If you’re new to Canada or if you’re thinking of settling here, you’re not alone.

More than half a million newcomers — permanent residents, temporary workers, and foreign students — came to live in Canada in 2009.

That’s according to recently-released statistics от Гражданства и иммиграции Канады.

These newcomers included 252,124 permanent residents — об этом 30,000 more permanent residents than the government typically admitted annually in the 1990s — а также 178,640 temporary foreign workers и 85,131 foreign students, the largest number of foreign students ever admitted to Canada in a single year.

Согласно Гражданства и иммиграции Канады пресс-релиз, the government expects that many foreign students and temporary workers (admitted to the country on a work permit) will eventually settle permanently in Canada, applying for permanent resident status either under the Канадский опыт Класс or as a Квалифицированный рабочий или Professional.

Канадский опыт Класс (ЦИК) is designed to streamline the immigration process for people who are already working in Canada. In general, you can apply under the CEC provisions if you are:

• a temporary foreign worker with at least two years of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada, или
• a foreign graduate from a Canadian post-secondary institution with at least one year of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada

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