A summary of Canadian immigration programs: Express Entry, PNP, Quebec, and family sponsorship. If 2022 is your year to immigrate to Canada, here are some options to become a permanent resident. In this article, we are going to discuss four pathways to Canadian immigration: Express Entry, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), Quebec immigration, and family sponsorship. There are actually more […]
Statistics Canada’s study on immigrant mobility names Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton as the cities with the best immigrant retention. Studying where immigrants prefer to stay is important in developing policies that attract newcomers to a particular area. Through mobility data, we learn what sorts of places immigrants find attractive, and what factors play into their […]
Manitoba has now invited 11,179 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in 2021. Manitoba held its last draw of the year on December 30. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) invited a total of 393 immigration candidates across three Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Here are the number of invitations issued for each program, plus the minimum score […]
Learn about the process for hiring foreign employees to work in Canada. Every year, Canadian employers fill hundreds of thousands of jobs with foreign workers. If you want to hire foreign talent, the first step is to determine if you need a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). A positive LMIA signals to the federal government that there […]
Immigration applicants in Canada may not need to do an additional medical exam to apply for permanent residency. Canada’s immigration department is renewing a temporary medical exam exemption on some foreign nationals who are applying for immigration. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is extending the already-existing medical exam exemption on immigration candidates applying from inside Canada until […]
ANALYSIS: The coronavirus pandemic continued to influence the direction of Canada’s immigration system in 2021. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic changed the course of Canada’s immigration system in 2020 and while things have stabilized, the pandemic caused IRCC to make major adjustments in 2021. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) entered 2021 facing difficult circumstances. […]
Nova Scotia saw some of its fastest growth in 2021. Nova Scotia’s population has breached one million people, which is largely thanks to immigration. Nova Scotia passed the population milestone following record growth since July 2021. The month before, Canada had lifted travel restriction on approved permanent residents, which had limited immigration since the border closed […]
Enjoy the holiday season with your loved ones. We wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! Main Canadian Immigration Page […]
IRCC achieved the goal by focusing on transitioning temporary residents living in Canada during the pandemic to permanent resident status. Canada has landed over 400,000 new permanent residents in 2021 for just the second time since it was founded as a country in 1867. This has just been confirmed in a news release by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship […]
Ontario plans to welcome 100 immigrants over the next two years under a program for foreign entrepreneurs. Candidates who apply under the the Entrepreneur Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will be eligible for nomination for permanent residence once their business has been operating in Ontario for 18 to 20 months. The condition is that they must […]