Un nouveau portail d’information a été créé pour les candidats à l’immigration et les immigrants au Québec ayant des questions concernant les modalités de reconnaissance des accréditations étrangères pour pouvoir travailler dans la province. Développé avec le financement du Ministère de l’immigration du Québec, connu sous le nom de MIDI, le portail qualificationsquebec.com permet aux […]

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The Government of Ontario has invited 29 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through its French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream. The August 30 draw was Ontario’s twelfth through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream since the start of June. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has now invited 1,006 Express Entry candidates in 29 draws […]

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It’s been a busy summer for Canada’s Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs, with developments in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Ontario leading the way. Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) allow participating Canadian provinces and territories to nominate a set number of immigrants for Canadian permanent residence each year. Each of Canada’s 11 PNPs now has at least […]

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A cornerstone of U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic policies was his pledge to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which he has consistently referred to as “one of the worst trade deals in history.” With NAFTA renegotiations having now produced the makings of a bilateral deal between the U.S. and Mexico, the […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The mayor of Quebec City is calling for an increase in immigration there to address what he says is a ‘dangerous’ shortage of labour. Immigration topped Mayor Régis Labeaume’s newly released list of annual priorities, citing the urgent need to fill 17,000 job vacancies in the Quebec City […]

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Le maire de Québec demande une augmentation du nombre d’immigrants afin de pouvoir répondre à ce qu’il appelle un « dangereux » manque de main-d’œuvre. Le secteur de l’immigration est en première position sur la récente liste annuelle de priorités publiée par Régis Labeaume, citant le besoin urgent de combler les 17,000 postes à pourvoir dans la […]

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The province of Ontario has issued new invitations to immigration candidates through its Express Entry-aligned French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream as well as its Entrepreneur Stream. In an update published August 24, Ontario said it issued 15 Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to Express Entry candidates through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker (FSSW) Stream on August 23 and […]

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The province of Saskatchewan has issued its first invitations to Express Entry candidates through the new Expression of Interest system introduced in July, and revised its In-Demand Occupation List in the process. A total of 466 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination were issued to candidates in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)’s Express Entry sub-category […]

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A new Express Entry draw held August 22 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score in this draw was 440. This is the third draw in 2018 to feature a minimum score of 440, which is the lowest CRS score drawn in 2018 […]

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The province of British Columbia nominated 2,350 Express Entry candidates for Canadian permanent residence in 2017, with a notable boost in the number nominated through its EEBC — Skilled Worker category, a new report shows. The new provincial government report on the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) says nominations through its four Express […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it will scrap its controversial randomized selection process for its Parents and Grandparents Program in 2019 and revert to a first-come, first-served approach to inviting interested sponsors to apply. The move was announced August 20 in a news release that also said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) will accept […]

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لقراءة هذه المقالة باللغة العربية ،قم بزيارة هذه الصفحة. The Government of Canada is warning of a scam by individuals posing as immigration consultants on Facebook. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said a number of Facebook pages are claiming to be those of immigration consultants affiliated with the Government of Canada and promise successful […]

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حذرت الحكومة الكندية من وجود أشخاص على الفيسبوك يقدمون أنفسهم كمستشارين للهجرة. وقد ذكرت شؤون الهجرة واللاجئون والمواطنة الكندية (IRCC) إن عدداً من صفحات الفيسبوك تدعي انها تمثل مستشاري الهجرة المنتسبين إلى الحكومة الكندية وتعدهم بتحقيق الهجرة إلى كندا بنجاح. واكدت ال IRCC أن هذه الصفحات مكتوبة باللغة العربية بشكل أساسي بالاضافة الى أن بعضها […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The new online portal for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program will only be available to users in September, the province’s Immigration Ministry says.  Quebec’s Immigration Ministry, MIDI, said in a news release issued August 17 that the new portal, called Arrima, is undergoing final user experience tests and […]

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Le nouveau portail électronique pour le programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés du Québec ne sera disponible pour les utilisateurs qu’au mois de septembre, affirme le Ministère de l’Immigration de la province. Le Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, aussi connu sous le nom de MIDI, a publié dans un communiqué émis le […]

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The Atlantic Canada province of Prince Edward Island issued new invitations to candidates in its Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact categories in an Expression of Interest draw held August 16. A total of 118 invitations were issued in all three categories, of which 111 went to candidates in Prince Edward Island (PEI)’s Express […]

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A new targeted draw through Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream on August 9 issued 947 invitations to Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 350. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program says the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score range for this latest draw was 350 to 439 and those issued Notifications of […]

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Three of Canada’s largest cities — Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto — continue to rank among the top 10 most liveable cities in the world in The Economist’s latest survey. The three cities are the only North American cities in the top 10 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s 2018 Global Liveability Index. In comparison to the EIU’s […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will now provide some Canadian permanent residence applicants with processing times that are forward-looking, rather than estimations based on historical data. The introduction of projected times will replace historical processing times for some applications received on or after July 31, 2018. In a press release published on August 9, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship […]

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Nova Scotia’s new Labour Market Priorities Stream issued its first invitations Wednesday, targeting Express Entry candidates with eligible work experience as early childhood educators and assistants. A total of 314 invitations were issued to eligible candidates in the federal Express Entry pool with at least two years of work experience in National Occupational Classification (NOC) […]

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A new Express Entry draw held August 8 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System score of at least 440. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in today’s draw marks the second time this year that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada […]

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