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Canada will start sending out the new round of Invitations to Apply for the Parents and Grandparents Program from Monday September 20. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is to accept 30,000 new applications for the popular program, with ITAs to be sent out over a two-week period. IRCC is randomly selecting from those who submitted
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
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,
Canada has announced it will receive 30,000 new applications in 2021 for the Parents and Grandparents Program. That will bring to 40,000 the number of applications received this year, after the 10,000 delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19. A new round of Invitations to Apply will be sent out over two weeks from September 20,
Canada is to become a safe haven for all those who promote and defend human rights and face persecution wherever they might be throughout the world. Under a new permanent residency pathway, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is pledging to resettle up to 250 ‘human rights defenders’ per year, including their family members, through
Ottawa is giving a break to applicants for immigration who are already in the country and pose a low risk to the health of Canadians by removing the need for an additional medical exam. “These measures will help streamline application processing for low-risk, in-Canada applicants, while effectively managing public health risks,” states Immigration, Refugees and
Anyone with a valid Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) can travel to Canada as of June 21, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has announced. The move comes as Canada starts its first easing of international travel and U.S. border restrictions since March 2020, when measures were put in place to stop the spread of
Canada immigration numbers dropped off slightly in April, with 21,105 new permanent resident arrivals, although it remained the fourth-highest monthly total since COVID-19 travel restrictions were imposed. The latest federal government figures show Canada welcomed 91,580 newcomers in the first four months of the year, compared to just over 73,240 in 2020 – a solid
Hockey fans are cheering on a power play by Canadian immigration officials to allow National Hockey League playoff teams into Canada to duke it out for the Stanley Cup despite COVID-19 restrictions. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino tweeted out over the weekend that Canada is making a special exemption for the hockey players, their coaches and
Immigrants to Canada are over-represented in nursing and healthcare support positions, a Statistics Canada report reveals. “In 2015/2016, they made up 22 per cent of the workforce in these occupations, compared with 16 per cent of the total employed population,” notes the report. Immigrants from countries with predominantly-Black populations are among those newcomers most likely
