【官网原文】
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today announced that Canada’s active recruitment model for economic immigration will officially be called “Express Entry.” Set to launch in January 2015, “Express Entry” is a major step forward in the transformation of Canada’s immigration system into one that is fast, flexible and focused on meeting Canada’s economic and labour needs.
“Express Entry” will allow for greater flexibility and better responsiveness to deal with regional labour shortages, and help fill open jobs for which there are no available Canadian workers. “Express Entry” candidates who receive a valid job offer or nomination under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) will be quickly invited to apply for permanent residency – a key distinction between “Express Entry” and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which is only used to fill temporary labour and skill shortages.
Formerly referred to as “Expression of Interest”, “Express Entry” will be open to skilled immigrants and allow the government to select the best candidates who are most likely to succeed in Canada, rather than those who happen to be first in line. It will also prevent backlogs and allow Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to better coordinate application volume with the annual immigration levels plan.
Qualified applicants can expect faster processing times of six months or less when invited to come to Canada in four key economic streams: the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, Canadian Experience Class, and a portion of the PNP.
With “Express Entry,” employers will have a key role in selecting economic immigrants and providing advice to the Government of Canada. To this end, Alexander also announced that over the course of spring 2014, CIC will work with provincial and territorial governments to hold a series of cross-Canada information sessions to provide employers with more information about this exciting new system.
【新闻解读】
加拿大公民及移民部长亚历山大(Chris Alexander)今天宣布，从2015年1月起推出的“意愿表达”系统(Expressionof Interest System)正式命名为“特快通道”(Express Entry)移民计划。
该计划将灵活高效地应对加国各地区劳动力短缺的问题。
亚历山大称，特快通道移民计划将具备更强的灵活性，帮助加国更好地填补职位空缺。“特快通道”计划申请人如获得加国有效工作机会或获得省提名机会(PNP)，将在半年内获批。
Express Entry移民计划将适用的移民类别包括：联邦技术工人计划（Federal Skilled Worker Program，简称FSWP）、联邦技术行业计划（Federal Skilled Trades Program，简称FSTP）、加拿大经验类移民（Canadian Experience Class，简称CEC），以及省提名移民计划（Provincial Nominee Program，简称PNP）四类。届时这些计划的申请程序将先经过政府挑选，属于缺工领域内的申请者将优先使用特快通道计划。
特快通道计划将允许政府优先选择更优秀的人才，同时也减少移民部案件积压情况。
此外，最新一期《移民资讯汇编》（Lexbase）获自移民部内部报告指，CEC移民平均年收入达7.5万至10万元，表现好过技术移民的5万元，以及PNP移民的6.5万元。自2009年来，透过CEC到加拿大的技工和国际学生人数分别增加4.14倍和1.59倍。其中，印度、美国、英国、菲律宾是CEC技工主要来源国；中国、印度、韩国则是CEC国际学生主要来源国。
也就是说，作为中国留学生申请移民的最快途径CEC经验类移民，从明年1月起开始就有机会在半年内获批，相信这对广大移民指向型留学生来说绝对是个利好消息！
