With travel restrictions still in place, Canada has clarified what types of trips are considered “essential” in order to gauge which travellers should be let into the country. Foreigners who are exempt from Canada’s coronavirus travel restrictions, such as temporary foreign workers, immediate family members of Canadians, and certain international students, must demonstrate the purpose […]
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Ontario issued invitations to bilingual Express Entry candidates on April 30. The selected candidates may be eligible to immigrate to Canada through Ontario’s Express Entry French-Speaking Skilled Worker (FSSW) stream. This is the largest FSSW draw of the year so far, with 307 Notifications of Interest (NOIs). The first draw of its kind this year, […]
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Ontario issued targeted invitations to hopeful immigrants who may be eligible for Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream on April 29. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued the invitations to 190 candidates in 14 skilled trades occupations. The province is contacting the selected candidates who received the Notifications of Interest (NOIs) today. The OINP […]
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British Columbia invited 75 Skills Immigration and Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence through its Tech Pilot on April 29. The Tech Pilot issues invitations to eligible foreign tech workers with a valid job offer in one of 29 in-demand technology occupations in the province. Invitations went to Skilled Worker and International Graduate […]
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International students are extremely important to Canada’s society and economy. The 640,000 international students in Canada help to create a vibrant learning environment on campuses across the country. They also contribute some $22 billion to the economy each year which supports around 200,000 Canadian jobs. Recognizing that international students have also been impacted by COVID-19 […]
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Express Entry candidates invited in the April 29 draw were required to have a provincial nomination. Canada invited a total of 589 candidates in this Express Entry draw with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement of 692. With an additional 600 points from having a provincial nomination, that means the basic human capital […]
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Sudbury, Ontario held its first-ever Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) draw on April 23, inviting candidates to apply for a community recommendation for Canadian permanent residence. Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario with a population of nearly 165,000. The local economy is lead by mining, finance, tourism and other industries. It is […]
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Canada’s immigration department is once again open for questions by phone. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) phone operations have been down since late March following the implementation of special coronavirus prevention measures throughout Canada. Now IRCC is once again accepting calls, but at a reduced capacity. Phone lines will be open from Monday to […]
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Foreign nationals who lost their jobs due to coronavirus have the added burden of wondering whether they will also lose their status in Canada, and how the loss of employment will affect their Canadian immigration applications. There are options for staying in Canada even after losing your job. If you are in Canada on a […]
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Nova Scotia has invited Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence through its Labour Market Priorities Stream on April 27, 2020. This latest draw targeted Express Entry candidates who had selected French as their first official language and have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score of 8 or higher in […]
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The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has issued 26 entrepreneurs invitations to apply under its Entrepreneur Stream. The OINP Entrepreneur Stream is designed to attract entrepreneurs and business owners abroad to come to Canada and either start a new business or buy an existing Ontario business. The invitations were issued for candidates with scores between […]
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As the coronavirus continues to affect populations around the world, the government of Canada has put in place measures to reduce the spread of the virus within the country. To this end, travel restrictions have been enacted in order to limit the influx of foreign nationals entering Canada. Despite the importance of tightly controlling who […]
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Invitations to apply for a provincial nomination have been issued to 132 candidates in Manitoba’s Expression of Interest pool, including seven Express Entry candidates. The April 23 draw issued invitations to candidates in Manitoba’s Skilled Workers in Manitoba, Skilled Workers Overseas and International Education streams. The province has issued 1,808 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) […]
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In the weeks since Canada announced travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus crisis, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has actually increased the frequency of Express Entry draws. Prior to the travel restrictions, IRCC usually held Express Entry draws every two weeks, and usually on Wednesday. Since the travel restrictions, it has held six […]
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British Columbia has issued 91 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination in a draw that took place this week. The April 21 draw was conducted under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP)’s Tech Pilot. Immigration candidates with job offers in B.C.’s technology sector are invited to apply for a provincial nomination through […]
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International students in Canada will now be allowed to work full time if they are employed in an essential service. The government recognizes that international students who are already in Canada have the ability to help meet the challenges presented by COVID-19. As a result, Canada has temporarily removed the regulation that limits international students […]
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America’s temporary ban on immigration is set to come into effect now that President Donald Trump has followed through with a promise he first made on Twitter Monday evening. Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday that takes effect at 11:59 PM EST on Thursday April 23. The Executive Order will suspend the processing of […]
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Two Alberta draws have taken place so far in April, inviting a total of 320 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) recently released the details of the provincial nominee program draws from April 1, and April 14. The first Alberta Express Entry Stream […]
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President Donald Trump has announced that he will sign an Executive Order to temporarily suspend U.S. immigration as early as Wednesday April 22, citing coronavirus concerns. The president first made the announcement via Twitter on Monday night. On Tuesday evening, during his daily coronavirus briefing at the White House, president Trump said that his administration […]
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In 2019, Nigeria became the fourth-leading source country of new immigrants to Canada, behind India, China, and the Philippines. A total of 12,600 Nigerians gained permanent residence last year, which represents a tripling of Nigerian immigration to Canada since 2015. The vast majority of Nigerians came to Canada as economic class immigrants. The main way […]
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After reaching a mutual deal to close their borders a month ago, Canada and the U.S. are now extending the closure another 30 days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday. The deal was set to expire on April 20. However, this extension will see the border closed until May 20. Once again, essential trade will […]
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Canada’s travel restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus do not extend to immediate family members, including common-law partners. For the purposes of immigration, Canada defines a common-law partnership as two people who have lived together for one year in what the government calls a “conjugal relationship,” or a “marriage-like” relationship. Canadian citizens and permanent […]
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British Columbia issued 271 invitations for immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence on April 16. This British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) invitation round was affected by coronavirus measures that have impacted B.C. businesses, according to their webpage. The 271 candidates were selected from both the Skilled Immigration and […]
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The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating impact on economies around the world. The IMF projects the global economy will contract by 3 per cent in 2020, in what it calls the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Just days before it announced travel restrictions to help contain the spread of COVID-19, Canada said […]
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Two days, two Express Entry draws. Today’s draw rendered invitations for 3,782 immigration candidates and their families to apply for Canadian permanent residence. Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residence were issued to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores as low as 455 on April 16, 2020. Today’s […]
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