Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, has announced that Canada will provide CAD $10 million over a five-year period to support post-secondary students and mid-career professionals from Southeast Asia to gain access to world-class education in Canada. Minster Freeland announced the new scholarship on August 6 at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Employer Job Offer In-Demand Skills Stream gives foreign workers with a job offer in a target occupation the opportunity to live and work permanently in Ontario. The Employer Job Offer Stream In-Demand Skills Pilot allows the OINP to nominate individuals who have the required work experience to help them successfully establish […]
Human Capital Priorities Stream invites 779 candidates with scores between 351 to 446 The province of Ontario announced two new invitation rounds where Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 351 were issued an invitation. On March 26, candidates in Canada’s Express Entry pool were selected by Ontario and invited to […]
New research project wants to ensure newcomers stay. Expanded use of Provincial Nominee Programs responsible for substantial growth in immigration to region, report says: Canada’s Atlantic provinces are having no trouble attracting immigrants through their Provincial Nominee Programs, and a new three-year research project wants them to settle permanently in the region. Led by the […]
Immigration level in fourth quarter of 2017 was second highest since 1991 International migration continued to drive Canadian population growth in the final quarter of 2017, accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the increase seen during that three-month period, new Statistics Canada data reveal. The federal agency said international migration, which includes immigration, return […]
Costs of ambitious multi-year immigration plan will be offset by economic growth and taxation revenues, IRCC saysImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it is slated to receive $747 million to support Canada’s 2018-2020 Immigration Levels Plan under the 2018 federal budget.The $747 million that IRCC will receive is part of an overall $875 million over […]
The Government of Canada has invited 3,000 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place Monday, March 26. The cut-off Comprehensive Ranking System score was 446. Today’s score is 10 points lower than the previous draw, which took place on March 14. This is first time in 2018 that […]
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada began sending out invitations this week to potential sponsors through its Parents and Grandparents Program. In a March 19 update, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that potential sponsors have now been selected at random and have 60 days (from the date of invitation) to submit a complete application. Last year, […]
The two most recent draws from the Express Entry pool saw Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) make use of the tie-break procedure that it introduced in June. The new procedure ranks candidates with the same Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score by the date and time their profiles were first submitted to the Express Entry pool. The […]
Manitoba has issued 638 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination in a new draw conducted March 13. Of that total, 253 invitations went to candidates in the federal Express Entry pool.Manitoba’s Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) said it issued 253 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to Express Entry candidates who have a job seeker […]