To help the new migrants to work in Canada Health sector fleetly the parlimentary secretary to Honorable Immigration minister of Canada Sear Fraser recently declared that nearly$1.5 million funding to support them.
These finances are devoted to stimulate collaboration and information sharing in the health sector. Particularly, to support internationally graduated healthcare professionals get their credentials honored briskly.
This particular project setup on the success of the National Newcomer Navigation Network( N4), it’s an online platform for foreign health care professionals who wish to work in Canada. This online system was launched in 2019 by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s( CHEO).
Moreover the finances will help N4 to serve as a platform where the new entrants can discover information on foreign qualification and credential recognition in all the provinces and territories outside Quebec.
“Newcomers are an integral part of our communities,“ beginners are an integral part of our communities, ” said Alex Munter, CEO and President of CHEO. “ Their full addition in our health- care workforce will help us address staffing dearths, while also incorporating plushly different voices of lived experience and better supporting other newcomers. ”
The funding sourced by a specific stream within IRCC’s settlement program, which invests in projects that helps future settlement programming. Now IRCC has allocated a sum of nearly$1.02 billion in settlement services in 2022- 2023, an increase of about 11 from 2021- 2022.
Presently Canada is facing a tough labour request, especially in the health sector. Statistic Canada recently reported record levels of job vacancies in health care and social assistance. In March, out of more than 1 million job vacancies, health care and social assistance employers were seeking to fill,500 vacancies.
Healthcare Professionals Express Entry Programs
Health care professionals may be eligible for the Federal Skilled Worker Program( FSWP) and the Canadian Experience Class( CEC). These two federal immigration programs are managed by the Express Entry system.
Express Entry is an online system that manages immigration operations for the federal government. It uses the Comprehensive Ranking System( CRS) to rank eligible candidates on their skilled work experience, age, education, and official language capability, among other factors. The highest- scoring candidates get invited to apply for permanent residence inbi-weekly Express Entry draws.
Although draws for CEC and FSWP candidates have been paused during the pandemic, Minister Fraser previously announced that these draws would resume in early July. The minister also said the processing standard for new Express Entry applicants would return to six months.
PNP for Healthcare Professionals
Although IRCC gets the final say on who can immigrate to Canada, the provinces can nominate eligible candidates through the Provincial Nominee Program( PNP). Some PNPs are devoted specifically for health care professionals, while others have more general work experience requirements but may hold immigration nomination draws targeting candidates in the sector.
There are various provinces that have more than one program that welcomes health professionals. occasionally PNPs draw candidates from the Express Entry system and invite them to apply for a provincialnomination.However, they get 600 CRS points added to their Express Entry score, If these candidates are nominated. This award is more than enough to allow the seeker to be invited to apply for permanent residence.
