Saskatchewan held another Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand draw November 12, this time inviting 525 skilled workers to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)’s Express Entry sub-category is linked to the federal government’s  Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main […]

The post Saskatchewan issues 525 invitations to Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates first appeared on CIC News.

Canada’s international student population is booming, tripling over the past decade to 570,000 people in 2018.  Canada now ranks as the fourth-leading host country for international students, behind the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, according to ICEF. Canada’s higher intake is due to the global explosion of international students. UNESCO estimates there were 5.3-million […]

The post Canada’s study-work-immigrate advantage first appeared on CIC News.

Don Cherry has finally gone too far.   The long-time Hockey Night in Canada commentator with a knack for garish getups and controversial views was fired Monday over a remark he made about immigrants during a weekend broadcast.  Cherry, 85, suggested in his “Coach’s Corner” segment Saturday night that immigrants in and around Toronto do not […]

The post Immigrant comment gets Hockey Night in Canada star Don Cherry fired first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Government of Quebec has suspended controversial changes to the Quebec Experience Program that took effect November 1.  The province’s immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, confirmed the suspension in a Facebook post Friday evening after media reports of the decision emerged. The temporary suspension of the new rules […]

The post Quebec shelves experience program changes that took effect November 1 first appeared on CIC News.

Le gouvernement du Québec a suspendu la controversée réforme du Programme de l’expérience québécoise qui est entrée en vigueur le 1er novembre. Le ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI), Simon Jolin-Barrette, a confirmé le retrait des réformes dans un message Facebook vendredi soir, quelques heures après l’annonce de la suspension dans […]

The post Québec suspend le règlement modifiant l’accès au PEQ qui est entré en vigueur le 1er novembre first appeared on CIC News.

Alberta invited 401 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in its last two selection rounds, the province’s immigrant nominee program has revealed.  A selection round held October 24 invited 372 candidates with a profile in the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s […]

The post Alberta Express Entry issues invitations to candidates with CRS scores as low as 300 first appeared on CIC News.

The entrepreneurial landscape in Canada is growing increasingly diverse thanks to immigrants, a new study by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) shows. Newcomers to Canada are more likely to start a business that grows more quickly and creates more net jobs per enterprise than the Canadian-born population, according to the study. The BDC […]

The post Immigrants more likely to start a business and create jobs than those born in Canada first appeared on CIC News.

British Columbia and Newfoundland led Canada’s provinces in employment gains in October, Statistics Canada’s new Labour Force Survey reports. Canada added 443,000 new jobs in the 12 months spanning October 2018 to October 2019, led by gains in full-time work, Statistics Canada said. Overall employment dropped slightly in October, as Canada shed 1,800 net jobs, […]

The post Employment rose in B.C. and Newfoundland last month, new Labour Force Survey shows first appeared on CIC News.

Manitoba invited 180 skilled workers, international student graduates and Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in a new draw held November 7. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) periodically invites candidates from its Skilled Worker in Manitoba, Skilled Worker Overseas and International Education immigration pathways to apply for […]

The post Manitoba draw brings 180 applicants one step closer to permanent residence first appeared on CIC News.

Efforts are afoot in Canada to sponsor 200 asylum seekers caught up in Australia’s controversial off-shore detention centres.   [Read more…] © 2019 CICNews All Rights Reserved

The post David’s Blog | Canadians pull together to help refugees living in limbo in Australia first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Foreign students and temporary workers who were already in Quebec on November 1 will not have to meet new eligibility criteria for the Quebec Experience Program, the province’s immigration minister has announced. The reversal comes a day after opposition parties, student groups, foreign workers and foreign students […]

The post Quebec says reforms to popular immigration program won’t affect students, workers already in province first appeared on CIC News.

Les étudiants étrangers et les travailleurs étrangers temporaires qui étaient déjà au Québec le 1er novembre n’auront pas à satisfaire aux nouveaux critères d’admissibilité du Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ), a annoncé le ministre de l’Immigration de la province. Ce volte-face survient un jour après que des partis d’opposition, des groupes d’étudiants, des travailleurs et […]

The post Québec : les réformes d’un populaire programme d’immigration ne toucheront pas les étudiants et les travailleurs déjà dans la province first appeared on CIC News.

