What is Canada's immigration policy? ?

Recently, the Canadian Federal Immigration Department released the annual immigration report of 20 1 1, and announced the immigration plan of Canada 20 12. Connie, the federal immigration minister, said in the report that Canada is prepared to accept 240,000 to 265,000 new immigrants in 2065, 438+065,438+0. In the past few years, Canada has accepted an average of about 254,000 new immigrants every year. Tick tock, Ms. Yang Tao, a special expert of Canadian immigration column. Com said that Canada's attitude towards skilled immigrants, especially high-quality talents, has changed greatly from the newly announced 20 12 annual immigration plan. These adjustments clearly send a signal that the federal government has begun to snatch high-end talents on a global scale.

Change 1: increase 1 10,000 federal skilled immigrants.

In 20 12 years, Canada will increase 1 10,000 federal skilled immigrants. The lowest number of skilled immigrants who need to be absorbed is 55,000, and the highest is 57,000, which is more than 47,000 last year 1 10,000. This is undoubtedly conducive to the backlog of a large number of skilled immigrant applications and new applications in the future. However, it is revealed that the Federal Immigration Department is preparing to revise the scoring method of skilled immigrants to strengthen the absorption of immigrants who can quickly integrate and contribute to Canada. Related changes include "reducing the score of work experience and increasing the score weight of language and age". Yang Tao analyzed that this may indicate that Canada is more inclined to attract immigrants from English-speaking countries, and immigrants from non-English-speaking countries in Asia may find it more difficult to apply.

Change 2: Add "Canadian Experience Immigrants"

In 20 12, Canada will continue to increase the number of "Canadian experienced immigrants", from 6,500 in 20 1 1 2 to about 7,000 in 20 12, which is the highest number in this category in history. It is understood that Canadian experience immigrants were established in 2008 to provide a way for international students and foreign temporary workers to obtain permanent residency. In 20 10, the number of international students who obtained permanent residency through this program exceeded 3,900, accounting for about 40% of international students, which was more than 10% than that in 2009.

Change 3: Add 1000 doctoral immigrant places.

In 20 12 years, 1000 doctoral immigrants were added, which is a highlight of the new immigration policy. GaryGoodyear, Minister of Science and Technology of Canada, pointed out that as many as 1000 foreign doctoral students studying in Canada will be allowed to apply for permanent resident status in Canada every year through the federal skilled labor program. He believes that doctoral graduates play a unique role in economic development, such as promoting scientific research and educational innovation, which is exactly what Canada needs.

Change 4: Add 1 10,000 parents to reunite immigrants.

This policy change in the category of family reunion mainly includes: increasing 10000 parents' reunion immigrant quota (as a temporary measure) from 15500 to 25000, reaching the highest level in 20 years. At the same time, the Immigration Department will also launch a "super visa" program, that is, a multiple-entry visa with a term of 10, so that the applicant's parents and grandparents can come to Canada to visit relatives while waiting and reunite with their families first. The longest stay can be as long as two years at a time, far exceeding the existing six-month stay. However, from June 5438+065438+1October 5, Canada will no longer accept new applications for parents' reunion, and the policy after two years will depend on the situation. In addition, the number of new spouses and children reunited immigrants and left-behind nanny immigrants will also decrease accordingly.

An analysis of the future trend of Canadian immigrants

■ Canada may adjust the structure of skilled immigrants.

It is worth noting that several new policies have been introduced in one breath, and the direction of "restructuring" is very clear. First, the quota of 654.38 million federal skilled immigrants has been increased, which implies that the Canadian Federal Immigration Department is preparing to revise the scoring method of skilled immigrants, "reducing the score of work experience and increasing the score of language and age", which means that Canada has begun to strengthen the absorption of immigrants who can quickly integrate and contribute to Canada.

Secondly, Canada indicated that it would allow up to 1 0,000 foreign doctoral students studying in Canada to apply for permanent resident status every year through the Federal Skilled Labor Program, and this "doctoral immigration" was newly established in 20 12 years.

According to this plan, starting from 201115, students who have completed their doctoral studies in Canada for two years can apply for federal skilled immigrants. People who have recently obtained a doctorate in Canada can still apply according to the new method as long as they have not graduated for more than one year. Third, in 20 12, Canada will continue to increase the number of "Canadian experienced immigrants", from 6,500 in 20 12 to about 7,000 in 2012, which will be the highest number since the establishment of this type. This passage is specially used to accept foreign students and high-tech foreign temporary workers.

■ Various changes in recent years show that Canada welcomes high-end talents more.

Looking back on the immigration policy in the past two years, Canada's attitude towards skilled immigrants is not very friendly. In 20 10, Canada suddenly announced that skilled immigrants would narrow their priority occupational categories and raise their language performance requirements, which hindered many people's immigration plans. Judging from the newly released 20 12 annual immigration plan, its attitude towards skilled immigrants, especially high-quality talents, has changed greatly. These adjustments clearly send a signal that the Canadian federal government has begun to grab high-end talents.

According to the evaluation report of Canada's federal skilled migration program, 89% of the federal skilled migrants have successfully found jobs or started businesses after landing in Canada, and 95% of the interviewed skilled migrants said that the federal skilled migration program has achieved or even exceeded their expected results. In addition, investment immigrants are not as beautiful as expected, which is one of the reasons why the Canadian federal government has turned to high-end talents.

The biggest change in the 20 12 immigration plan announced by the Canadian federal immigration minister is the establishment of a brand-new "doctoral immigration". The Minister of Science and Technology of Canada pointed out that as many as 65,438+0,000 foreign doctoral students studying in Canada will be allowed to apply for permanent resident status in Canada every year through the federal skilled labor program. He believes that doctoral graduates play a unique role in economic development, such as promoting scientific research and educational innovation, which is exactly what Canada needs. He also stressed that Canada lags behind the average level of the United States and other countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the proportion of doctoral students. The new method will help attract top international talents to study in Canada and contribute to the Canadian economy after graduation.

■ Reducing the quota for family reunion may be detrimental to Asian immigrants.

However, the industry is quite worried about the federal government's practice of reducing the number of places such as family reunion and "crowding out" doctoral students. The mainstream of future immigrants may be Asian immigrants, including China. If the number of places for family reunion is reduced, it will be very unfavorable for Asians who value their parents and families. The adjustment direction of the Immigration Department is too biased towards skilled immigrants, which leads to a longer approval time for family reunion and has a very negative impact on China immigrants who value their families. However, no matter how it is adjusted, the Canadian federal government is proceeding from the perspective of being beneficial to Canada itself. Fundamentally speaking, the relaxation of Canada's skilled immigration policy is mainly to meet the needs of its domestic labor market, constantly optimize the labor structure, and make the immigration structure younger and higher-tech.