Month: February 2023

Canada immigration officials are using a new checklist to ensure that applicants for citizenship have submitted everything needed to ensure their applications are processed in an expeditious manner. Based on that checklist, applicants cannot submit their application at a Canadian mission abroad or outside of Canada or the United States. Immigration officials will also not proceed
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Immigration to Canada set a record last year, beating its own ambitious target, with 437,120 new permanent residents entering the country. That’s 5,475 more new permanent residents, or almost 1.3 per cent more, than Ottawa’s Immigration Levels Plan which had set 431,645 newcomers as the target. The record-setting level of immigration to Canada in 2022
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British Columbia has conducted a new draw through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, issuing invitations to at least 233 candidates. The February 2 draw saw invitations issued in four different categories. Skilled workers and international graduates with a minimum score of 83 points received 183 invitations through the BC PNP Tech stream. A draw
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Canada Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Ottawa may fast-track applications for people displaced by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Major earthquakes in southwestern Turkey destroyed thousands of buildings in the country, and across the border with Syria. The United Nations has estimated the death toll at 5,800 people in Syria and Turkish authorities say 35,418
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The number of asylum seekers entering Canada between structured border crossings has risen to its highest level since the government began tracking them in 2017, as pandemic restrictions are lifted, allowing for more travel, and conflict and disaster displace people in many parts of the world. The increase in irregular entries coincides with Canada’s preparation
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Ontario has issued 807 Canada immigration invitations to mainly skilled trades candidates in new draws through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The invitations were issued through three draws on February 10. A draw through the Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream saw 466 invites issued to candidates scoring between 260 and 489 Comprehensive Ranking System
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A growing number of business owners in Ontario are planning to retire in the next five years and have no employee or relative waiting to take over their business. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Entrepreneur Success Initiative offers them new options for succession planning. “Immigrant entrepreneurs and internationally trained professionals bring a wealth of knowledge,
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International students in STEM fields are struggling to gain admission to many Canadian universities and college campuses due to a lack of essential course prerequisites in their country of schooling. International students as a whole also face intense pressure on them to succeed but a leading online school principal in Ontario says there are things
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Manitoba has issued 308 invitations to Canada immigration candidates in a new draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The February 9 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 221 LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidates scoring 720 points. International Education Stream candidates received 55 LAAs. The remaining 32 LAAs
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Ontario has issued 510 Canada immigration invitations to Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream candidates in a new draw through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The February 9 draw saw invites issued to candidates in five specific occupations scoring between 260 and 489 Comprehensive Ranking System points. The invitations were targeted at the following occupations:
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