Below are Expectations for Canadian Immigration in 2024, As announced in the Immigration Levels Plan for 2024-2026, Canada aims to welcome a total of 485,000 permanent residents (PRs) in 2024. Alongside this increased level of immigration, Canada is expected to launch updates across various programs and leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline the client experience. […]
Cyber security has become a battlefield for Canadian businesses. Statistics Canada’s latest findings reveal almost 20% of Canadian businesses reported cyber security breaches in 2021. The repercussions were widespread, with 16% of small, 25% of medium, and 37% of large operations reporting incidents. Canadian companies significantly ramped up their investments in cyber security in 2021, with their total […]
Ontario has made room for 6,000 health care workers to fill labour shortages by the end of March. Ontario wants thousands of internationally trained nurses to come work in the province’s hospitals by March 31. Ontario is sending about 300 of these nurses to 50 high-need hospitals in the province. They will care for patients […]
Candidates from all Employer Job Offer streams were invited in Ontario’s first draw of the year. Ontario invited 1,084 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on January 11. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued invitations to candidates who had profiles in its Expression of Interest (EOI) system. These candidates may be eligible for one of three […]
Ontario plans to welcome 100 immigrants over the next two years under a program for foreign entrepreneurs. Candidates who apply under the the Entrepreneur Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will be eligible for nomination for permanent residence once their business has been operating in Ontario for 18 to 20 months. The condition is that they must […]
OINP says it will reopen stream once technical issue is ‘fully addressed’ More than 300 immigration candidates managed to register successfully in the recent opening of Ontario’s Masters Graduate Stream before a technical error brought it to a premature end. In an updated published March 19, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) said 333 people […]
Allocation of 6,900 nominations Ontario’s largest yet through Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program Ontario will be able to nominate 6,900 immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence through its immigrant nominee program in 2019. Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and remains the destination of choice for the majority of immigrants to Canada each year. Canada’s Provincial Nominee […]
OINP says it is investigating glitch that forced it to close March 5 intake The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program says it will reopen its Masters Graduate Stream to new registrations “as soon as possible” after a technical issue forced it to close on March 5. In an update published March 7, the OINP said they […]
H1-B crackdown in U.S. leading many Indian students to apply to Canadian schools instead Canadian universities are experiencing a surge in the number of international students from India, who now outnumber Chinese students. Statistics provided to the Globe and Mail newspaper by the Canadian High Commission in India show that 172,000 Indian citizens held a Canadian study […]
OINP has now issued 189 invitations through French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream in 2019 Ontario has issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to French-speaking Express Entry candidates. The 61 invitations were issued February 7 through Ontario’s French-Speaking Skilled Worker immigration stream. This stream lets the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) select French-speaking candidates in […]