Express Entry Canada holds largest PNP draw to date

Express Entry: Canada breaks PNP draw record again

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In the first two draws of the year, IRCC has only invited PNP candidates to apply for Canadian immigration. Canada held a new Express Entry draw on January 19, inviting 1,036 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residence. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. For this reason, the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score […]

Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024

Canada to announce Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024 by February

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ANALYSIS: This will be the first Immigration Levels Plan announcement since October 2020. It will be announced by February 11, 2022. The Canadian government will provide a major update by February when it announces its Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024. The announcement will contain Canada’s immigration targets for this year, and the next two years, as well as […]

Travellers must be fully vaccinated to enter Canada starting January 15

Travellers must be fully vaccinated to enter Canada starting January 15

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Essential travellers must be fully vaccinated to cross the border. Unvaccinated Canadians may face quarantine measures. Travellers to Canada will now have to be fully vaccinated in order to enter to country. Some exempt travellers may still enter, but will be subject to testing, quarantine and other public health measures. Canada already required non-essential travellers from foreign […]

Interest in Canada due to H 1B frustrations

H-1B frustrations bring renewed U.S. media interest in Canada’s immigration options

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If you qualify for the H-1B, you may be well-positioned to pursue Canadian permanent residence With the rejection rate for H-1B visa applications on the rise in the United States, highly skilled foreign workers who depend on them are turning to Canada in search of stability and new opportunities. Numerous American media outlets have published […]

Full-time work in Ontario drove Canadian employment gains in February

Full-time work in Ontario drove Canadian employment gains in February

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Statistics Canada reports ‘notable’ increase in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services employment Employment in Canada was up by nearly 56,000 in February thanks largely to gains in full-time work in Ontario. Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey for February showed Ontario posted a net employment gain of 37,000 for the month. An increase of 59,000 […]

Immigration as a positive light for majority of Canadians

Immigration as a positive light, for majority of Canadians

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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 […]

IRCC now accepting results of new TCF Canada language test

IRCC now accepting results of new TCF Canada language test

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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 […]