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Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw targeting Provincial Nominee Program candidates, issuing 746 Invitations to Apply (ITAs). The December 22 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 720 points, 22 higher than the previous PNP draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now issued 114,431 ITAs in 2021, a
British Columbia immigration has issued 34 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in a new BC PNP Tech draw. The September 7 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
Alberta immigration has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing invitations to 184 candidates. The June 22 Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program draw saw candidates require Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 300. Important requirements for the Alberta Express Entry stream are that candidates have stated an interest in immigrating permanently to the province, and
Canada Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is going live on YouTube today (May 5, 2021) to discuss the new pathway to permanent residence for 90,000 international students and essential workers that opens at noon tomorrow (May 6, 2021). Mendicino is live at 3.45pm EST Wednesday and you can watch it live here: Stakeholders are concerned the
In its latest budget, Canada’s francophone province of Quebec is pumping $246 million into programs to attract and retain immigrants. “Attracting and retaining immigrants to our communities, particularly those in the outlying regions, allows businesses to grow due to these skilled workers and helps resolve labour shortages in several of our economic sectors,” said Immigration
Applications are being accepted as of Wednesday January 27 for current and former Post Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) holders in Canada to apply for an Open Work Permit to help them gather the experience they need to qualify for permanent residence. Initially announced earlier in January by Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, the new public policy
U.S. President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa program in October made it more expensive and difficult to get highly-skilled immigrant workers into the United States – and likely gave Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program a much-needed boost. Under the sweeping changes to the H-1B visa program in the United States, the wage scale employers
2020-02-11 – These are the top 10 Canada jobs most likely to receive Canada Express Entry Invitations to Apply in 2020. The latest federal government figures reveal exactly the type of candidates who are seeing the most success through the Express Entry system for selecting high-skilled immigration candidates. Major National Occupational Classification code 21 for professional
2019-10-30 – The governing Coalition Avenir Quebec is to push ahead with its plan to introduce a values test for new immigrants. A regulation amendment published in the Official Gazette on October 30, 2019, will require immigration candidates and their family members to pass the test as a condition of obtaining a Quebec Selection Certificate
Jun 20, 2019 – Canada became the world leader in resettling refugees in 2018 after surpassing the U.S. for the first time, according to Pew Research Centre analysis of U.N. data. Canada resettled 28,000 refugees in 2018, compared to the 23,000 taken in south of the border. The result is a reflection of the dramatic
