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Canada has announced new exemptions to coronavirus international travel restrictions for extended family members of citizens and permanent residents, foreign nationals entering on compassionate grounds and international students. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement on Friday. New International Travel Restriction Exeptions 1) From October 8 2020, certain extended family members of citizens and permanent residents
Canadian immigration authorities have vowed to process 6,000 spousal applications per month in a push to cut waiting times for families. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says the new commitment is designed to “find new ways to keep families together”. A statement from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said: “COVID-19 has created uncertainty for Canadians
Canada’s federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to immigration as ‘a driver of economic growth’ during the recovery from the coronavirus crisis. In the Speech from the Throne to open a new session of parliament on September 23, Governor General Julie Payette said immigration helps ‘keep Canada competitive on the world stage’. The speech was
Ottawa has introduced a temporary public policy to allow visitors to apply for a work permit without needing to leave Canada. The move announced on Monday, August 24, is designed to benefit employers having difficulty finding workers and allow temporary residents to contribute to the COVID-19 economic recovery. Previously, visitors already in Canada when approved
Canada has changed the rules on qualifying for Canadian citizenship to help non-biological parents with children born abroad. The change in interpretation of the Citizenship Act allows non-biological parents to pass down citizenship to their first-generation children born abroad. Announced by Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino on Thursday, the change helps Canadian parents who have relied
2020-02-28 – Canada Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino will table his first immigration levels plan to parliament in March, featuring more than one million permanent residents between 2020 and 2022. Mendicino made his first major policy speech in Toronto on Friday, outlaying his plan for Canada immigration over the next three years. Although the speech, made
2020-02-18 – Canada’s immigration minister has proposed a change to the Oath of Citizenship to insert text referring to the rights of the indigenous population. Marco Mendicino on Tuesday introduced a bill to amend the Citizenship Act to include the new language. The new language would add references to the Aboriginal and treaty rights of
2019-12-18 – Ontario immigration has called on Canada’s federal government to double the allocation of provincial immigrants it receives each year. Canada’s most populous province wants the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s allocation to hit 13,300 by 2021, up from 7,000 this year, in response to a skilled labour shortage. The request has been made by
