The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program issued 35 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence through its Tech Pilot on October 24. All candidates issued invitations in the October 24 draw are required to have a one-year full-time job offer in one of the pilot’s 29 in-demand occupations. The Tech Pilot was introduced in 2017 to help employers in B.C.’s tech […]
Province’s action plan calls for increasing immigration to 1,700 people each year by 2022 Applications for immigration to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have increased by 25 per cent this year compared to the first 10 months of 2017, the province’s government says. Last year saw Canada’s easternmost Atlantic province welcome 832 people through […]
Canada’s booming tech sector may be part of the reason for rise in job searches from India A rising number of job seekers from India are looking for work opportunities in Canada over the United States, with searches for tech jobs leading the way, a recent study says. Canada’s share of job searches conducted from […]
Invitations issued through Ontario’s Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams Ontario has announced new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence for Express Entry candidates, including a 2018 high of 439 invitations through its Skilled Trades Stream on October 19. This is the most invitations issued through the Skilled Trades Stream in a […]
Canada’s Global Skills Strategy paving way for top international AI talent Canada’s diversity and immigration policies are playing key roles in the country’s growing reputation as a global leader in artificial intelligence, say two of the country’s top minds in the field. Steve Irvine, a veteran of Facebook and Instagram and the founder and CEO […]
Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Work Permit invitations issued in October 18 draw Prince Edward Island has issued 270 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to immigration candidates in its Express Entry and Labour Impact Expression of Interest pools. The October 18 Expression of Interest draw was by far the largest of 2018, […]
Government of Canada issues 3,900 invitations to apply for permanent residence in rare Monday draw The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held Monday, October 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this invitation round returned to 440, which is the lowest […]
SINP also removes two professions from In-Demand Occupations List The Province of Saskatchewan has invited 853 candidates in its Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand immigration sub-categories to apply for a provincial nomination in the largest draw yet from its new International Skilled Worker Expression of Interest pool. A total of 359 Express Entry sub-category candidates were issued […]
Number of ITAs issued in Q3 reached 22,800 and new monthly records were set for July and September The Government of Canada’s Express Entry economic immigration system had a banner third quarter of 2018, issuing a record high number of invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence over the months of July, August and September. […]
Third Quarter Report: Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs Far from taking the summer off, Canada’s Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs spent the months of July, August and September innovating and issuing more than 3,000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The big news in the third quarter of 2018 included […]