration will account for all of the increases in Ontario’s working age population and is expected to be a major source of future labour force growth.
• Ontario’s Immigration Strategy sets a goal that five per cent of newcomers be Francophone.
• The federal government makes key decisions about immigration that impact Ontario. Federal decisions over the last 10 years have reduced the proportion of economic immigrants coming to Ontario to 50 per cent, while the average for other provinces is 70 per cent.
• Ninety-eight per cent of Ontario’s provincial nominees remain in the province.
• The Provincial Nominee Program is for employers who would like to fill skilled positions that they have not been able to fill domestically with foreign workers and international students who want to live and work in the province.

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Food Counter Attendants Required

Ayam! — KFC Royal Plaza (Photo credit: Ikhlasul Amal)

IMG_9880 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Experience: None Years

Education: Other

Location: Regina, SK, Canada

Job Description:

28 food counter attendants required

Full time year round work – split shifts and weekends

$10.00 -11.50 per hour depending on experience.

Job Duties:

- Taking customer orders; receive payment for food items purchased
- Portion and pack food for service to patrons
- Package takeout food; sweep and mop floors, clear and clean tables
- Clean, peel, slice and trim food stuff using manual and electrical appliances
- Prepare food such as chicken, fries, sandwiches and salads
- Wash work tables, cupboards, appliances, remove trash, unpack and store supplies

Job Requirements:

Previous food service experience is an asset but prepared to train the right candidates.

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For more information, please visit our website at www.nexuscanadaimmigration.com and send us your up-to-date resume/CV to our email: nexuscanadavisa@gmail.com

20 Food Service Managers Needed

Moose Jaw City Hall, SK, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Experience: 3-4 Years

Education: Other

Location: Saskatchewan , SK, Canada

Job Description:

20 Food Service Managers Needed

7 positions in Regina, 7 Saskatoon, 2 Prince Albert, 1 Yorkton, 1 Nipawin, 1 Moose Jaw, 1 Fort Qu’Appelle

Full time year round work includes various shifts (Day, Mid, Evening and Weekends) 

$30,000 – 36,000/year depending on experience.

Job Duties:

- Oversee staff training and make decision as to when training is completed.

- Plan and monitor daily operation of the restaurant.

- Resolve customers and employers complaints to the restaurant satisfaction.

- Possess ability to run effectively the front and the back of the restaurant operation when necessary

- Make sure that the restaurants meet all the standards and goals set for each location.

- Control inventory, set employees schedules and monitor employee’s performance.

Job Requirements:

Minimum requirement - 3 years experience as a manager in the food service industry is a must.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.nexuscanadaimmigration.com and send us your up-to-date resume/CV to our email: nexuscanadavisa@gmail.com

Job Opportunity : 40 food service supervisors required

Regina Saskatchewan (Photo credit: kevinmklerks)

14 positions in Regina, 14 Saskatoon, 4 Prince Albert, 2 Yorkton, 2 Nipawin, 2 Moose Jaw, 2 Fort Qu’Appelle

Full time shift work and weekends

$ 11.50 – 13.50 per hour depending on experience.

Job Duties:

-          Supervising, and scheduling the activities of staff

-          Ordering inventory and stock required for meal preparation

-          Maintaining records of stock

-          Training staff in job assignments

-          Preparing food summaries for chef

-          Ensuring quality control standards are met

-          Establishing methods to meet work schedules

Job Requirements:

3 years experience required

For more information, please visit our website at www.nexuscanadaimmigration.com and send us your up-to-date resume/CV to our email: nexuscanadavisa@gmail.com