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Yukon Community Pilot On this page About the work permit Work permit eligibility Documents you need before you apply How to apply The Yukon Community Pilot (YCP) is a new stream of the  Yukon Nominee Program . The YCP launched in 2020 and will run for 3 years. If you have a valid nomination for permanent residence from Yukon, you may be eligible for a 2-year  location-restricted open work permit  under the YCP. About the work permit This work permit: lets you work for up to 3 different employers in 1 of the  participating Yukon communities is valid for 2 years doesn’t need a Labour Market Impact Assessment The participating communities are: Whitehorse Watson Lake Dawson City Haines Junction Carmacks Carcross Work permit eligibility To qualify for the work permit, you must: have 2 or 3  eligible job offers have a signed letter of support from the Government of Yukon meet the  general requirements for a work permit Job offer requirements The jobs you’re offered must meet all these requir

Point system Table 2020. Points Required for Each Tier Based on the tier the candidate will have to allocate the necessary points which vary on the type of visa they are applying for. The required points may differ from each other as follows: Age: Depending on the age, one can allocate  5 to 20 points . The system privileges young applicants assessing them with more points than those older. English Language: Each applicant  must obtain 10 points  for English language ability. Nationals of countries where English  is an official language automatically obtain ten points, while nationals of other countries must first take a test to prove their English ability. Qualifications:   Some tiers assess education level  from 30 to 50 points  and others from  5 to 15 points. Earnings/Maintenance:   Depending on the tier earnings or maintenance, candidates financial means are assessed  with 15 to 45 points of  5 to 20 points. UK experience: Some of the tiers may evaluate the experience that one has

Get ready: Ontario to open Employer Job Offer stream The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has made important changes to the Employer Form requirements. July 20, 2020  By  Shelby Thevenot Ontario will begin accepting applications to the  Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream tomorrow, July 21. The  Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) is expecting an influx of users to access the portal tomorrow. They say users may be placed in a priority queue, and if this happens it is not a technical error. The system will automatically prevent further registrations from being submitted once the limit has been met. People applying for this stream must access the OINP e-Filing Portal directly from the  government’s webpage . Click the button that says “Submit an application.” The OINP recommends not using a mobile phone to submit the application. The process takes about three hours to complete, according to the government webpage. The Foreign Worker stream had opened for one day  earlier this

CHANGES TO ESSENTIAL SKILLS WORK VISA SYSTEM AND IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND UPDATES Changes the Government  announced last year  to improve the  employer assisted temporary work visa system  are coming into effect on  27 July 2020 . Essential Skills work visas – Remuneration and median wage The combination of  ANZSCO  and salary to assess skill level is being replaced with a simple remuneration threshold, aligned to the national median wage calculated by Statistics NZ. Remuneration will be used to determine the following for an Essential Skills work visa application: whether an employer needs to engage with The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) in order to meet the labour market test the maximum duration of the visa whether the person holding the visa can support a partnership based work visa to bring family with them to New Zealand. However, anyone offshore will be subject to the border restrictions currently in place. The way INZ calculates pay rates will  not  change. INZ will conti