Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Federal Skilled Workers

It was a big disappointment for everyone who was waiting for Canada to re-open its immigrant applications last July when they announced that they had postponed it to January 2013. Aside from this change of date, they also announced new changes were forthcoming.

Here's the list of changes in FSW:

1. Language Proficiency -  minimum language proficiency while maximizing the points

2. Age - points will be lowered to accommodate younger immigrants

3. Work Experience - increased points for Canadian work experience and lowered points for Foreign work experience

4. Employment Offers - will be simplified to fill up vacancies

5. Spousal Language Ability - spouses with language proficiency exam results will be given additional points