A new survey of public opinion on immigration shows the number of Canadians holding positive views of immigration grew between April and October.  Since the Environics Institute’s previous Focus Canada survey in April, public disapproval with the statement “overall, there is too much immigration to Canada” rose from 59 per cent to 63 per cent […]

The post Growing majority of Canadians reject idea that Canada accepts too many immigrants first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. To sustain a strong economy, Quebec needs almost twice as many immigrants as it is currently targeting.  In recent years, Canada’s second-largest province has welcomed around 50,000 immigrants annually, ranking second behind Ontario. On a per capita basis, however, Quebec’s newcomer intake ranked sixth among Canada’s provinces […]

The post Quebec needs 80,000 immigrants per year, not 50,000 first appeared on CIC News.

Pour maintenir une économie forte, le Québec a besoin de doubler sa cible d’immigration actuelle.  Depuis plusieurs années, la deuxième principale province du Canada accueille environ 50 000 immigrants par année, et se classe ainsi en deuxième position derrière l’Ontario. Toutefois, en ce qui concerne le nombre de nouveaux arrivants qui sont accueillis par habitant, le Québec […]

The post Le Québec devrait accueillir 80 000 immigrants par année, pas 50 000 first appeared on CIC News.

Saskatchewan ended October with another big draw for immigration candidates in its Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories.  The 858 invitations issued October 31 continued a six-week string of major draws through these popular Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) pathways, neither of which requires a job offer in Saskatchewan or Canadian work experience in order […]

The post Saskatchewan invites 858 Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand candidates first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Quebec’s Immigration Ministry published its updated Area of Training List on Friday, November 1. The new list replaces the previous Area of Training List that was published August 2, 2018, and the ministry said the updated version applies to all applications submitted before or after November 1. […]

The post Quebec updates Area of Training List first appeared on CIC News.

Le ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) a publié sa liste mise à jour des domaines de formation le vendredi 1er novembre. La nouvelle liste remplace l’ancienne liste des domaines de formation publiée le 2 août 2018, et le ministère a déclaré que la version mise à jour s’applique à toutes les demandes […]

The post Mise à jour de la liste des domaines de formations admissibles au PEQ first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. International graduates can once again submit applications for a permanent residence selection certificate through the Quebec Experience Program (Programme de l’expérience québécoise, PEQ). Quebec’s Immigration Ministry (MIFI) reopened the PEQ’s graduate stream November 1 after suspending it in July. Temporary foreign workers with eligible work experience in […]

The post Quebec Experience Program reopens for graduate applications first appeared on CIC News.

Les étudiants étrangers diplômés au Québec peuvent à nouveau présenter une demande de sélection permanente au Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ). Le ministère de l’Immigration du Québec (MIFI) a rouvert le volet des diplômés du PEQ le 1er novembre. Ce volet avait été suspendu en juillet. Les travailleurs étrangers temporaires ayant une expérience de travail admissible […]

The post Les diplômés du Québec sont à nouveau admissibles au Programme de l’expérience québécoise first appeared on CIC News.

The processing time for applications to Canada’s Federal Self-Employed Persons Program is now down to 22 months — a major improvement from the seven years it was taking just a few years ago.    The Self-Employed Persons Program allows eligible individuals with relevant experience in athletics or arts and culture to apply for Canadian permanent […]

The post Processing time for applications to federal Self-Employed Persons Program now down to 22 months first appeared on CIC News.

Over her lunch break on one of the only Fridays she had to work, Maha Daoud watched the burial of her grandmother in Tunisia from her cell phone in her office at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Daoud had wanted to attend her grandmother’s funeral. She had been a matriarch and a role model for […]

The post ‘I really wanted to be with my mom’: The challenges of grieving from a distance first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program, which allows investors to obtain Canadian permanent residence with a $1.2 million investment, has been suspended until July 1, 2020.  The suspension takes effect Friday, November 1, 2019. Quebec’s Immigration Minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, attributed the suspension to the fact nearly 20,000 applications […]

The post Quebec suspends immigrant investor program until July 2020 first appeared on CIC News.

Le Programme des investisseurs du Québec, qui permet aux gens d’affaires d’obtenir une résidence permanente au Canada s’ils sont en mesure de faire un investissement de 1,2 million de dollars dans la province, a été suspendu jusqu’au 1er juillet 2020. La suspension entre en vigeur le vendredi 1er novembre 2019. Le ministre de l’Immigration du Québec, […]

The post Québec suspend le programme des immigrants investisseurs jusqu’en juillet 2020 first appeared on CIC News.

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Quebec could admit 44,500 new permanent residents and issue 24,700 new selection certificates in 2020, the province’s immigration ministry announced Wednesday.  The majority of new admissions to Quebec in 2020 — 59 per cent — are expected to come through the province’s economic immigration programs, including the […]

The post Quebec could admit up to 44,500 new permanent residents in 2020 first appeared on CIC News.