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Canada could start welcoming fully vaccinated international travellers from early September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has indicated. In a COVID-19 status update with provincial premiers, the Prime Minister also said fully vaccinated Americans could be allowed to travel from mid-August. The dates are the first time Trudeau has given a real indication about a possible
Ottawa is sweetening the pot with open work permits for international students, health care workers and other workers in essential occupations who are candidates for the new pathway to permanent residency announced in May. “Our new path to permanent residence for 90,000 essential workers and international graduates is a major step forward, the size, speed
British Columbia immigration has issued 56 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in a new BC PNP Tech draw. The July 13 draw featured invitations through four streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. Minimum scores were 80 for all four streams. The featured streams were: SI – Skilled Worker SI – International
Quebec’s immigration authority has published a new scoring system for how it will rank profiles in the Arrima Expression of Interest bank. The new system, which comes into force on co Wednesday July 14, 2021 after it was published in Quebec Official Gazette, involves points in two categories: Human capital factors: French language ability.
Ontario has issued 1,685 invitations in four separate Expression of Interest draws through its Employer Job Offer streams for Foreign Workers and International Students. Two draws under each stream were conducted on July 13, 2021. Under the Foreign Worker stream, a general draw saw 1,211 candidates invited, with a minimum score of 33 points on
Canada recorded 17,115 new permanent resident arrivals in May, as immigration numbers dropped further behind the levels required to hit ambitious targets. The number of arrivals, although greater than the same period of 2020, is the lowest monthly total of 2021. Since welcoming 24,675 newcomers in January, numbers have fallen every month. Canada has welcomed
Nova Scotia immigration has launched a new Provincial Nominee Program stream targeting international graduates. The International Graduates in Demand stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) is currently open to workers with a permanent job offer in one of two National Occupational Classification codes: NOC 3413: Nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates. NOC
Temporary foreign workers and international students who are still in their home countries but who have certificates of acceptance from Canada’s francophone province of Quebec can now get free online French courses with tutoring. “Since July 1st, more immigrants have access to free French-language courses and financial assistance offered by the Province of Quebec,” the
Manitoba immigration has issued 277 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers and international graduates in the latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The July 9 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 201 LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidates scoring 445 points. International Education Stream candidates
Fearing for their lives at the hands of the Taliban, dozens of interpreters and aides to the Canadian mission in Afghanistan are now hoping to flee to Canada as refugees. Canada has been out of the region for seven years. But the United States only pulled out its troops from Bagram Airfield, the centre of
