Since the news got out that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are stepping back from senior royal duties and making Canada — at least for now— their part-time home, immigration experts have been puzzling over the question: Would the Duke and Duchess of Sussex qualify for Canadian permanent residence? Several news outlets have looked at […]
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Ontario has conducted a Tech Draw on January 15 inviting 954 Express Entry candidates with eligible work experience to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. Those who received a Notification of Interest (NOI) in the January 15 draw had Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 460 and 472. The province […]
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The high demand for tech talent in Canada is rolling into 2020 as experts start to predict the sector’s outlook for the new year. Shortages in the technology sector labour market have prompted immigration programs in British Columbia and Ontario to step up recruiting efforts. In 2019 the B.C. Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) extended […]
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Fifty-seven Canadians lost their lives after an airplane was shot down outside of Tehran last week. [Read more…]
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Since a 2012 reform to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), Canada’s immigration minister has had the legal authority to introduce new economic class pilot programs to welcome immigrants that can help address economic and labour force priority areas across the country. Other than one exception, every new federal economic class program since that […]
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The latest two Saskatchewan selection rounds were broken up by only a weekend. On Monday, January 13, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) issued another 234 invitations to candidates in the province’s Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand streams. Friday’s round was slightly higher, sending out a total of 308 invitations to candidates in the same […]
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Ontario and Quebec led the provinces in employment gains last month, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey. There were 57,000 more employees in Canada’s private sector in December, which offset November’s decline of a similar size. “Employment increased in accommodation and food services and in construction, while it was little changed in the […]
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Four years ago Tareq Hadhad came to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, as a Syrian refugee, and next week he will officially become a Canadian citizen— something he calls “a great honour.” The ceremony will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia on January 15— a two-hour drive from where the Hadhad family set up their now-successful chocolate […]
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Saskatchewan invited 308 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in its latest draw on January 9. This is the first draw of the year for the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). Invitations went to candidates in both the Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand streams. Candidates did not need a job offer to be […]
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Ontario issued its first Express Entry-linked invitations of the new year on Friday, inviting 242 candidates to apply for a nomination for Canadian permanent residence through its French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream. The stream is one of three Ontario immigration pathways that are aligned with the Express Entry system, which is Canada’s main source of skilled […]
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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. A total of 305 candidates for Quebec immigration have been invited over two Arrima draws in December. In the latest draw on December 17, 2019, a total of 220 invitations went to candidates who submitted their application under Quebec’s Regular Skilled Worker Program. These candidates were either except […]
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Le ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) a invité 305 personnes à lui présenter une demande de sélection dans le cadre du Programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés du Québec (PRTQ) lors de deux exercices d’invitations tenus au mois de décembre. Le 17 décembre 2019, un total de 220 invitations ont été […]
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Canada’s first Express Entry draw of 2020 has issued 3,400 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to receive an invitation in the January 8 draw was 473. The Express Entry system is Canada’s primary source of skilled foreign workers. It was introduced in 2015 to manage […]
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The past decade was among the most eventful in Canadian immigration history. It saw a significant increase in Canada’s levels of permanent residents, international students, and foreign workers. The complete revamping of Canada’s economic class program was among other major transformations that also impacted the country’s family and refugee class programs. It is expected that […]
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International student graduates and skilled workers both in Manitoba and abroad were invited in the latest Expression of Interest draw on January 2. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) released details of the draw yesterday. They issued a total of 186 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to candidates in the following three streams: Skilled […]
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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. A francophone economic development group from Prince Edward Island (PEI) has produced a series of information booklets aimed at attracting French-speaking immigrants. The Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (RDÉE) put together eight booklets containing pertinent information about PEI’s economic and francophone landscape. The main booklet titled: ‘Opportunity […]
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Le conseil de développement économique provincial francophone de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (IPÉ) a produit une série de brochures d’information visant à attirer les immigrants francophones. Le conseil de développement économique provincial francophone de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (IPÉ) a produit une série de brochures d’information visant à attirer les immigrants francophones. Le Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (RDÉE) a […]
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Five of the 11 communities taking part in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) were set to begin accepting applications on January 1, but CIC News has learned that it will be at least another month before they actually start the intake process. The communities that were scheduled to start the pilot program on […]
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The federal government has increased the amount of funds that certain skilled workers need in order to immigrate to Canada. Prospective immigrants need to prove that they have a certain amount of savings in order to qualify without a job offer in the Express Entry-managed Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) or Federal Skilled Trades Program […]
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Millions of new Canadians will arrive through Canada’s various immigration programs during the new decade and several expected policy updates will help to pave the way in 2020. Here’s a look at some of the notable developments that we can expect over the next 12 months both in Canada and beyond that could help shape […]
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Canada’s Express Entry system kept both candidates and observers on their toes in 2019 with a number of unexpected twists and turns. Though it fell just short of 2018’s record results, Canada’s principal immigration pathway for highly skilled foreign workers still finished the year with an impressive 85,300 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence […]
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Perhaps the best news to come out of Canada’s Express Entry system in 2019 was the amount of activity among Express Entry-linked provincial nomination streams. Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a set number of skilled workers and other economic immigration candidates for permanent residence. Each of the nine […]
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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Government of Quebec has provided new details of the so-called values test that immigration candidates will have to pass in order to qualify for selection by the province. Beginning January 1, 2020, immigration candidates looking to settle in Quebec will have to obtain what the government is […]
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Le gouvernement du Québec a fourni de nouveaux détails sur le test des valeurs que toute personne candidate à l’immigration devra réussir pour être admissible à la sélection permanente dans la province. À compter du 1er janvier 2020, les candidates et les candidats à l’immigration qui souhaitent s’établir au Québec devront obtenir ce que le gouvernement […]
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Nova Scotia is seeing record-breaking population growth thanks to immigrants and interprovincial migrants. Statistics Canada estimates show the Atlantic Province’s population grew by 12,339 residents between October 1, 2018, and October 1, 2019. This includes 7,165 immigrants who came to Nova Scotia during this 12-month stretch. This growth of 1.28 per cent is the province’s […]
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