{"id":805660,"date":"2025-01-07T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=805660"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:44:43","slug":"canada-is-looking-for-south-africans-with-these-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/805660\/canada-is-looking-for-south-africans-with-these-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada is looking for South Africans with these skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada is facing significant skills shortages and wants to fill them by attracting foreigners, including qualified South Africans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s 2025 to 2027 Immigration Levels Plan, released in October 2024, provided its immigration targets for the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan is to allow 395,000 permanent residence admissions in 2025, including many skilled workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller, said skilled, educated newcomers can continue to support the workforce and economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller said Canada\u2019s permanent and temporary admissions will focus on economic immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApproximately 62% of permanent resident admissions will be dedicated to the economic class, in key sectors such as health and trades, by 2027,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four major areas in Canada\u2019s permanent resident admissions are suitable for skilled workers to move to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Federal Economic Priorities<\/strong> \u2013 It includes admissions for eligible candidates with specific skills, including healthcare occupations, trade occupations, and French-language proficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Federal Business<\/strong> \u2013 It includes admissions from the start-up Visa program and the self-employed persons program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Federal Economic Pilots<\/strong> \u2013 It includes admissions from the home childcare provider and the home support worker pilots, agricultural sector, and the economic mobility pathways pilot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quebec Skilled Workers and Business<\/strong> &#8211; Quebec has responsibility for the selection of economic immigrants destined to the province.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these initiatives, Canada is looking to address its skills shortages in numerous industries by attracting foreign workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also wants to fill positions in sectors experiencing rapid growth and driving the country&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian immigration programs prioritise certain occupations to address specific economic needs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the most in-demand jobs for foreigners in Canada for which it is easier to get work and residence Visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Healthcare professionals<\/strong>, including registered nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals like therapists and technicians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Technology professionals<\/strong>, including software engineers and developers, data scientists and analysts, and cybersecurity specialists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tradespeople<\/strong>, including plumbers, electricians, and welders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Transportation workers<\/strong>, including long-haul and short-haul truck drivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Agriculture workers<\/strong>, including various roles as seasonal agricultural workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases, foreigners looking to move to Canada will need a valid job offer from a Canadian employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases, the employer must obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LMIA assesses whether there are enough qualified Canadian workers available to fill the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign workers must meet specific eligibility criteria, which include education and experience, sufficient English language skills, good health, and a background check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s Immigration Levels Plan provides a snapshot of immigration targets for the next three years, with several skills in high demand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":805665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[6697,21339],"class_list":["post-805660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-canada","tag-immigration-levels-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806011,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805660\/revisions\/806011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}