Tag: 2018

Alberta renews extension for Post Graduate Work Permit applicants

Alberta renews extension for Post Graduate Work Permit applicants

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

The Government of Alberta is extending a temporary transition period for applicants to the Alberta Opportunity Stream who hold a Post-Graduation Work Permit. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) says the extension will allow both applicants and post-secondary institutions more time to adjust to the Alberta Opportunity Stream’s List of Alberta Advanced Education Approved Post-Secondary Credentials. The list determines which […]

B.C. holds weekly Tech Pilot draw

B.C. holds weekly Tech Pilot draw

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

The province of British Columbia issued new Tech Pilot invitations for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to candidates in four Express Entry and Skills Immigration categories on November 28. The Tech Pilot is open to eligible registrants with a one-year, full-time job offer in one of 29 in-demand technology occupations. This latest round saw 42 invitations issued to […]

New Brunswick’s Express Entry stream reopens to Expressions of Interest

New Brunswick’s Express Entry stream reopens to Expressions of Interest

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

November 28 reopening follows Express Entry Labour Market Stream’s temporary closure in September New Brunswick is now accepting Expressions of Interest to its Express Entry-linked immigration stream.   New Brunswick’s Provincial Nominee Program, the NBPNP, reopened its Express Entry Labour Market Stream November 28 to eligible Express Entry candidates after closing it temporarily in September. The stream allows […]

Ontario can nominate more immigrants for permanent residence in 2019

Hyper-concentration of knowledge-economy jobs underway in downtown Toronto

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

Finance, soft tech, high order business services posted impressive job gains between 2006 and 2016 The area of Southern Ontario that includes Toronto is experiencing a dramatic economic shift that has produced a “hyper-concentration” of knowledge-economy jobs in and around downtown Toronto, a new study reveals. The study by the Neptis Foundation, a think tank dedicated […]

Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream issues invitations Express Entry

Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream issues invitations Express Entry

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

Human Capital Priorities Stream has now issued 3,719 invitations in 2018 Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream issued 185 invitations in a draw held November 26 — the popular Express Entry-linked stream’s first invitations since August 9. The Human Capital Priorities Stream allows the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to search the federal Express Entry pool for candidates who meet […]

Saskatchewan issues 514 invitations Occupation In Demand draws

Saskatchewan issues 514 invitations Occupation In Demand draws

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program has now issued 3,337 invitations since July through its Expression of Interest system The province of Saskatchewan issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to candidates in its International Skilled Worker immigration category on November 23, including 247 invitations to candidates in the federal Express Entry system. Another 267 […]

BC PNP selects Tech Pilot candidates to apply

B.C. announces new Regional Pilot program for immigrant entrepreneurs

Posted on Shaikh RehmanPosted in Immigration Canada

Pilot aims to spread the benefits of entrepreneur immigration to B.C.’s smaller communities British Columbia is opening a new immigration pilot program to attract foreign entrepreneurs to smaller communities around the province.   Known as the Entrepreneur Immigration — Regional Pilot, the two-year program is set to launch in early 2019. The pilot will see the British […]

Manitoba issues 592 invitations

Immigration a key element of Manitoba’s 2018-2024 labour market forecast

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A total of 168,700 job openings are forecasted for this period Immigrants are expected to play an important role in Manitoba’s labour market in the coming years, according to the provincial government’s new seven-year labour market outlook.   A total of 168,700 job openings are forecasted for the period spanning 2018 to 2024, which works out […]