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CIC Operational Bulletins: Instructions on Changes to Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Investor Class Applications

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

These Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) operational bulletins are about the changes to federal skilled worker and Canadian Experience Class applications that took effect on June 26, 2010, and the administrative pause on investor class applications.

Changes

As of June 26, 2010, to be eligible to apply as a skilled worker, you must either have a job offer, or you must have experience in one of 29 "in-demand occupations." In addition, CIC will limit the number of skilled worker applications considered per year.

Applicants to the Canadian Experience Class must now submit results of an independent language test.

CIC has also proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for the immigrant investor program. The proposed changes would require immigrant investors to have a personal net worth of C$1.6 million, and invest C$800,000. CIC has stopped accepting new investor class applications until these changes are finalized.

Read CIC's announcement about these changes.

Operational Bulletins

These operational bulletins instruct officers about how to implement the changes to these applications.

Skilled Worker Applications

Operational Bulletin 218 has instructions about changes to skilled worker class applications:

  • Overview of changes
  • The limit on the number of applications to be processed per year - how to determine applications that fit under the "cap"
  • How to consider applications received before and after June 26, 2010

Read the full Operational Bulletin 218 - Ministerial Instructions and Federal Skilled Worker Class Applications.

Canadian Experience Class Applications

Operational Bulletin 219 has instructions about changes to Canadian Experience Class applications:

  • New requirements for language proficiency assessment

Read the full Operational Bulletin 219 - Ministerial Instructions and Canadian Experience Class.

Investor Class Applications

Operational Bulletin 213 has instructions about the administrative pause for investor class applications:

  • Background
  • How to consider applications postmarked or received before and after June 26, 2010

Read the full Operational Bulletin 213 - Federal Immigrant Investor Program Applications: Administrative Pause.