At 600 points, a provincial nomination is the most valuable factor under Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System Canada’s provinces employ a variety of approaches to selecting the Express Entry candidates they invite to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence, and the past week saw examples of three of them in action in Nova […]
Most Canadians don’t see immigration as a national problem compared to economy, climate change and health care A majority of Canadians continue to hold a positive attitude toward immigration despite the increasing politicization of the issue, a new opinion survey shows. Conducted by the Environics Institute in October, the survey of 2,000 Canadians found only […]
Popular Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry category one of four pathways to province for Express Entry candidates Nova Scotia briefly reopened one of its most popular Express Entry-linked immigration categories for up to 225 new applicants on November 17. Known as Category B of the Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry Stream, it is one of four […]
Candidates in Labour Impact and Business Impact immigration categories also invited The Atlantic Canada province of Prince Edward Island has issued new invitations to candidates in its Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact immigration categories. A total of 147 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence were issued to candidates […]
New draw leaves IRCC less than 8,000 invitations away from beating 2017 Express Entry record The Government of Canada has issued 3,900 new invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates in a draw held November 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this extremely rare Thursday draw was 449. Today’s […]
IRCC has issued 74,200 Express Entry ITAs in 2018, leaving it just 11,823 shy of record Last month saw the Government of Canada more than double the number of invitations to apply for permanent residence that it issued to Express Entry candidates in October 2017, leaving it less than 12,000 invitations away from last year’s […]
New Brunswick is on track to lose 110,200 workers by 2026, says New Brunswick Multicultural Council Immigration to New Brunswick will need to increase to around 7,500 newcomers a year if the province is to overcome the population and labour market shortage “crisis” it is now facing, says a new report. Produced by the New […]
More than 95% of nominations went to Express Entry candidates The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has reached its 2018 provincial nomination allocation, with 6,600 nominations issued to successful applicants across various streams. The province says it will continue to accept and consider new applications for a provincial nomination, and those that have already been submitted, […]
Move gives French-speaking permanent residence applicants a second language test option The Government of Canada is now accepting the results of a new test as proof of language ability for French-speaking economic immigration candidates applying for permanent residence. The Test de connaissance du français pour le Canada (TCF Canada) is administered by the French government-run Centre international […]
Hiring immigrants shown to increase revenue, productivity, says new Ottawa Business Growth Survey Ottawa companies concerned about access to skilled labour would benefit from tapping the city’s pool of highly educated immigrants, says a new survey by the Ottawa Board of Trade. According to the organization’s 2018 Ottawa Business Growth Survey, companies with recent experience […]