According to the Sing Tao Daily of Canada, the Canadian Federal Citizenship and Immigration Department (CIC) suddenly issued a ministerial directive on the 8th, stipulating that six categories of occupations, such as chefs, catering and retail executives, will no longer be able to apply for Canadian Experience Category (CEC) immigration. The new case will be implemented on the 9th. In addition, the annual approval limit set by CEC is 654.38+200,000. Immigrants believe that policy tightening has dealt a huge blow to liberal arts students. Some graduates from SFU Simon Fraser University were very disappointed when they heard that the catering supervisor could not apply for CEC.

Canadian Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said that more than 25,000 people have stayed in Canada through Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CEC) to contribute their skills and talents. In order to reduce the backlog and speed up the processing time, the Immigration Department decided to change the CEC category and establish a more efficient immigration system.

The ministerial directive stipulates that from165438+1October 9, six categories of occupations, such as chefs, catering and retail executives, will no longer be able to apply for CEC.

In addition, among the Class B occupations in the National Occupational Classification (NOC), the approved upper limit of each industry is 200, and the total upper limit * * * is 6,543.8+0.2 million. Although the upper limit is set, the CEC category will still accept 15000 people in 20 14 years.

The Immigration Department indicated that the language requirements of CEC will remain unchanged. At present, the language requirement of NOC Class 0 and Class A is CLB)7, while the language requirement of NOC Class B is CLB 5.

Mo Gongyou, an immigration consultant in China, said that many of his clients applied for immigration through the CEC category. When you hear the news, you can only use? Dark clouds and fog? Four words to describe. He said it was difficult to find a job in British Columbia. Many international arts students can only find entry-level jobs in catering, administration or retail after graduation, and then try to get promotion opportunities in order to apply for CEC. Abolishing these occupational categories now will ruin their immigration hopes.

Mo Gongyou explained that the provincial nomination plan (PNP) requires applicants to work for companies with more than five employees, and employers must provide guarantees. CEC is relatively free from these restrictions, so it is more popular with international students. Although there are few international students applying for chefs, there are many applicants in charge of catering and retail industries. This change is like the end of the world for them.

He added:? It seems that the immigration door in Canada is getting narrower and narrower. Not only the applicants are disappointed, but also the immigration consultants are helpless, because business will become more and more difficult. ?