More Opportunities for Filipinos to get Canadian VisasFriday, September 09, 2011 Filipinos will get more chances to immigrate to Canada and better trade relationships with Canada, according to Canadian envoy. >" src="http://www.migrationexpert.com/images/news-ad-CA_2.jpg"> During an interview on Tuesday, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Christopher Thornley stated that there was an increase in the demand for skilled workers from the Philippines in Canada, especially caregivers, nurses, lawyers, trade people and teachers. According to the statistics given by Mr. Thorney, the Philippines has surpassed India and China to become the largest ethnic group migrating to Canada. To date, there are about 500,000 Filipinos now living in Canada. In 2010, the majority of the 250,000 Canadian immigrants were Filipinos. Figures from 2010 also showed that Canada granted more Canadian resident visas to Filipino nationals than all other nationalities. The Ambassador also complimented the capabilities of new Canadian citizens from the Philippines, "Filipinos are very well educated who can contribute to many of our manpower requirements. Aside from that, you also speak English well, which makes communication better," Since Filipinos are very fluent in English communication, Mr. Thornley is eager to develop leisure and medical tourism opportunities between the two countries. "Again the Filipinos speak English well and Canadians feel more comfortable traveling to places where people understand and can communicate with them", he said. As such, Mr. Thornley also addressed the need to set up more flights from the Philippines to Canada. |