New annual cap on CEC applications November 8, 2013 1 Minister Chris Alexander. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today announced an annual cap on applications to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) in order to manage intake, maintain reasonable processing times and prevent a backlog from developing in the CEC. CIC will accept a maximum of 12,000 CEC applications from November 9, 2013, to October 31, 2014. “The Canadian Experience Class has allowed more than 25,000 people to stay in Canada permanently to contribute their skills and talents,” said Alexander. “The government is taking concrete action to reduce backlogs and processing times. By making these changes to the Canadian Experience Class, we are moving toward a more effective and efficient immigration system.” Despite the annual cap on applications, the department will admit approximately 15,000 individuals under the CEC in 2014. CIC is also seeing an overrepresentation of certain occupations in the program. In order to bring in as diverse a skill set as possible, the department will introduce limits on the number of applications under certain occupations. Effective November 9, 2013, CIC will introduce sub-caps of 200 applications each in certain skilled occupations. Also, six particular occupations will no longer be eligible for the CEC.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:44:46 +0000
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