Canada removing barriers to permanent residence for physicians

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Canada removing barriers to permanent residence
for physicians
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IRCC will now allow physicians who are already in
Canada to apply for PR under Express Entry
programs.

• Due to Canada's continued nationwide shortage of
  qualified physicians, Immigration, Refugees and
  Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is urging physicians
  already in Canada as temporary residents to make
  changes to their current status of permanent
  residency through Express to waive certain
  requirements in order to Getting Started Program.
• Physicians in Canada, in particular, often use a
  "fee-for-service" payment model, as opposed to
  the traditional employer-employee relationship,
  so physicians already working in Canada are
  eligible for Fast Track. On paper, this means
  that many doctors are currently considered
  self-employed in Canada for the time being.
• Self-employed individuals with this type of
  experience in Canada are not eligible for most
  economic immigration pathways, such as those
  offered by Express Entry. It is important to note
  that being self-employed alone does not
  disqualify a candidate. Candidates may be
  eligible for the Express Entry program if they
  have at least one year of overseas work
  experience or as an employee in Canada.

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• Especially where I'm from, foreign-born doctors
  keep our families healthy and care for our aging
  population," Fraser said. "Their skills are an
  important asset in our community, and they will
  soon be Our neighbors, friends and community
  leaders. It's a win-win situation, and the
  measures announced today show we want them to
  stay "to make it easier for them to choose Canada
  as their permanent residence. I'm telling my
  doctor."
• The move is another attempt by IRCC to attract
  and retain doctors and other healthcare workers.
  As of June 2022, approximately 4,300 permanent
  residents were hospitalized under the Temporary
  Temporary to Permanent Resident pathway for
  health care shedding.

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Nationwide shortage of healthcare workers

• Canadas current healthcare vacancy rate is close
  to 6. This means that more than 136,000
  healthcare professionals nationwide were covered
  in the second quarter of 2022. Manitoba had the
  highest vacancy rate at 6.7 per cent.
• IRCC data shows that one in four Canadian health
  workers are immigrants. This includes 36 of
  physicians. The same figures show that the health
  sector has around 500,000 workers over the age of
  55, and thus will reach the retirement age of 65
  over the next decade. To address shortages and
  shortages across all industries, Canada's
  immigration levels program targets the highest
  number of new permanent residents of all
  industries. Most of the newcomers are from the
  economy class program.
• As of 2022, IRCC has accepted more than 8,600
  applications for temporary and permanent
  residency from foreign nationals intending to
  work in the medical field.

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Changes coming in Express Entry

• The physician exception marks the beginning of
  fast-track changes expected to continue through
  2023. Bill C-19 received royal assent in
  Parliament last June, giving IRCC more powers to
  target Express Entry candidates with specific
  work experience. Rather than inviting a wider
  range of candidates to apply based solely on CRS
  scores, as is the current standard, there is an
  emphasis on education or language skills.
• Mr Fraser told CIC News in June that the new
  authority would allow Canada to invite candidates
  who are ready to succeed in the job market,
  allowing new applicants to enter an already
  strong recruitment sector. He said he would allow
  them to be in positions where they could
  contribute to Canada's economy, rather than
  overload workers.
• "If you find yourself with a lot of applications
  related to a specific industry and there is not
  enough demand for that industry in Canada, the
  Express Entry system that exists today may be
  attracting people into the Canadian economy. It's
  not a perfect fit for our needs," Frey said. Ze
  said.

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Express Entry

• Express Entry is an application management system
  that uses a points-based system,
  the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), to rank
  candidates profiles in the Federal Skilled
  Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades
  Program, or the Canadian Experience Class. The
  top-scoring candidates receive an Invitation to
  Apply (ITA) and can then apply for permanent
  residence. IRCC has a processing standard of six
  months for new Express Entry applications

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