FSW

This is illustrated by data from an evaluation of Canada's Federal Skilled Worker Programme (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2010).

The Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) - Is a point based system for people who are selected to immigrate to Canada because of their work experience and skills.

They also stay in their province of arrival and earn more than Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program candidates.

* the Federal Skilled Worker Program requires a minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7 for all four language abilities;

That created massive backlogs and in 2012, the government decided to wipe the slate clean, returning 280,000 applications and $130 million in fees associated with the federal skilled worker programme in order to pave the way for a new method of selecting immigrants.

The Express Entry system will be the first step to immigrate to Canada "under certain economic immigration programmes." These include the Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skill Trades and the Canadian Experience Class.

Muscat: Canada has announced it will accept applications of 25,000 skilled workers under Federal Skilled Worker Programme (FSWP) in 2014.

When you apply for permanent residence under other classes like Federal Skilled Worker or the Self-employed classes, you can bring your spouse or partner and children with you when you immigrate.

Lauding this new programme, B S Sandhu, chairman and managing director of immigration consultants WWICS, with an office in Doha, said, "In the midst of the scarcity of competent and experienced workers in various parts of Canada, the commencement of the skilled trades immigration stream is delightful news." CIC has announced changes in the existing Canada Experience Class programme, which includes introduction of the revised Federal Skilled Worker program (FSWP) to take effect by May 4, 2012.

Last June 26, Jason Kenney, Canada's minister for citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, announced that to be eligible to apply as a federal skilled worker, immigrants must either have a job offer from a Canadian employer or experience in one of just 29 in-demand occupations.

Express entry could be offered to skilled immigrants who have put in an application through the federal skilled worker programme, the federal skilled trades programme the Canadian experience class, and a portion of the provincial nominee programme.