The number of Filipino caregivers being allowed to enter Canada to work has been slashed almost in half, a report said on Tuesday.

The Toronto Sun report cited data from Immigration Canada showing that the rejection rate at the Canadian visa office in Manila for Filipino caregivers rose from 35 percent in 2006 to 66 percent in 2008.

“This is very frustrating for the community. These people are well-trained and well-qualified to help Canadians,” said Yolanda Ladines, president of the non-governmental organization Markham Federation of Filipino Canadians, in the report.

Moreover, Ladines said that it now takes 18 months to get a response from the Canadian visa office in Manila.

“There is a huge demand for these people in Canada. It is disappointing that only one of three is accepted to come here,” she said.

In addition, the Liberal Party of Canada said in the same report that their Scarborough-Agincourt office has been getting calls from Filipinos in Toronto, saying that their relatives couldn’t obtain visas in Manila to work as live-in caregivers in Canada even though they are reportedly qualified and in demand.

“The acceptance rate before was two out of three, and now it’s one out of three,” said Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis.

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