Business Travellers Can Still Come to Canada Amid COVID-19 Under Certain Conditions

mardi, 16 février 2021 / Publié dans Coronavirus, L'actualité Canadienne
Business Travellers Can Still Come to Canada Amid COVID-19 Under Certain Conditions
Business travel to Canada is still thriving for many industry sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic despite all the hype surrounding Ottawa’s air and land travel restrictions. Immigrants coming to Canada under the Start-Up Visa Program to set up businesses and create jobs are still being welcomed with open arms. Under that program, 140 business people

Where Have Canada’s New Immigrants Come From So Far In 2020?

vendredi, 14 août 2020 / Publié dans Coronavirus, L'actualité Canadienne, Permanent Resident
Where Have Canada’s New Immigrants Come From So Far In 2020?
The first half of 2020 was a difficult period for Canada, immigration, as coronavirus travel restrictions dramatically reduced the number of permanent resident admissions. Canada welcomed 103,420 newcomers in the first six months of the year, dramatically down on the 160,230 that arrived in the same period of 2019. The drop off in numbers all

Canada Clarifies Which Workers are Allowed to Enter Country

vendredi, 19 juin 2020 / Publié dans Coronavirus, L'actualité Canadienne, Work Permit
Canada Clarifies Which Workers are Allowed to Enter Country
Canada has provided updated guidance for which work permit holders are exempt from travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The update, published on June 19 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), is designed ‘to ensure that non-optional and non-discretionary travel are being interpreted as intended’. It covers discretionary and non-discretionary travel, additional priority