Last Updated on August 18, 2020 Ontario immigration has announced it will open an application window for the Employer Job Offer: International Student stream on Wednesday, August 19. An Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) statement said the stream would open at some point between 9am and 5pm EST. Applicants may encounter a high-volume message or
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Last Updated on August 17, 2020 Manitoba immigration has issued 253 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers and international graduates through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The August 13 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 197 LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidates scoring 485 points. International Education
Last Updated on August 14, 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.
We have heard that many immigration applicants interested in immigrating to the United States are waiting for the 2021 presidential election results to decide if it is the right choice for them. To the individuals that may think that is the wiser choice, there are a few reasons why we recommend immigrating before the election,
Last Updated on August 14, 2020 The Canada-U.S. border is to remain closed for another month to September 21, it has been announced. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair made the announcement via Twitter on Friday. It means the border will have been closed for at least six months, after initially closing on March 21, 2020,
Last Updated on August 14, 2020 Canada is to make some asylum seekers who worked in hospitals and care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic eligible for permanent residence. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement in Montreal on Friday, August 14, after an agreement was reached with Quebec, where the majority of the affected candidates
Last Updated on August 13, 2020 Billboards have sprung up in Silicon Valley as part of a campaign by the Canadian technology industry to lure workers hit by Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown. Both workers and US tech companies have already shown significant interest in relocating to Canada due to visa difficulties south of the
British Columbia immigration has issued 52 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in a new BC PNP Tech Pilot draw. The August 11 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 –
Last fall, the USCIS introduced another roadblock modification to the immigration system making it harder for foreign nationals to come to the US. It began rejecting applications unless every single field was filled in, even those that obviously did not pertain to the applicant which is called the No-Blank Policy. No-Blank Policy Immigration lawyers and applicants
British Columbia has announced a significant application fee increase for its most popular provincial immigration stream. Applicants to the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program’s Skills Immigration stream must pay 64 percent more as of August 6, with the fee increasing from $700 to $1,150. In a further increase, the fee for a Skills Immigration application
Last Updated on August 11, 2020 Canada’s monthly immigration levels continued to recover in June, with more than 19,000 new permanent resident arrivals welcomed, according to the latest federal government figures. The total is a 75 percent increase on the nearly 11,000 newcomers welcomed in May, but still significantly down on the more than 34,000
Last Updated on August 10, 2020 Canada immigration authorities have conducted a rare Express Entry draw aimed at Federal Skilled Trades Program candidates, issuing 250 Invitations to Apply. The August 6 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 415. It was the first Skilled Trades draw since October 16, 2019. It followed
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Self-sufficiency has long been an important principle to immigration law since our nation’s earliest immigration statutes. Since the 1800s, Congress announced that aliens are inadmissible to the US if they are unable to care for themselves without becoming public charges. On August 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule regarding how they determine if someone applying for admission or adjustment of status
Last Updated on August 5, 2020 Foreign nationals wanting to move to the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick are facing new, temporary restrictions as the provincial government there tries to protect the job prospects of Canadians. “Businesses have reduced services, laid off staff, and in some cases have closed,” reads a government update. “Some
Last Updated on August 5, 2020 Canada has conducted its second all-program Express Entry draw since the coronavirus crisis took hold in March, issuing Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to 3,900 candidates to bring the total for 2020 over 61,071. The Aug. 5 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 476, much higher
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