Month: September 2021

Last Updated on September 30, 2021 In its latest Express Entry draw, Canada issued 761 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 742 on Wednesday. That’s 10 points higher than the previous PNP draw on Sept. 15. The draw on Sept. 29 comes roughly two

Last Updated on September 30, 2021 International students are once again showing increased confidence in Canada as a place to study due to the country’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program, reveals a report from a prestigious university-ranking organization. “With governments around the world now accelerating their vaccination programmes, the focus will be on which countries are

Last Updated on September 29, 2021 Ottawa is doubling the number of Afghan refugees it will accept from that war-torn country, says Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino. “At the (United Nations), Canada announced we will double our humanitarian resettlement commitment from 20,000 to 40,000 Afghan refugees,” tweeted Mendicino.  “Through our efforts, we will offer a new

Last Updated on September 29, 2021 Hot on the heels of its biggest-ever Express Entry draw in the first week of September, Alberta immigration went out and issued invitations to 835 candidates in two draws in the following two weeks. In an Express Entry draw on Sept. 14, the provincial immigration authority issued invitations to

Last Updated on September 28, 2021 The immigration section of a national association representing lawyers, judges, notaries and law teachers and students throughout Canada is urging Ottawa to speed up the processing of applications for immigration. “The pandemic has caused major disruptions in processing immigration applications,” wrote Mark Holthe, chair of the immigration law section

Last Updated on September 28, 2021 Manitoba immigration has issued 650 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers, both overseas and in the province, and international graduates in its latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). The draw on Thursday last week, Sept. 23, saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Read

Last Updated on September 28, 2021 Ottawa is extending its flight ban on direct arrivals of passengers from Morocco for another month to protect Canadians from further spread of COVID-19. “To help manage the elevated risk of imported COVID-19 cases and variants of concern into Canada, we have extended the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) restricting

Last Updated on September 27, 2021 New permanent residents to Canada can now quickly and easily confirm their status online without any need for an in-person interview in most cases simply by going to the secure Permanent Residence Portal of the federal government. The first step in doing that, though, is to ensure the received

Last Updated on September 27, 2021 The first direct Air Canada flight from India in 103 days touched down at Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport this morning, in the early hours of Sept. 27.  “People are eager to reunite with family and friends and we are very pleased to resume service immediately from India

Last Updated on September 24, 2021 Although it’s still months away, the new year is starting to look like a very good one for workers hoping to get a raise as employers throughout Canada plan to bump up salaries. “Canadian employers are walking a tightline as they juggle and balance a number of factors when

Last Updated on September 23, 2021 Nova Scotia immigration has conducted a new business immigration draw, issuing 30 invitations through two streams of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program. The September 13 draw saw 28 invitations issued through the Entrepreneur stream, with a minimum score of 120. It also saw two invitations issued through the International