Month: Aprel 2021

Last Updated on April 30, 2021 Quebec will increase immigration to make up for a severe shortage of labour caused partly by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also its own government’s decision to reduce newcomer numbers. Immigration Minister Nadine Girault said recently that levels would be sensibly increased as the province emerges from the current health

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 Guidance issued by Canada’s immigration department to its own staff reveals two cases when applications through economic streams are rejected as incomplete. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) publishes all guidance to intake office staff as a courtesy and ensure openness. During COVID-19, new measures to allow applications to

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score dropped again as Canada conducted a new Express Entry draw aimed at Canadian Experience Class candidates. The April 29 draw saw 6,000 Invitations To Apply (ITAs) issued for the second consecutive CEC draw, with a minimum CRS of 400. It follows a

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 Alberta immigration has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing invitations to 200 candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 301. The new draw took place on April 20 through the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program.  Important requirements for the Alberta Express Entry stream are that candidates have

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 Ontario immigration has launched its new Expression of Interest system, opening two of the five linked streams, with the remaining three expected to go live ‘in the near future’. In an April 28 announcement, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) said the system was open for intake for both

Last Updated on April 29, 2021 British Columbia immigration has conducted two new draws, issuing invitations to a total of 362 candidates through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The April 27 draws featured a general draw, and a second draw targeting two NOC codes: 0621 for Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and 0631 for

Last Updated on April 28, 2021 Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing 381 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to Provincial Nominee Program candidates. The April 28 draw featured a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 717, 36 points lower than the previous PNP draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now

Last Updated on April 27, 2021 Quebec has made the COVID-19 vaccine available to temporary foreign workers who are working on farms in the province. “These temporary foreign workers are included in the priority group of essential workers in environments at high risk of an outbreak,” said a statement from the Quebec immigration ministry (MIFI). 

Last Updated on April 27, 2021 Manitoba immigration has issued 367 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers and international graduates in the latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The April 26 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 301 LAAs, with the lowest ranked candidates

Last Updated on April 27, 2021 Prince Edward Island’s economy is expected to fully recover this year after the travel restrictions and drop in immigration levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. In their economic forecast, 2021 Promises Better Days from Coast to Coast, Royal Bank of Canada economists Robert Hogue, a member of

Last Updated on April 26, 2021 Twenty years of growing numbers of international students in Canada came to a screeching halt last year as the COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in decades in the number of study permits issued by Ottawa. In 2020, the travel restrictions imposed by governments to curb the spread

Intake Cap 40,000 applications. Eligibility Requirements 1) Complete before applying and no earlier than January 2017, a program of study at one of the following Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs): Public post-secondary institution, such as a college, trade/technical school, university or in Quebec CEGEP. Canadian private institution authorized by provincial statute to confer degrees under provincial