Anticipated changes to Canada's visa acceptance criteria next year will make it significantly easier for young Irish people to seek permanent residence there, according to a new report in Businesspost.
According to the report Canada needs the sort of skills Irish workers can provide in abundance including project managers, structural engineers, welders, estimators, diesel mechanics, carpenters and various other trades.
One of the most significant changes to Canadian immigration policy next year will be to make language the most important selection factor when processing visas.
A greater emphasis will also reportedly be placed on younger immigrants, who are more likely to acquire valuable Canadian experience and remain in the workforce longer the government hopes.
In 2011, 5,340 Irish people reportedly went to Canada on working holiday visas and additional 6,000 travelled there on work permits with job offers.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Seanmor | Sep 30, 2012, 01:47 PM EDT
If the U.S were to give preferencial treatment to would-be immigrants who have perfect command of English, it would be very beneficial to Irish applicants. Immigrants in the U.S. who speak little or no English cost the taxpayers untold millions.
WoundedKnee | Sep 30, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT
This is bad news for those of us who wish to value Irish nationality and wish to save it. Mass Emigration from Ireland, coupled with the Mass Immigration of thousands every month can only lead to ethnosuicide. Within this century an ethnic Irish person will be as rare in Dublin as a Lakota Sioux is today in Minneapolis or a Palestinian in Tel Aviv.