65% of new arrivals to province were approved through Nova Scotia Nominee Program and Atlantic Immigration Pilot Nova Scotia welcomed a record 5,970 new permanent residents last year, the provincial government has announced. The 2018 total was a gain of nearly 500 over the previous record of 5,485 set in 2016. The province’s Office of Immigration […]
International graduates of eligible Canadian schools now have 180 days to apply for a PGWP International students hoping to remain in Canada on a Post-Graduation Work Permit now have six months to apply once they obtain their notice of graduation and are no longer required to have a valid study permit. The Government of Canada […]
Ontario, Nova Scotia and Alberta use so-called ‘passive’ immigration streams to search the Express Entry pool for eligible candidates Candidates who enter the Express Entry pool may find themselves on the receiving end of an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination without even trying thanks to specialized immigration streams in Ontario, Alberta and Nova […]
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 […]
Skilled Worker candidates received the majority of EEBC nominations last year British Columbia nominated 3,100 candidates in the federal Express Entry system for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 through its provincial nominee program, the BC PNP. Figures provided to CIC News by the BC PNP show the majority of these nominations — 1,999 — were issued through […]
January numbers suggest Canada well on its way to achieving million immigrant goal by the end of 2021 If the first month of 2019 was any indication, Canada should have no trouble achieving its goal of welcoming one million immigrants by the end of 2021. January saw the Government of Canada and provinces across the […]
Express Entry-linked PNPs also had a busy January Canada’s Express Entry system got 2019 off to its best start ever in January, issuing 11,150 invitations to apply for permanent residence over the course of three draws. The last draw of the month, held on January 30, saw the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score drop to 438 […]
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program held its second Expression of Interest draw of 2019 on January 31 for candidates in its Skilled Worker Overseas, Skilled Worker in Manitoba and International Education immigration streams. The program, known as the MPNP, issued 456 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to candidates across the […]
Super Visas are good for 10 years and allow eligible parents and grandparents to stay for up to 2 years at a time The latest expression of interest period of Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program on January 28 saw more than 100,000 individuals try to access the required form and only 27,000 get through. In […]
This is fourth extension for the Open Work Permit Pilot since its introduction in 2014 Canada’s federal government is extending its Open Work Permit Pilot for sponsored spouses and common-law partners who are living in Canada and in the process of applying for permanent residence under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class. Immigration, […]