Before anything else, preparation is the key to success With the announcement of the proposed selection criteria for skilled workers by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 17 August 2012 we are being bombarded with hundreds of queries as to what steps aspirants should take in advance in order to maximize their chances of being accepted under the new criteria. While the CIC is in the process of revamping its program and there is a temporary pause on all new application at least until January 2013, we suggest that interested applicants should consider taking some important steps in advance that may make their application more "new selection criteria ready" and may save them considerable time. Planning ahead will be the key specially with a view that there could be a quota imposed on number of applications allowed in a given year. Given the popularity of the program and the desire of many to come to Canada via Federal Skilled Worker Class, it would be ...
