New rule for Canada Skilled Worker immigration, May 2013: Bad news for doctors (medical graduates)

Canada Skilled Worker immigration is just about to start at 4th May, 2013.

However, those doctors/ physicians all around the world, who were waiting for the moment, it is a big disappointment. Canada is not going to take Physicians as Skilled Worker Immigrants to their country.

Canada Immigration has published the list of occupations who will get the chance to submit their application, starting from 4 May, 2013. Unfortunately both General Practitioner are Specialist Physicians has lost their space in the list.

To see the list click here.

New rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers; 2010

Please click here go to my post on July 2011 update to see the recent information.

Canada has set new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers.The new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers are applicable from 26th June 2010. That means the people who has applied before 26th June 2010, their application will be processed as the immigration law of that time. People who have appliied from 26th June 2010 and onwords, will have to follow new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers.

• Canada will consider only 29 occupational categories.
• In the following 12 months Canada will consider only 20000 applications.
• Only a maximum of 1000 applications will be considered in each of the job categories.

To see if your occupation is in the list, click here.

If your occupation is in the list according to new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers, you must see if there is still space to apply (quota is not full) click here.

If your quota is full, then you must have a job offer from Canada to apply according to new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers of 2010.

July, 2011 update of new rules for Canada immigration of skilled workers are here.
You can also click here to see the July, 2011 update.