Filipiniana News – May 2014 RHYME & REASON New Quotas and Eligible Occupations for Permanent Residence Applications Last month, I wrote about Citizenship and Immigration Canada's (CIC) much-touted Express Entry system. In preparation for its implementation in January 2015, CIC started accepting applications on 1 May 2014 under the new quotas and a new list of eligible occupations for the the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) categories. It was announced that effective 1 May 2014, there is a new quota of 25,000 applications under the FSWP, 5,000 applications under the FSTP and 8,000 applications under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) In addition to these overall quotas under the FSWP, there will be a limit of 1,000 applications to be accepted under each eligible occupation, 500 applications under the PhD stream but no limit for applications with valid arranged employment from a Ca...