A summary of Canadian immigration policy

At the end of 2006, CIC submitted its annual work report to the National Assembly. The report summarizes the implementation of the immigration plan in 2006 and discloses the Canadian immigration plan in 2007 for the first time.

Overview: Immigration policy has become more stable.

According to the analysis of immigration experts, 2007 is a year full of opportunities for China applicants who intend to immigrate to Canada. The increase of the overall immigration quota and the relaxation of Quebec's investment immigration policy all indicate a better year. Compared with the ups and downs in 2006, Canada's immigration policy in 2007 will stabilize the trend that China and North Korea are better than in the past.

In 2007, Canada's immigration quota will be further increased. According to the data forecast, the trial speed of investment immigrants will be accelerated and the trial standards will be relaxed. At the same time, the quota of projects nominated by provinces will increase by 40%, which will bring more opportunities for business immigrants. However, under the circumstances that the immigration laws and regulations have not changed and the passing score has not improved, the federal quota for skilled immigrants has dropped sharply, which may lead to further extension of the application time for skilled immigrants.

In addition, the government increased the funds for language training and other resettlement services in the 2006 budget, which will be further increased in 2007 to help absorb more immigrants and better resettle new immigrants.

The number of immigrants has increased by about 654.38+00000.

According to the annual work report of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada will absorb more new immigrants in 2007. The total number of targeted immigrants will reach 240,000-265,000. Compared with the target amount of 225,000-255,000 last year, Immigration Canada has adjusted the number of immigrants to more than 6,543,800+0,000, which is the first time to absorb immigrants in recent years.

At the same time, according to the planning of the Immigration Department, the number of new immigrants will further increase in the next 10 year, reaching 1% of the total population of Canada. On this basis, the average number of immigrants increases by about 320,000 per year. This is undoubtedly good news for those who intend to immigrate to Canada.

From the comparison of immigration quotas in 2007/2006, it can be found that compared with 2006, the increased immigration quotas are mainly economic immigrants, including skilled immigrants and commercial immigrants, while the quotas for family reunion immigrants are basically the same as before, while the quotas for humanitarian immigrants are reduced compared with last year.

The target number of economic migrants in 2007 is1410,000 to158,000. Compared with 126000 to 143000 in 2006, the target number will increase by more than 10%.

The quota of provincial-level nominated projects will be increased by 40%

According to the work plan of the Immigration Department, in 2007, the quota of nominated projects (PNP) in all provinces of Canada has increased significantly, and will basically reach 40%.

Therefore, China applicants should pay close attention to some new provincial nomination projects, such as Prince Edward Island Provincial Nomination Project (PEINP) and Saskatchewan Nomination Project (SINP). Because of these new provincial nomination projects, the trial speed is often very fast, and the interview only takes about 1-2 months.

Moreover, the requirements for applicants are relatively loose, and you can apply for more than 2 million. People with less assets and applicants who previously refused to apply for Canadian investment immigration can focus on these new provincial nomination projects.

The quota of skilled immigrants has dropped again.

The quota of skilled immigrants planned by the Immigration Bureau in 2006 was reduced by about 8,500 people compared with that in 2005, and then it was greatly reduced again in 2007, which was about15,000 people lower than that in 2006. Since the score of skilled immigrants dropped to 67 in September 2003, due to the loose policy, the number of applications for skilled immigrants has been increasing, resulting in a serious backlog of cases.

Judging from the current situation of submitting applications, the speed of handling cases by the Immigration Department has further slowed down since September 2006 1 Federal Skilled Migrants Processing Process was changed.

Therefore, further reducing the number of skilled immigrants in 2007 is one of the means for the Immigration Department to control the total number of skilled immigrants. In view of this, in the case that the immigration laws and regulations have not changed and the passing score has not improved, skilled immigrant applicants who have submitted their applications should wait patiently and continue to wait and see the trend of immigration policies.

The speed of hearing federal investment immigrants has accelerated.

Although Canada's federal investment immigration quota is basically the same as last year, at the annual meeting held between the Canadian Federal Immigration Department and the Immigration Fund in June 5438+ 10, 2006, the representative of the Immigration Department made it clear that it planned to increase human resources in 2007, with a view to fundamentally improving the processing speed of investment immigrants. This means that Canada's federal investment immigration application cycle is expected to be greatly shortened.

Quebec investment immigration standards relaxed

In 2006, due to personnel adjustment and other reasons, the number of investment immigrants concluded by Quebec Immigration Bureau failed to reach the expected target. Therefore, in order to complete the expected goal in 2007 on time, Quebec Immigration Bureau plans to improve its work in many aspects.

This year, the Immigration Bureau will send more immigration officers to Hong Kong for interviews: According to the plan for 2007, the Quebec Immigration Bureau will send six immigration officers to interview investment immigration applicants in Hong Kong from February 22nd.

In view of the fact that the number of immigration officers has increased by 50% compared with the average number in previous years, the trial speed of Quebec investment immigrants will be greatly improved this year compared with last year. At the same time, due to a large number of places remaining last year, relatively loose trial standards will be adopted during the interview.

Business people in China should seize this great opportunity to submit their application for investment immigration in Quebec.

Increase the funds for resettlement services for new immigrants.

In addition to selecting new immigrants, Citizenship and Immigration Canada also attaches great importance to improving customer service. In the annual report, Citizenship and Immigration Canada pointed out that the government increased 370 million Canadian dollars in the 2006 budget for language training and other resettlement services, and will further increase the budget in 2007 to absorb more immigrants and resettle new immigrants.