Canada has announced $1.5 million in spending to help foreign-trained health care workers get their credentials recognized. The spending, announced on Monday by Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, is to help professionals educated abroad fill important positions in Canada’s health care system in provinces outside Quebec. Through the expansion of
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Canada Immigration Minister Sean Fraser was at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport Friday evening to welcome the 319 passengers aboard Ottawa’s third chartered flight to bring Ukrainian refugees to safety in Canada. “Once again, Canadians are opening their hearts and warmly welcoming Ukrainians fleeing (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s unjustifiable war in their homeland,” said Fraser.
Extremely satisfied with the professionalism, expertise, efficiency, speed and thoroughness at which my file was managed. Fadi & Danielle are true class acts! Their response times were fantastic (especially during a high-stress period), their quality of work was phenomenal, and their willingness to go the extra mile (without hidden costs, no less!) to prepare me
Extremely satisfied with the professionalism, expertise, efficiency, speed and thoroughness at which my file was managed. Fadi & Danielle are true class acts! Their response times were fantastic (especially during a high-stress period), their quality of work was phenomenal, and their willingness to go the extra mile (without hidden costs, no less!) to prepare me
Under Canada’s Start-Up Visa program, entrepreneurs need to get both commitment certificates and letters of support from business groups approved to invest or support their start-ups. Certificates of commitment and letters of support are similar since both are provided by designated entities which invest or support start-ups, but these are different documents and it is
Manitoba has issued 146 Letters of Advice to Apply to Canada immigration candidates in a new draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The June 2 draw saw LAAs issued through two MPNP streams. International Education Stream candidates received 54 LAAs. The remaining 92 LAAs went to Skilled Workers Overseas candidates through a Strategic Recruitment
Canada immigration applications through Express Entry will return to the processing standard of six months when all-program draws resume in July. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has shrunk the backlog through the high-skilled stream to such an extent that normal processing times is to return. As of April 29, IRCC had 32,883 in the
Skills that allow workers to take jobs in multiple industries – rather than being limited to only one – are in hot demand and letting some employees in key positions command top dollar for their expertise. Human resources giant Randstad notes the COVID-19 pandemic and acute labour shortages throughout much of Canada are creating a
Hundreds of thousands of Canadian citizens and permanent residents are lining up to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada. The Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) – through which citizens and PRs can sponsor their loved ones for permanent residence – is always dramatically oversubscribed, leaving many wondering if they will ever succeed in the
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an upside for economic immigrants settling into central Ontario northwest of Toronto, where they are now more likely to land jobs better-suited to their foreign credentials and work experience. Prior to the pandemic, many economic immigrants to Canada found it difficult to land jobs that made full use of the
Canada is extending its existing COVID-19 border restrictions until at least the end of this month despite calls to return international travel to a pre-pandemic normal. In a motion tabled in mid-May, Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman called on the government to “immediately revert to pre-pandemic rules and service levels for travel.” Read More Prime Minister
Quebec Immigration Minister Jean Boulet says he was greatly moved by the arrival of 306 Ukrainian refugees at the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Sunday as the second federally-chartered flight to bring these refugees to Canada – and the first such flight to arrive in Quebec – touched down safely. “An emotional arrival of
British Columbia has conducted new draws, issuing more than 167 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The May 31 draws were split into two categories: general and targeted. In the general draw, which included tech occupations, 147 invitations were issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international