Last Updated on December 31, 2021 Ontario and British Columbia are proving to be the big winners of a new, one-time pathway to permanent residency for foreign nationals already living in Canada this year. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data reveals 11,425 temporary residents in Canada had already snagged their permanent residency under the
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What will happen to Express Entry in 2022? After a bumpy couple of years thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, by the end of 2022 Canada’s Express Entry immigration system may be running quite differently than it has since early 2020. A few key factors may tilt exactly when Express Entry may change, and how, and
Last Updated on December 30, 2021 Canada immigration applicants who pose a low risk to the health of Canadians are being given a three-month extension to a policy that removed the need for additional medical exams. The policy, originally announced in June, 2021, was set to expire on Tuesday this week, Dec. 28, 2021. It
Last Updated on December 29, 2021 Energy-rich Alberta is growing and looking for Canada immigrants to fill many jobs as the oil and gas, housing construction, and retail sales sectors take off. “Happy days are here again!” Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews reportedly said in November while presenting his 2021-22 Mid-year Fiscal Update and Economic
British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program After a year of conducting draws excluding certain occupations, British Columbia returned to almost normality in 2021. While it returned to general draws for all occupations, it also conducted separate draws targeting two NOC codes: 0621 for Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and 0631 for Restaurant and Food Service Managers.
Last Updated on December 28, 2021 Immigration to Canada from India hit a new high this year despite international border closures and waves of COVID-19 and their public health restrictions. That makes India the only country of the three most important sources of new permanent residents to Canada to have sent more immigrants this year
Throughout the year of 2021, many important developments in immigration have occurred in the United States, particularly as a result of COVID-19’s continuous immigration adjustments. Despite this, the majority of visas are still being filed for, and US immigration is on the rise. President Biden has made several adjustments to the US immigration system about
Many major immigration changes have taken place in Canada in the year 2021, especially due to the ongoing changes to immigration caused by COVID-19. Nonetheless, most visas are still being applied for and Canadian immigration continues to grow. Regardless of an ongoing pandemic, Canada welcomed a record number of immigrants in 2021! Below, we explain
Last Updated on December 23, 2021 Canada has made history by reaching its target of 401,000 immigrants in 2021 – the highest total in a calendar year in its history. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced the record on Thursday, as permanent resident numbers surpassed the previous record set in 1913. The milestone, which comes despite
Last Updated on December 23, 2021 British Columbia has conducted two new draws, issuing Canada immigration invitations to a total of 243 candidates through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The December 21 draws featured a general draw, and a second draw targeting two NOC codes: 0621 for Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and 0631
Last Updated on December 23, 2021 Immigrants are being credited with helping Canada’s Maritime province of Nova Scotia with hitting a major population milestone: surpassing one million people. In the first quarter of this year alone, 5,696 people moved to Nova Scotia from other countries and other parts of Canada, pushing up the province’s population
Last Updated on December 22, 2021 Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw targeting Provincial Nominee Program candidates, issuing 746 Invitations to Apply (ITAs). The December 22 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 720 points, 22 higher than the previous PNP draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now
Last Updated on December 22, 2021 Labour shortages are growing ever more acute in Canada and providing foreign nationals with tremendous opportunities to immigrate to the country and gain their permanent residency here, reveal Statistics Canada’s latest employment figures. “The number of job vacancies in Canada reached an all-time high of 912,600 in the third
Last Updated on December 21, 2021 Alberta has reached its 2021 Canada immigration nomination allocation through the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP). In a December 20 update, the province confirmed it had issued 6,250 nominations in 2021, with no further nominations to be issued until January. Nomination limits are set by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Last Updated on December 21, 2021 Quebec immigration has conducted a new major draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system, issuing invitations to 326 candidates. The September 9 draw required a minimum score of 633 in the Quebec Expression of Interest points system, 134 points higher than the previous week’s draw. A maximum of
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