Last Updated on November 30, 2021 Canada is to require all those arriving by air except from the U.S. to take a COVID-19 test in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, it was announced on Tuesday. Ottawa is also adding three new countries to its southern Africa travel ban list
Month: November 2021
Last Updated on November 30, 2021 Canada has extended the period international students can complete their studies online and still qualify for a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says 100 percent of online studies between March 2020 and August 31, 2022 can count towards the PGWP. Normally, Canada does not
Last Updated on November 30, 2021 Canada requires all those travelling within and out of the country to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from today. The change, announced earlier in November, means a negative PCR test is no longer accepted as an alternative to vaccination unless travellers are covered by an exemption. Further changes also coming
Last Updated on November 29, 2021 A growing labour shortage in the Prairie province of Manitoba is expected to only get worse over the next few years with a net shortage of 29,600 workers for the available jobs, the province’s economic outlook reveals. The Manitoba economy will see a total of 141,700 job openings between
Last Updated on November 29, 2021 Manitoba’s unemployment rate is currently the lowest in Canada and it has almost fully replaced all the jobs it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, making this Prairie province a great place to seek permanent residence through the economic immigration programs. “We are focused on Manitoba’s recovery, and budget 2021
I began working with Nadia and her team at the beginning of 2020 right before my husband and I got married. (He’s Canadian and I’m American.) Nadia helped us choose the best immigration route for our situation- spousal sponsorship and made a very tough process, very easy for us. Nadia and her team worked diligently
Last Updated on November 29, 2021 Canada had more than 1 million job vacancies at the start of September, an important indicator that the economy is picking up as it battles back from COVID-19. Businesses in Canada have entered hiring mode – to the advantage of potential immigrations who are considering making their dream move
Last Updated on November 26, 2021 Newfoundland & Labrador has the highest rate of unemployment of any province in Canada and yet is still facing acute labour shortages in many sectors of its economy and very much looking to immigration to rebuild. “Housing markets have emerged as a bright spot (in Newfoundland & Labrador) after
Last Updated on November 26, 2021 Canada has banned travel from seven countries in southern African to try and stop the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. A series of new measures were announced by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to be implemented from Friday, November 26. The African countries are: South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe,
Last Updated on November 26, 2021 Saskatchewan has announced a new Canada immigration pilot program to attract overseas candidates for jobs in demand through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). The Hard-To-Fill Skills Pilot, announced on Thursday, November 25, will target 23 low-skilled and entry-level occupations in sectors including health, manufacturing, agriculture, ag-tech, construction, hospitality
Last Updated on November 25, 2021 Acute labour shortages in Quebec and more provincial funding of settlement services for immigrants are creating tremendous opportunities for immigrants coming to fill vacant jobs in the francophone province. In September this year, Quebec had the second-lowest unemployment rate in Canada at 5.7 per cent. Only Manitoba, at 5.6
Last Updated on November 25, 2021 Jean Boulet is Quebec’s new Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, taking over the file from Nadine Girault, who has been sidelined with health problems. Boulet will combine the immigration role with his duties as Quebec’s labour minister. Premier Francois Legault made the announcement on Wednesday, November 24, with
Last Updated on November 25, 2021 Canada has introduced a new immigration pathway for extended family members of Afghan interpreters who previously moved here. Children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents and siblings of Afghans who moved to Canada under special measures introduced in 2009 and 2012 are covered by the new pathway, announced Wednesday, November 24. To
Last Updated on November 24, 2021 Alberta has issued 200 Canada immigration invitations in a new draw through the Express Entry-linked stream of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program. The November 9 draw saw candidates require a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 343. Important requirements for the Alberta Express Entry stream are that candidates have
Last Updated on November 24, 2021 Canada’s federal government has officially opened the new self-regulatory College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). The new College was opened on Tuesday, November 23 by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser. A ministerial order published on August 14 saw the failed previous regulator, Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC),
Last Updated on November 24, 2021 Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing 613 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to Provincial Nominee Program candidates. The November 24 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 737 points, 52 higher than the previous PNP draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now
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