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In 2003 the government of Canada reduced the number of points needed to pass the immigration points test from 75 to 67. To enter Canada you have to pass the test, gain refugee status or be sponsored by a Canadian citizen. There are two categories under which a refugee could make their claim, as a Convention Refugee or as a Person in need of Protection. A Convention refugee is a person who is outside of their country of nationality or habitual residence and who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, political opinion, nationality or membership in a particular social group. A Person in need of Protection is a person in Canada whose removal to their country of nationality or former habitual residence would subject them to the possibility of torture, risk to life, or risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. After you apply Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) deems whether your application is eligible to be sent to either the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) for a hearing or the CIC Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA). At any of these places your application could be rejected. These councils run background checks on you to see if you have a criminal record or potential problems.
The Point System Canada uses a point system to assess all Independent/Skilled Worker applicants. To be eligible for permanent residence in Canada, you must obtain at least 67 points of 100 in the point assessment test. The most important point assessment criteria are related to occupation – that is, what you intend to do for a living in Canada and why you are qualified to do it. Immigration officials will look at your education and training, current and past employment duties, and skills and experience to assess whether you are qualified for Canadian immigration. You will earn significantly more points if you have “Arranged Employment” in Canada. “Arranged employment” means a job offer in Canada that has been approved by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) or that is exempt from HRDC approval. The breakdown for points is 25 points max for education, Max 24 points for language, 21 for work experience, 10 for your age, 10 if you already have setup a job that you can do as soon as you arrive, and 10 for being able to fit in easily.
Immigration helps fill workforce needs by bringing in skilled workers to fill open jobs. Like Subway they'd sponsor Nicaraguans to come and fill their job positions for $8 hour. These wages were too low for people in the Grande Prairie area and who wants to be paid $8 an hour when you could go up to the oil patch and make $20 dollars an hour. To the people who make a dollar a day $8 an hour is ridiculously good. Say they worked 12 hour days, that’s 96 times more money than what they were making back home. If you could make 96 times more money a day wouldn’t you do it no matter the obstacles in the way? Of course here there’s a much higher cost of living here and there will be few people who will understand you. You would also have to quickly learn the English words for all the parts of the subs like Italian herbs and cheese, white, whole grain, etc. But still 96 times more pay for a job that most Canadians will pass up because it’s too low paying. To say the least we live in a very privileged country.
Some factors that affect immigration are amount of job opportunities, paranoia, legislation and policies of the government, the public’s view of that race and the current leader, internal and international pressure to accept, and (the magnitude of the problem) the amount of funding available such as for the health care and public schools.
Immigration Criteria, Aims, and Factors
The Point System
