Canada & Australia attractive destinations for skilled immigrants

If you are a skilled person and aspiring to go abroad you stand better chances then many others. It is true for all countries from Canada to Australia and Britain. Global competition is accelerating, particularly for highly skilled knowledge workers. This is what speakers had to say at a seminar organized in Ahmedabad on Global Resettlement Opportunities by Worldwide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS).

Comprehending the immigration opportunities prevalent in these countries, WWICS, Global Resettlement Solution Company organized Special Seminar series on Global Opportunities in Canada, Australia, and UK for professionals, businessmen and students who aspire to settle abroad.

Because of Canada's new knowledge-based economy, the selection criteria have been established to attract more highly skilled, as well as those with a broader range of skills as independent immigrants. Canada needs immigrants, to respond to demographic factors such as its low birthrate. A study says, in 20 years time, there will be three retired persons for every young, working person.

It has opened its door to attract hundreds of thousands of skilled workers from abroad to make up a manpower shortfall. Canadian Government's immigration target of 200,000 per annum, where as the Citizenship & Immigration Canada, issued 262,199 visas to newcomers in 2005. Moreover, in the recent bill, the goal has been increased to 300,000, and the parameters for acceptance are being changed in order to meet this increase.

Skilled workers now make up more than half of all immigrants, 156,310 out of a total 262,199 immigrants entering Canada in 2005. India is second top most source country for Skilled Worker Immigration category. Immigrant inflow percent figures China as top source with (16.1%) immigration, India (12.6%). Further, a new "in-Canada" landing class has been created for temporary workers, foreign students and spouses of those already established in Canada and wishing to stay.

Canada is not alone in seeking skilled immigrants. Many other developed countries face the same or even more severe declines in manpower force growth. Countries like Australia & the UK are also becoming very aggressive in seeking skilled immigrants.

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