The cap has been reached for Federal Skilled Worker applications

The cap has been reached.  Citizenship and Immigration Canada has received 10,000 complete Federal Skilled Worker applications for processing since July 1, 2011.

However, certain applications are still eligible for processing. From now until June 30, 2012, CIC will only consider applications:

• with an offer of arranged employment, or
• submitted under the PhD stream (see below) until the cap of 1000 applications is reached.

If new Ministerial Instructions are not issued before July 1, 2012, the current cap of 10,000 new applications will re-set on that date.

Recent changes to the National Occupation Classification (NOC) may affect applicants in certain occupations.

Applications received from PhD applicants:

Starting November 5, 2011, CIC will accept a total of 1,000 applications from international students who:

• have completed at least two years of study in Canada towards a PhD, or
• who graduated from a Canadian PhD program in the 12 months before the date we receive their application.

Applications received toward the overall cap: 657 of 1,000 (as of May 8, 2012)


For more information visit www.ycanada.com