Canada is to dramatically increase immigration to boost its economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic by welcoming more than 1.2 million newcomers between 2021 and 2023. Under the immigration levels plan presented by Marco Mendicino on Friday, Ottawa will follow through on its promise to remain committed to immigration increases, welcoming 401,000 new permanent residents
New increases in Canada immigration application fees for Economic class programs came into force on April 30, 2020. Fees have been increased by 50 percent for principal applicants, spouse and common law partners, plus dependent children for all apart from the caregiver programs. The increases cover both skilled worker and business categories. Canada’s federal government
2020-03-12 – Canada could welcome up to 390,000 new immigrants per year by 2022 according to the new multi-year immigration levels plan released by the federal government on Thursday. Ottawa’s plan includes mid-range targets of 341,000 new immigrants in 2020, 351,000 in 2021 and 361,000 in 2022. However, the plan also projected high-range immigration levels
2020-01-30 – Saskatchewan officials are continuing to push the federal government to give it more power over immigration to the province. Following talks in December 2019, provincial Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland earlier in January on the issue. Although no formal request has been tabled, Saskatchewan is pushing to
December 14, 2018 – Nearly 225,000 Indian citizens will become Canadian permanent residents over the next three years if current trends continue, immigration numbers reveal. In the first 10 months of 2018, 60,915 out of 276,380 new Canadian permanent residents were Indian citizens, or 22 per cent. Applying that percentage to Canada’s three-year immigration levels
November 25, 2018 – In the latest immigration.ca livestream, Canada Immigration Lawyer Colin Singer discusses the immigration levels plan. Immigration.ca Managing Partner Singer discusses how the plan will impact immigration in key areas, including the Economic Class Family Class Provincial Programs Refugee Claims Processing times. Watch the video here: Singer on Canada’s managed immigration increases,