Month: January 2024

Are you a candidate with skills and qualifications in one of Canada’s 82 jobs for occupation-specific Express Entry draws? We want to help you move to Canada. Please submit your CV here. Canada has conducted the second Express Entry draw for the new year, issuing 1,040 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) under the General category. The January 23 draw saw

Start-Up Visa (SUV) entrepreneur immigration fell by 32.5 per cent in November in the wake of a rebound in the program in October, the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals. In October, Canada had welcomed 200 new permanent residents to Canada through the SUV, up 37.9 per cent over the 145 new permanent

Immigration Minister Marc Miller is going to slap the provinces and territories in Canada with a two-year cap on international students that is expected to reduce the number of study permits by more than a third, reports The Globe and Mail. “The cap is expected to result in approximately 364,000 approved study permits, a decrease

Alberta has conducted three new draws through the Express Entry-linked stream of the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, issuing 108 invitations. A January 16 draw targeted healthcare workers with an Alberta job offer saw 22 candidates invited. It had a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 312. On January 2, a draw with the same parameters

Newly-arrived immigrants’ incomes are growing faster than those of other Canadians, reveals a report prepared for the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada. “During the period 2014 to 2018, their relative income went from 55 per cent to 78 per cent of that of all Canadian tax filers,” note Philip Bagnoli, Chris Matier

Are you a candidate with skills and qualifications in one of Canada’s 82 jobs for occupation-specific Express Entry draws? We want to help you move to Canada. Please submit your CV here. There are hundreds of jobs for pharmacy assistants going begging for a want of qualified workers to fill them in Canada, providing opportunities for foreign nationals to gain

Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw through the Express Entry-linked French Speaking Skilled Worker stream, issuing Notifications of Interest to 984 candidates. The January 18 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draws saw NOIs issued to candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score between 317 and 469. To qualify, candidates also needed work experience in

Canada has been rated the safest place to travel in 2024, after moving up from the sixth spot in 2023. It also ranked first in terms of safety in transportation, lack of violent crime, and health measures, and as the safest place for women and LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC peoples. The ranking was featured in Berkshire

After a strong October, the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) welcomed roughly a third fewer arrivals in November, dipping 32 per cent that month, the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals. In November, the PGP welcomed only 1,720 new permanent residents to Canada, down from 2,530 in October, as overall monthly immigration to the country also softened by

Are you a candidate with skills and qualifications in one of Canada’s 82 jobs for occupation-specific Express Entry draws? We want to help you move to Canada. Please submit your CV here. Strong demand from both the public and private sector over the coming eight years will open up many opportunities for foreign nationals qualified to work in Canada as

Canada’s economic prospects are becoming increasingly dependent on population growth, and a new Desjardins Securities Inc. analysis posits that chopping the number of temporary residents, international students and temporary foreign workers included could potentially deepen the recession overcasting the country now. Canada’s growth rate has climbed to 3.2 percent due to unprecedented numbers of immigrants

A latest news release coming from Caraquet, New Brunswick, details that a series of initiatives to support Francophone immigration outside Quebec are being put into place. These measures include a new Francophone immigration policy, the renewal and expansion of the Welcoming Francophone Communities initiative, a new program to support Francophone immigration, and the implementation of

British Columbia has issued at least 194 invitations in new draws through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The January 16 draws were targeted at specific occupations. In a tech draw, 91 invitations were issued to skilled workers and international graduates in tech occupations with a minimum score of 103 points. A

Young adults are the most optimistic age group in Canada about buying a home this year despite the rising cost of house prices, reveals a survey conducted by the Wahi real estate agency. In its 2024 Homebuyer Intentions Survey, the real estate agency examined the attitudes of Canadians towards homebuying over the next year. The

The high cost of living and the weak labour market has caused a 41% drop in the number of international students from India who are applying to pursue post-secondary education in Canada, as per a new report by Better Dwelling. While Ottawa processed close to 146,000 new study permit applications for Indian students from July

A poll found that a strong majority of Canadians agree that temporary foreign workers are important (48%) or somewhat important (34%) to the Canadian economy. Moreover, older Canadians of 55-plus (56%) are more likely than younger Canadians (38%) to agree to this assertion. Conducted by Nanos Research, which is one of North America’s top-most research