Canada

This pilot project was established in order to enable foreign workers to be hired for jobs that usually require secondary school or job-specific training or on-the-job training.

Phillipines has signed an agreement for human resources modalities with four provinces in Canada. It has been clarified that immigration consultancy costs are unnecesary; hiring immigration consultant itself is not a requirement by the Canadian government.

Through the program, temporary workers from El Salvador are recruited for a period up to four years. They work mainly in the agricultural sector.

The Program permits Canadian families to hire workers from abroad to provide care to a child, an elderly person or an adult with disabilities. Caregivers are obliged to work for two years and afterwards they and their immediate families abroad become eligible to apply for permanent residence. The LCP is the only federal program providing direct access to permanent residence for TFWs with lower skill levels.

The Canadian Immigrant Integration Program (CIIP), is an overseas project that delivers services such as group and individual counselling and access to information resources:

The Business Immigration Program seeks to bring experienced business people to Canada. This program is open to three categories of migrants: investors, entrepreneurs and self-employed persons. These people will help develop a strong and thriving Canadian economy.

The main objective of this program is to attract skilled workers who can succeed in the Canadian economy. It was established to serve the Canadian labour market. The key is to recognize different certification processes for industrial, electrical and construction, equipment operation, natural resources, agricultural and utilities sectors.

This web portal offers a database to employers with information on immigrants looking for jobs reflecting their language and professional experience.

The TRIANGLE project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project will promote both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared concerns, make regionalism more effective, and enhance the capacity of institutions in ASEAN. The project objectives are in line with the strategic priorities of the ASEAN Labour Ministers Work Programme (2010-2015).

The purpose of the Agreement is to create the opportunities for youth to deepen their professional and language skills, study and work during holidays in another contracting state, and get to know its people and culture.

The Youth Exchange Programme is open to:

(1) citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and Canada, including graduates from a university, higher education institution or research institution, who wish to obtain further training in the host country under a pre-arranged contract of employment in support of their career development;