Month: August 2022

Canada has issued 2,750 Invitations to Apply in its largest all-program Express Entry draw since resuming after a 19-month hiatus. The August 31 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 516 points, 9 lower than the previous draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says new applications following these latest invitations will be

Ontario issued 782 Invitations to Apply (ITA), most of them under the Masters Graduate and PhD Graduate streams, in three draws on the second-last day of August. Among those ITAs was one under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream, a targeted draw for Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP) candidates. That pathway is for refugee

British Columbia has conducted a new draw through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, issuing invitations to at least 255 candidates. The August 30 draw saw invitations issued in five different categories. Skilled workers and international graduates with a minimum score of 95 points received 207 invitations through the BC PNP Tech stream. A draw

Immigrants and temporary residents to Canada from several countries are soon going to be able to get their Class 5 driver’s licenses on Prince Edward Island without having to wait at least a year in the graduated program. Under the Licensed Driver Education Course, foreign nationals would reportedly be able to enjoy the same kind

Canada Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is reportedly expected to open up Express Entry programs to truckers as a labour shortage in the industry squeezes trucking companies throughout the world. “In light of an acute labour shortage and a strained supply chain, this is very welcome news for our industry and by extension the Canadian economy,”

Quebec immigration has conducted a new draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system, issuing invitations to 58 Canada immigration candidates. The August 11 draw targeted candidates with a job offer from an employer outside the Montreal metropolitan area. It did not require a minimum score in the Quebec Expression of Interest points system. Candidates

Saskatchewan has issued 629 Canada immigration invitations in a new Expression of Interest draw through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program. The August 25 draw featured 334 invitations through Saskatchewan’s Occupations In-Demand stream, with a minimum score of 65. The draw also featured 295 invitations through the province’s Express Entry stream, again requiring a minimum score

Manitoba has issued 353 Letters of Advice to Apply to Canada immigration candidates in a new draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The August 26 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 259 LAAs, with the lowest ranked candidates scoring 619 points. International Education Stream candidates received 36

The nightmare for Canadian employers looking for workers – and the boon for foreign nationals hoping to immigrate to Canada under economic programs – raged on as job vacancies stayed above the one-million mark for the third consecutive month in June. In its Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours, and Job Vacancies, June 2022 report, Statistics

Under pressure to help international students unable to get study permits in time for this school year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are allowing them to take their courses online and still qualify for a Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) later. “Distance learning measures have been extended to Aug. 31, 2023,” announced the IRCC on

The popularity of Canada’s Start-Up Visa (SUV) program for immigrants seeking to set up businesses is growing with ever-higher numbers of foreign nationals becoming new permanent residents through it.  In the first six months of this year, 325 new permanent residents settled in Canada under this program, putting the country on track to welcome 650

British Columbia has conducted new draws aimed specifically at regions outside Metro Vancouver, issuing at least 212 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The August 23 draws were targeted at tech, teaching and health occupations. In the first draw, which included tech occupations, 205 invitations were issued through five BC

Filipino immigration is almost back up to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels with the number of new permanent residents from the Philippines to arrive in Canada nudging up slightly over the comparable period last year. That newfound stability in Filipino immigration reverses a downward trend that had been persisting for years since 2015. In the first