Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Canada is increasing its immigration targets for 2019 and 2020 and will extend its multi-year immigration levels plan through 2021, setting the stage for the arrival of 1.3 million new permanent residents between 2018 and 2021. The changes were announced as part of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship […]
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Le Canada a augmenté ses cibles d’immigration pour 2019 et 2020 et devrait étendre son plan pluriannuel des niveaux d’immigration jusqu’à 2021, préparant le terrain pour l’arrivée des 1.3 million de nouveaux résidents permanents entre 2018 et 2021. Les changements furent annoncés dans un rapport fait au Parlement par Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (IRCC) […]
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Employers who require a Labour Market Impact Assessment under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program should submit their application “as soon as possible” in order to avoid worsening delays, the government says. A notice published October 29 by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) says Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program “is currently experiencing an increased volume […]
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The Government of Canada has issued 3,900 Express Entry candidates an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held October 29. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in this latest draw was 442. The federal Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three main economic immigration program — the Federal Skilled […]
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Four new 2018 records have been set in October for the most invitations issued so far this year through provincial immigration streams in Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia. Many of the streams involved are linked to the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three main economic […]
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A record 47 per cent of small Canadian businesses report that they are experiencing a shortage of skilled labour, a monthly survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has found. The findings in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s October 2018 Business Barometer survey is a roughly 10 per cent increase from […]
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Applications for immigration to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have increased by 25 per cent this year compared to the first 10 months of 2017, the province’s government says. Last year saw Canada’s easternmost Atlantic province welcome 832 people through both its Provincial Nominee Program and the federal/provincial Atlantic Immigration Pilot. The province’s Minister […]
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A rising number of job seekers from India are looking for work opportunities in Canada over the United States, with searches for tech jobs leading the way, a recent study says. Canada’s share of job searches conducted from India rose from six to 13 per cent between August 2016 and July 2018, says the study […]
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The CanadaVisa News Briefs bring you Canadian immigration updates that took place in the past weeks. The CanadaVisa team shares Canadian immigration news across various social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and LinkedIn. Sign up, follow or like CanadaVisa on of these social media channels to receive the latest Canada immigration updates in your […]
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Pour lire cet article, cliquez ici. Ontario has announced new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence for Express Entry candidates, including a 2018 high of 439 invitations through its Skilled Trades Stream on October 19. This is the most invitations issued through the Skilled Trades Stream in a single draw so […]
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Le 19 octobre, un nombre record d’invitations à présenter une demande de désignation provinciale pour les candidats Entrée express furent émises par l’Ontario. Les 439 invitations qui furent émises par le biais du Volet des travailleurs de métiers spécialisés est le record de l’année. En vertu du Volet des travailleurs de métiers spécialisés, ceci est le […]
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Canada’s diversity and immigration policies are playing key roles in the country’s growing reputation as a global leader in artificial intelligence, say two of the country’s top minds in the field. Steve Irvine, a veteran of Facebook and Instagram and the founder and CEO of integrate.ai, returned to Canada two years ago to build his […]
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Prince Edward Island has issued 270 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to immigration candidates in its Express Entry and Labour Impact Expression of Interest pools. The October 18 Expression of Interest draw was by far the largest of 2018, eclipsing the previous 2018 high of 152 invitations issued through these two immigration categories […]
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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. A new website for immigrant job-seekers in Quebec is the focal point of a province-wide campaign launched this week to attract newcomers to regions outside the Montreal area. The French-language website, emploisenregions.ca, assists new permanent residents and temporary foreign workers in Quebec with finding suitable employment in […]
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Un nouveau site internet pour les immigrants chercheurs d’emplois au Québec est le point central d’une campagne provinciale lancée cette semaine pour attirer les nouveaux-arrivants dans les régions situées en dehors de Montréal. Ce site en français, emploisenregions.ca, fournit des informations sur les emplois disponibles dans les domaines de formation d’une personne ainsi qu’à l’accès gratuit […]
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The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held Monday, October 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this invitation round returned to 440, which is the lowest score drawn this year. Today’s minimum score is five points less than the minimum Comprehensive […]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its rules concerning employees of Canada’s legal marijuana industry, saying they will “generally be admissible” to the United States if the purpose of their travel is unrelated to the industry. The update, published October 9, brings some clarity to the agency’s earlier statement on the issue from September […]
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The Province of Saskatchewan has invited 853 candidates in its Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand immigration sub-categories to apply for a provincial nomination in the largest draw yet from its new International Skilled Worker Expression of Interest pool. A total of 359 Express Entry sub-category candidates were issued invitations to apply in the October 10 […]
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Far from taking the summer off, Canada’s Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs spent the months of July, August and September innovating and issuing more than 3,000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The big news in the third quarter of 2018 included the largest invitation round so far this year […]
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The Government of Canada’s Express Entry economic immigration system had a banner third quarter of 2018, issuing a record high number of invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence over the months of July, August and September. Introduced in 2015, the Express Entry system manages the pool of eligible candidates in Canada’s three main economic immigration […]
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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The number of people receiving Canadian citizenship is on the rise thanks to revised rules that have made it easier to obtain, the Government of Canada says. By the end of this month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says an estimated 152,000 people will have received […]
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Le gouvernement du Canada soutient que le nombre de personnes recevant la citoyenneté canadienne est en hausse grâce aux nouvelles règles qui rendent l’obtention de la citoyenneté canadienne plus facile. Depuis l’introduction des changements qui ont réduit le nombre de jours à passer à l’intérieur du Canada avant de pouvoir présenter une demande de citoyenneté pour […]
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Manitoba is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its pioneering Provincial Nominee Program, which has welcomed more than 130,000 immigrants since its inception in 1998. The creation of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, or MPNP, made the province the first in Canada to nominate newcomers for permanent residence through streams tailored to its economic needs and […]
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The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a new draw held October 3. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this draw was 445. Today’s invitation round was the third draw from the Express Entry pool in three weeks and marks a return to 3,900 […]
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