Federal Skilled Worker Occupation List Released

19 Apr 2013

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) today released the list of 24 occupations that will be eligible for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) when it launches next month on May 4th.

Furthermore, four organizations designated to provide Educational Credential Assessments (ECAs) for applicants who studied outside of Canada.

The eligible occupations are:

• Engineering managers
• Financial and investment analysts
• Geoscientists and oceanographers
• Civil engineers
• Mechanical engineers
• Chemical engineers
• Mining engineers
• Geological engineers
• Petroleum engineers
• Aerospace engineers
• Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers)
• Land surveyors
• Computer programmers and interactive media developers
• Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
• Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety
• Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
• Physiotherapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Medical laboratory technologists
•  Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants
•  Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
•  Medical radiation technologists
•  Medical sonographers
•  Cardiology technicians and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists, n.e.c. (not elsewhere classified)

The organizations designated to provide ECAs are:

• Comparative Education Service: University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
• International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
• World Education Services
• Medical Council of Canada

Moreover, CIC announced a 5,000 cap for new FSWP applications, and a sub-cap of 300 applications for each eligible occupation.

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the new applications would take one year to process:

“As a result of the actions taken by the Government to deal with the massive backlogs and unacceptably long wait times, FSW applications will be processed in approximately one year.”

“We will not be able to remain competitive and attract the skilled immigrants we need if we allow backlogs and wait times to grow again. That’s why we are capping application intake and focusing on specific occupations that are experiencing labour shortages in Canada. This will also help us transition nicely into the just-in-time immigration system of the future,” Kenney added.

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Source: http://www.cicsnews.com/?p=3524