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15 November 2013

Canada Prioritizes Filipino Applicants Affected by Typhoon Haiyan

There is a good news from Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander:

" Ottawa, November 13, 2013 — Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced today that, effective immediately, Canada will be prioritizing the processing of applications on request from Filipinos who are significantly and personally affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

As well, Canadians without travel documents as a result of the typhoon will have their applications expedited by the Canadian Embassy in Manila. Requests from Filipino citizens temporarily in Canada who wish to extend their stay will be assessed in a compassionate and flexible manner.

In support of these measures, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has set up special email addresses and a dedicated phone line to respond to requests from applicants and their families.

Overseas: Applicants who can demonstrate that they are significantly and personally affected and wish to declare their cases a priority can contact the visa office in Manila directly at manila-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca.

In Canada: Similarly, applicants and their family members who wish to declare their cases as a priority can contact situation-philippines@cic.gc.ca or contact CIC's Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100, which has a dedicated crisis line. CIC continues to closely monitor the situation and will consider other facilitative measures as necessary. "

Source: http://cic.gc.ca

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03 November 2013

First Step to Do If You Are Eligible for FSW

After checking that your experience is eligible to apply for the Federal Skilled Worker Program, you need to prepare for other eligibility factors.

These are the factors that will make you eligible to apply for the FSW program.
1. Basic Eligibility.
2. Minimum Requirements for Work Experience, Language Skills and Education.
3. Age
4. Adaptability in Canada
5. Proof of Funds
6. Inadmissibility Factors.

All of these factors can be assessed by visiting the Selection Factors. A score of 67 points is the passing mark to be eligible to apply for FSW.

What is the First Step to Do If You're Eligible?
The proof of fund is the difficult to accumulate especially if you're not earning that much.  The best thing you could do is to gather all your assets information, may it be cash or property and get all the documents that will prove your ownership.

For the cash, this will be a certificate from the bank showing that you have this amount deposited in their vault, evidence of savings balance, and/or time deposit statements.  The account is recommended to be more than 6-month old.

Property can be proved by securing the title of ownership with the assessment from the municipality.  This is to show the worth of your property.

Gather all the documents for your stocks, bonds and other investment portfolio.

You have to accumulate the Proof of Fund before you have plans to submit your application for the FSW.  The funds should not be borrowed from other sources.

How Much is the Proof of Funds?
Proof of Funds depends on the size of the family.  You can check how much is the amount for a certain number of family members in the Canadian Website. 

Please check the link.

If you have any other questions, please leave a comment below.

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