Canada Offers Increased Stay For Indians On Canada Business Visas

16 Sep 2010

Canadian immigration minister, Mr.Jason Kenney during his visit to India mentioned that the response for Canada visa program launched almost a year ago for the first time in India was tremendous. The immigration minister added that under this business visa program, Tata Group, a renowned company of India, has sent nearly 900 workers to Canada. At present, Canada has a total of 50 countries registered under this program.

The best part of this program by Canada immigration is that the applicants require quite less paper formalities and the processing of such Canadian visas is done rather in a short span of time.

Mr. Kenney said that from now onwards, the business express program will be provided various registered companies in India to allow the workers stay for longer periods in Canada as temporary foreign workers.

India, which happens to be the biggest immigration market for Canada, has contributed significantly towards Canadian economy through immigration of its workforce to Canada.

The scheme is now being extended to expedite and simplify the Canada Work Permit application process for Indian firms who need their employees to remain working in Canada for longer periods of time.

Jason Kenney, the Canadian immigration minister, explained the advantages of the scheme: “Approvals under these programmes are almost 100 per cent and the time taken could be as little as two days.”

The scheme will act as a test for the extension of faster visa application processes that are due to go completely online in the future, says Kenney.

Apart from increasing the time duration of workers under the Canada business visa program for stay in Canada, Canada immigration department is also working on to increase the number of students hailing from India to study in Canada.