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Fully-vaccinated foreign nationals who want to come to Canada for working holidays do not need to have job offers before coming here, says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Under the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, the fully-vaccinated need only have their port of entry letter – and their negative pre-entry COVID-19 test result –
Canada has announced an extension to the ban on direct flights from India, put in place due to COVID-19, but says it is preparing for the return of services. Transport Canada said Tuesday the ban would be extended until midnight on September 26, 2021. However, the statement also said three direct flights would be arriving
The U.S. has once again extended its closure of the land border with Canada as part of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. Despite Canada having opened up to fully vaccinated Americans since the beginning of August, U.S. land borders with both Canada and Mexico will remain closed until October 21. The borders were
Immigrants who arrived in Canada within the last five years are enjoying better employment prospects since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with their employment rate hitting 70.4 per cent last month. That’s 6.1 percentage points higher than in the same month in 2019, before the start of the pandemic. Many of these immigrants would
Canadian immigration officials are telling anyone who applied for a visitor visa before Sept. 7 – the day the country opened its borders to all fully vaccinated travellers – to re-apply if their situation has changed and they are coming for one of 10 reasons. Those reasons include coming to Canada: to be reunited with
Restaurateurs facing extreme labour shortages in Canada as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic are turning to international students and temporary foreign workers to pick up the slack. And the industry’s main lobbying organization wants Ottawa to make it easier to hire immigrants. “Restaurants are key to bringing Canadians back to work, but precarious
Canada has extended for a second time a COVID-19-related policy that allows visitors to get work permits without having to leave the country. An announcement from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on Tuesday said the temporary public policy would be extended until February 28, 2022. The policy was first implemented on August 24, 2020,
Unemployment reached its lowest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, as the Canada jobs pictures took another step forwards in August. The Statistics Canada Labour Market Survey recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, down 0.4 percentage points on July, as Canada’s economic recovery continued. As unemployment fell, employment rose for the third consecutive
Fully-vaccinated international travellers can enter Canada as of Tuesday, September 7, as Ottawa takes the next step in lifting restrictions despite rising COVID-19 cases. As of 12.01am, anyone fully vaccinated is not required to quarantine, but is required to produced a negative PCR test within 24 hours of departure to board a flight. On arrival
The United States Department of Homeland Security is keeping America’s border closed until at least Sept. 21 to even fully-vaccinated Canadians hoping to head south for non-essential travel. “To minimize the spread of #COVID19, including the Delta variant, the United States is extending restrictions on non-essential travel at our land and ferry crossings with Canada
