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Conservative immigration critic Tom Kmiec criticized the sharp increase in the number of temporary residents coming to Canada, instead saying the country should prioritize a policy focused on citizenship as its ultimate goal. Kmiec moderated a panel on the Conservative approach to immigration at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April

A range of benefits and tax credits are available to newcomers to Canada, including both permanent (including people with “approval-in-principle” from IRCC to stay in Canada) and temporary residents (including student, worker, or temporary resident permit holders). Newcomer status under the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) lasts for one’s first year of residence in Canada. The

Immigrants who come to Canada as children do better in the workforce and make more money than not only those newcomers who arrive here later in life but also the average Canadian, a Statistics Canada report reveals. “Immigrants admitted to Canada as children are generally more likely to participate in postsecondary education during early adulthood

New Brunswick post-secondary institutions are taking issue with new federal caps on international student numbers. This comes despite the immigration department’s easing up of requirements for international students by increasing the number of attestation letters schools can send to them in support of their study permit applications. St. Thomas University, for example, has access to

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has released an updated version of its Employer Form. As of April 10, the ‘Application for Approval of Employment Position’ form must be used for all new applications for a nomination to the Employer: Job Offer stream of the Provincial Nominee Program. “If you upload an older version of

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 a major targeted Express Entry draw for STEM occupations, issuing 4,500 Invitations to Apply (ITAs).   The April 11 draw saw a minimum Comprehensive Ranking

Canada has revealed how many Study Permit applications each province will be allowed to receive under new caps on numbers of international students. Immigration Minister Marc Miller says 235,600 approvals will be targeted in 2024 from 392,667 applications. This is down 42 per cent on the 404,668 issued (excluding K-12 + Grad) in 2023. Under the

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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 another all-program Express Entry draw, issuing 1,280 Invitations to Apply (ITAs).  The April 10 draw saw a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 549

The University of Alberta (UofA) offers various scholarship opportunities for international students looking to move to the province for undergraduate or postgraduate studies. It is one of Canada’s and the world’s premier learning institutions, hosting roughly 40,000 students from 156 countries, for programs at the undergraduate, master’s and PhD levels. It is currently ranked 111th

British Columbia has issued at least 88 invitations in new draws through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The April 10 draws were targeted at specific occupations. In a tech draw, 46 invitations were issued to skilled workers and international graduates in tech occupations with a minimum score of 116 points. A

Saskatchewan’s allocation of study permit applications grew by 25.4 per cent as April rolled around, boosting its share of these permits to 15,054 from the originally-announced 12,000. Based on the historical rate of acceptance, that number of applications could result in about 7,200 study permits for international students in Saskatchewan during the upcoming school year.

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’s unemployment rose while the employment rate fell as the federal government released its latest jobs statistics. Employment underwent little change in March (-2,200), while the employment

Prince Edward Island has issued invitations to apply to 66 skilled worker Canada immigration candidates in a new provincial draw. The April 4 draw saw invitations issued through the Labour Impact and Express Entry Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) stream. Invitations were issued to individuals working in the Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Early

Cutting back on temporary resident immigration to Canada is going to hurt the country’s economic growth and make the impact of retiring Baby Boomers harder to handle, predicts an RBC Economics report. “When the population rises via immigration, it essentially floats all boats,” notes RBC senior economist Nathan Janzen. “It increases both the capacity of

The unprecedented demographic shift triggered by rising immigration to Nova Scotia has allowed for the growth of some religious communities. As per Statistics Canada numbers, the number of Muslims in the province was about 15,000 in 2021, which is almost a two-fold increase since 2011, when there were roughly 8,500 Muslims. Meanwhile, Sikhs and Hindus