points system – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg points system – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 New Federal Skilled Worker General Occupations (Demand) List and Quotas https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-general-occupations-demand-list-and-quotas/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1065 On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced new eligibility criteria for the Federal Skilled Worker Class. A maximum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) Federal Skilled Worker Applications will be considered for processing from May 1, 2014 until April 30, 2015. Within the twenty-five thousand (25,000) cap, a maximum of one thousand (1,000) Federal […]

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]]> New Federal Skilled Worker Class Eligibility Criteria Announced https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-class-eligibility-criteria-announced-2/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1016 On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada made a major announcement, concerning the Federal Skilled Worker Class. Once again, there will be a General Occupations (Demand) List for the Federal Skilled Worker Class; however, the jobs on the List, the number of jobs on the List, the overall quota for the category and […]

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]]> New Federal Skilled Worker Program to take effect May 3, 2013-Now is the time for interested applicants to get started! https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-program-to-take-effect-may-4-2013-now-is-the-time-for-interested-applicants-to-get-started/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:31:44 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=998 On July 1, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada placed a temporary pause on accepting new Federal Skilled Worker Applications for Permanent Residence in Canada for processing. On December 19, 2012, Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, announced that the Government of Canada will start accepting Federal Skilled Worker Applications, again, on May […]

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]]> Creation of New Federal Skilled Trade Class https://www.akcanada.com/changes-announced-to-federal-skilled-worker-and-canadian-experience-classes/ Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:10:32 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=985 On Friday, August 17, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced proposed regulatory changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Class and Canadian Experience Class as well as the creation of the Federal Skilled Trades Class. All of these changes will take effect on January 1, 2013. FEDERAL SKILLED WORKER CLASS Among the changes […]

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]]> CIC Not Accepting Federal Skilled Worker Applications Until January 2013; Moratorium on Investor and Entrepreneur Applications Continues https://www.akcanada.com/cic-not-accepting-federal-skilled-worker-applications-until-january-2013/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:50:09 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=971 Today, Thursday, June 28, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney made a major announcement in a speech he gave to the C.D. Howe Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Prior to today’s announcement, Citizenship and Immigration Canada had indicated that if a new General Occupations (Demand) List for the Federal Skilled Worker Class was […]

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