Updated Ministerial Instructions

Policy effect

Temporarily paused the intake of new applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Class (except PhD applicants and those with arranged employment) and the Federal Immigrant Investor Class starting July 1, 2012.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Temporarily paused the intake of new applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Class (except PhD applicants and those with arranged employment) and the Federal Immigrant Investor Class starting July 1, 2012.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

These Instructions will come into force on July 1, 2012, and apply to applications received by designated CIC offices on or after July 1, 2012.

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other Canada changes operative in 2012

• 2012-03-02Five-Year Sponsorship Bar for Previously Sponsored Spouses and Common-Law Partners
• 2012-06-28Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
• 2012-06-29Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act
• 2012-06-30Order Respecting the Interim Federal Health Program, 2012
• 2012-09-11Imposition of Temporary Resident Visa Requirement for Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent
• 2012-10-18Application and Refugee Status Verification Requirements for Groups of Five and Community Sponsors
• 2012-10-25Conditional Permanent Residence for Sponsored Spouses and Partners
• 2012-11-01Regulations Amending the Citizenship Regulations
• 2012-11-23Mandatory In-Person Reporting Requirements for Designated Foreign Nationals
• 2012-12-15Refugee Appeal Division appeal provisions commenced
• 2012-12-19Expedited Asylum Claim Timelines and Work Permit Restrictions for Designated Countries of Origin