Canada Immigration: Saskatchewan Offers Brighter Future for Filipinos

Filipinos can be found anywhere in the globe. This is a common observation by other foreign nationals when they describe Filipinos. Truly, Filipinos are one of the nationalities that always seek for employment from countries abroad. This is due to the better salary packages and benefits they get from foreign companies and of course, the chance to travel overseas. A few years ago, Filipino nurses kept flying abroad as the demand kept rising on countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Recently, there has been god news as Saskatchewan open its doors of employment to Filipinos.

Saskatchewan is bordered by the province of Alberta, Northwest Territories, Manitoba and states of Montana and North Dakota. Unlike any other cities in Canada, Saskatchewan gets more hours of sunshine. However, the place is far from any bodies of water. The city can be affected by drought and can have very cold winter season.

Considering the increasing and cut-throat competition of employment in the world, Saskatchewan has recently released a list of in demand occupations to qualified high skilled applicants to work for their city even without job offer. Good news indeed for Filipino workers! The good thing about this announcement is that the province of Saskatchewan considers work experience within the last 10 years unlike in Quebec where experience is only considered in the last five years of work.

These are the highlights under the newly announced Saskatchewan International Worker Category effective 2nd of December 2013:

• The program is for those who wish to immigrate to Canada, particularly in Saskatchewan, and settle in Canada as permanent residents.
• No job offer requirement is needed from an applicant.
• Applicants between the ages 18 to 50 years will be allotted points.
• Applicants should have completed a degree in the university or at least three years in the university.
• Relatives living in Saskatchewan are not a requirement, but if an applicant has any, bonus points will be given.
• Applicants must pass an English proficiency examination. French is neither required nor relevant to Saskatchewan.
• Applicants must at least a year of experience in a skilled position in the last 10 years as a minimum year requirement.
• The work experience must be on the list of the two hundred listed occupations. Visit this link and find out the jobs that are in the list http://www.saskimmigrationcanada.ca/looking-work#job websites.

Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/340228/pinoyabroad/ofwguide/immigration-guide-200-jobs-in-demand-in-canada-with-no-job-offer-requirement

For Filipinos planning to take advantage of this opportunity, the first step will be taking an English proficiency examination. Check the jobs and the companies for the English proficiency exam requirement (IELTS or TOEFL) and score that they demand.