Alberta is reportedly ending its contract with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to detain immigrants in provincial jails, making it the third province to do so. Earlier this year, British Columbia, became the first Canadian province to take steps to stop the practice of housing migrants in provincial jails for the CBSA. In mid-September,
Month: October 2022
British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program offers priority Canada immigration processing to 29 targeted occupations through its BC PNP Tech stream. As the leading pathway to permanent residence for foreign technology workers, BC PNP Tech includes a concierge service that includes a guaranteed next-business-day assignment of applications in one of the outlined occupations. The pathway prioritises
Two insiders within the governing Liberal Party of Canada are calling for much higher immigration to the country in an open letter published in The Financial Post on Tuesday this week. Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains and his former chief of staff in 2016 and 2017, Elder C. Marques, say Canada
Canada family sponsorship immigration applications can now be submitted online, one of multiple classes of application that went digital last month. It means applications for spousal sponsorship, parents and grandparents sponsorship and applications to sponsor children can all be submitted digitally. The change as introduced on September 23, 2022. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Hotels and restaurants are struggling to fill jobs across Canada as Generation Zers and Millennials leave the hospitality sector, a new study by the Angus Reid Institute reveals. “These data show an 18 per cent decline in the number of workers in the service sector over the last two and a half years,” the study
British Columbia’s technology worker immigration stream is a shining example of how to boost the number of newcomers in an important sector to benefit a key area of the economy. Eclipsing similar Provincial Nominee Program streams in other provinces and the federal government’s Global Talent Stream, BC’s program – initially a pilot before being made
Systemic racism exists in Canada and more needs to be done to stamp it out and ensure African students do not face unfair selection criteria when applying for study permits. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) admitted the flaws in a response to a House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration report. “IRCC
International students studying in Canada or Germany are more likely to immigrate to those countries than any of the other OECD countries. “Five years after initial admission, more than 60 per cent of international students who obtained a permit for study reasons in 2015 were still present in Canada and Germany, around half in Australia,
Employers in Canada are increasingly turning to immigration to recruit the workers needed to avoid revenue losses due to delayed or cancelled contracts, reveals a survey by the Business Council of Canada. “Close to two-thirds of the companies said they actively recruit workers through the immigration system … to help meet a variety of business
Automated technology is increasingly doing the bulk of the sorting of applications at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) but officials are still making the actual decisions. “While a new automated tool is used to help sort and process all visitor record applications, it never refuses or recommends refusing applications,” notes the IRCC on its
I reached out to VisaPlace kind of on a whim, knowing that I needed to apply for permanent residency in order to stay with my spouse and our two cats. They were immediately and incredibly responsive, and almost instantly made me feel that I was dealing with professionals who cared about my case. I reached
I reached out to VisaPlace kind of on a whim, knowing that I needed to apply for permanent residency in order to stay with my spouse and our two cats. They were immediately and incredibly responsive, and almost instantly made me feel that I was dealing with professionals who cared about my case. I reached
British Columbia says it will have a new scoring system for its Skills Immigration stream when it reopens in November. The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) stream shut down on October 12 and will reopen on November 16 as it implements Canada’s new National Occupational Classification system. All applications left in the BC
Canada has implemented medical exam exemptions for certain immigrants in order to speed up application processing. The move covers candidates considered low-risk, who are already in Canada and previously completed a medical exam that has now expired. It comes as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) looks to tackle a massive backlog of applications that
British Columbia has conducted new draws, issuing at least 366 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The October 12 draws were split into two categories: general and targeted. In the general draw, which included tech occupations, 320 invitations were issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international
Digital nomads the world over – those workers who can do their jobs or run their business from any location – are eyeing Canada as the best place in the world to live that dream. United Kingdom-based Circle Loop, the provider of a cloud-based VoIP solution which provides phone systems accessible via desktop and mobile