Un juge de la Cour supérieure du Québec a ordonné au gouvernement provincial de continuer à traiter les 18,000 demandes en inventaire du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés que celui-ci voulait dissoudre. La décision par le juge Frédéric Bachand donne une injonction temporaire de 10 jours en réponse aux arguments d’un groupe d’avocats en droit […]

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Ontario issued 6,850 nominations for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 with nearly half going to candidates in the federal Express Entry system, a new report by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program shows.   Known as the OINP, the program allows Ontario to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates each year for Canadian permanent residence. The […]

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Manitoba has invited another 338 Skilled Workers Overseas candidates in the province’s second draw through the popular stream in six days.   An unspecified number of Express Entry candidates were among the Skilled Workers Overseas candidates invited in the February 21 draw, which brought the number of invitations issued by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) so far […]

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The province of Prince Edward Island has invited 199 economic immigration candidates to apply in a draw held February 21.  The invitations more than doubled the 91 issued in the province’s January draw. A total of 170 candidates in Prince Edward Island (PEI)’s Express Entry and Labour Impact categories received invitations in the February 21 draw. […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. An immigration lawyers’ group is seeking a court order that would force Quebec’s government to continue processing backlogged applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.   The province’s Coalition Avenir Québec government proposed terminating the backlog of around 18,000 pending applications in legislation tabled February 7. The legislation, known […]

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Un groupe d’avocats en droit de l’immigration a demandé une ordonnance du tribunal forçant le gouvernement du Québec à continuer le traitement des demandes en cours du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés. En vertu du projet de loi du 7 février, le gouvernement de la province, Coalition Avenir Québec a proposé l’annulation des 18,000 demandes […]

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The Government of Canada has issued 3,350 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to candidates in the Express Entry system in a draw held February 20.   Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now issued a total of 14,500 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) in 2019, which remains the biggest start to a year since […]

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Canada’s provincial nominee programs have been active over the past few weeks, with invitation rounds taking place in Manitoba, British Columbia and Ontario.   Combined, the three provinces have issued more than 900 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence since the start of February. Many of these invitations were issued through so-called “enhanced” […]

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Manitoba issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence on February 15 to eligible skilled workers and international students who have expressed their interest in immigrating to the province.   The draw was the province’s third of 2019 and issued 444 invitations to candidates in the Skilled Workers Overseas, Skilled Workers in […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. More than 91,000 immigration candidates have submitted expressions of interest through Quebec’s online Arrima portal since it opened last September — a six-month period dominated by the rise of the province’s new Coalition Avenir Québec government.   The Arrima portal was introduced September 18, 2018, to manage profiles submitted to […]

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Plus de 91,000 candidats à l’immigration ont soumis leur déclaration d’intérêt par le biais du nouveau portail Arrima depuis son ouverture en septembre dernier – une période de 6 mois marquée par l’ascension au pouvoir du nouveau gouvernement de la province, Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). Le 18 septembre 2018, le gouvernement libéral a introduit le […]

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Nova Scotia welcomed a record 5,970 new permanent residents last year, the provincial government has announced.   The 2018 total was a gain of nearly 500 over the previous record of 5,485 set in 2016. The province’s Office of Immigration said more than 65 per cent of the new permanent resident landings in 2018 were approved through the […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. International students hoping to remain in Canada on a Post-Graduation Work Permit now have six months to apply once they obtain their notice of graduation and are no longer required to have a valid study permit.   The Government of Canada announced the changes on Thursday, February 14, […]

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Les étudiants étrangers espérant rester au Canada en vertu d’un permis de travail post-diplôme ont maintenant six mois pour présenter une demande dès qu’ils reçoivent leur avis officiel d’obtention du diplôme et n’ont plus besoin d’être en possession d’un permis d’études valide.   Les changements et modifications apportés à ce programme convoité ont été annoncés […]

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Candidates who enter the Express Entry pool may find themselves on the receiving end of an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination without even trying thanks to specialized immigration streams in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia.  These streams have recently been used to search the Express Entry pool for candidates who meet specified criteria […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Ontario has issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to French-speaking Express Entry candidates.    The 61 invitations were issued February 7 through Ontario’s French-Speaking Skilled Worker immigration stream. This stream lets the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) select French-speaking candidates in […]

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L’Ontario a maintenant émis des nouvelles invitations à présenter une demande de résidence permanente aux candidats Entrée express francophones. Les 61 invitations furent émises le 7 février en vertu du volet d’immigration des travailleurs qualifiés de l’Ontario. Ce volet permet au programme ontarien des candidats à l’immigration (POCI) de sélectionner les candidats parlant français ayant […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Government of Quebec is moving to eliminate outstanding applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program submitted prior to August 2, 2018.   The plan calls for cancelling all applications submitted before that date that have yet to be approved, refused or rejected, effectively clearing the current backlog of around 18,000 […]

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Le gouvernement du Québec prend des mesures pour éliminer les demandes restantes du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés soumises avant le 2 août 2018. Le plan inclut l’annulation de toutes les demandes soumises avant cette date qui attendent encore d’être approuvées, refusées ou rejetées, dégageant les 18,000 demandes restantes ainsi que le remboursement des frais […]

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Quebec’s youthful new immigration minister recently compared the province’s revamped immigration system to the popular dating app Tinder, which is troubling on many levels. [Read more…] © 2019 CICNews All Rights Reserved

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Communities in Northern British Columbia are hoping a new federal immigration pilot will help them fill job vacancies.  Unveiled by the Government of Canada last month, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot will facilitate permanent residence for foreign workers of various skill levels in selected communities in Canada’s three northern territories and the provinces of […]

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If the first month of 2019 was any indication, Canada should have no trouble achieving its goal of welcoming one million immigrants by the end of 2021.  January saw the Government of Canada and provinces across the country open the door to more than 40,000 potential applicants through key economic immigration and family sponsorship programs. […]

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Canada’s Express Entry system got 2019 off to its best start ever in January, issuing 11,150 invitations to apply for permanent residence over the course of three draws.   The last draw of the month, held on January 30, saw the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score drop to 438 — the lowest score drawn in […]

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British Columbia nominated 3,100 candidates in the federal Express Entry system for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 through its provincial nominee program, the BC PNP.  Figures provided to CIC News by the BC PNP show the majority of these nominations  — 1,999 — were issued through the Express Entry BC (EEBC) Skilled Worker category, which […]

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The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program held its second Expression of Interest draw of 2019 on January 31 for candidates in its Skilled Worker Overseas, Skilled Worker in Manitoba and International Education immigration streams. The program, known as the MPNP, issued 456 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to candidates across the […]

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