Canada

Last Updated on December 14, 2020 Canada’s border with the U.S. will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least January 21, as the battle to contain the spread of coronavirus continues.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the extension on Friday December 11, bringing the Canada-U.S. border closure in line with international travel restrictions. Both

Last Updated on December 11, 2020 Newfoundland & Labrador has expanded its list of in-demand occupations, adding several information and communications technology jobs. Employers in the Atlantic Canadian province can hire foreign nationals and international graduates in the occupations without labour market testing. The In-Demand Occupations list applies to several streams of the Newfoundland &

Last Updated on December 11, 2020 Newfoundland & Labrador immigration has changed the requirements for its International Graduate Category. The Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) changes were announced on December 10, 2020.  Under the changes, candidates must have a job offer in National Occupational Classification 0, A or B, of from NOC C

Last Updated on December 10, 2020 Canada will begin accepting permanent residence applications on Monday December 14 from refugee claimants who helped care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two new public policies were published on Wednesday December 9 outlining the details of the new pathways to permanent residence, which were originally announced on August

Last Updated on December 10, 2020 British Columbia immigration has conducted a new provincial draw, issuing 256 invitations to apply with certain jobs excluded due to coronavirus restrictions. The December 8 draw saw British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program officials exclude 31 occupations where a high-volume of applicants have recently been approved. Read More COVID-19: British

Last Updated on December 9, 2020 Canada passed 100,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) in a calendar year for the first time by issuing 5,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for the third consecutive Express Entry draw. The December 9 draw took the total ITAs for 2020 to 102,350, while the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score

Last Updated on December 9, 2020 Quebec has announced a plan to remove the start-up and security deposit requirement under stream 2 of the Quebec Entrepreneur Program for candidates with applications already in the system. Provincial Immigration Minister Nadine Girault outlined the plan in a draft regulation published in the Gazette officielle du Quebec on

Last Updated on December 8, 2020 Atlantic Canadian business and educational leaders are encouraged by Ottawa’s plan to boost immigration to more than 400,000 per year over the next three years. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino and members of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) took part in a virtual roundtable to discuss the role

Last Updated on December 8, 2020 Highly-skilled foreign nationals and international students eyeing tech sector jobs will be able to apply for permanent residence in of Newfoundland & Labrador under a new stream starting next year. “Employers have been asking for a new immigration pathway flexible enough to help them meet the growing demand for

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Last Updated on December 7, 2020 Family physicians from the United Kingdom immigrate to Canada by the dozens almost every year to practice medicine free of much of the administrative headaches in their home countries and enjoy a great quality of life. “In the United Kingdom and Ireland, they have to spend a lot of

Last Updated on December 7, 2020 Canada’s federal immigration authority has launched a new portal for confirming permanent residence while in-person interviews are suspended due to the coronavirus crisis. The new system allows immigrants to declare they are in Canada, confirm their address and submit pictures for their PR card. It also gives candidates access

Last Updated on December 4, 2020 Canada tops the list of countries to which people throughout the world would like to move, a new survey reveals. Remitly, a company that lets users transfer money online from desktops, tablets or mobile phones, unveiled its ‘Where the World Wants to Work’ survey last month.  It shows there

Last Updated on December 4, 2020 Canada’s coronavirus recovery continued in November as employment rose by more than 62,000 and unemployment dropped to 8.5 percent. The Canada jobs Labour Force Survey recorded an employment increase of 0.3 percent for the month, slower than previous months but still another step in the right direction. The month

Last Updated on December 4, 2020 Quebec has updated its salary guide for employers hiring temporary foreign workers for many entry-level jobs. Called the Édition 2020 du Guide des salaires par professions présentés par intervalle, selon les quartiles au Québec , it provides salary ranges for entry-level, mid-level, and senior positions for many jobs categories,

Last Updated on December 4, 2020 British Columbia immigration has issued 68 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in a new BC PNP Tech Pilot draw. The December 1 draw featured invitations through four streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program.  Minimum scores were 80 for all four streams. The featured streams were: