Canada’s immigration minister Marco Mendicino appeared before the Standing Committee for a study on the effect of Covid-19 on Canada’s immigration system. Marco Mendicino attended the November 25 meeting along with the Deputy Minister for IRCC, Catrina Tapley. They answered questions from members of parliament on the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration with the help […]

Canada will from now on confirm the permanent resident status for an applicant without in-person interviews through a new portal, for most cases. This new electronic process will expedite the landing process for new permanent residents. This new measure has been implemented as part of a coronavirus measure. Canada’s immigration minister, Marco Mendicino, has said […]

The Atlantic provinceNewfoundland and Labrador released new steps that will make it easy for the employers to hire people from foreign countries who will compensate for the labour shortages in the province through the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) and in the end help the foreign nationals to migrate to Canada. The province has given out an occupation […]

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot for Vernon-North Okanagan is making few requirements easy in order to allow the employers to hire more employees starting December 1. The pilot has been first introduced in February 2020, and it has till now received 21 applications, out of which 19 were accepted. The RNIP program for Vernon-North Okanagan started out with […]

Saskatchewan’s latest draw of nominations took place on December 1, 2020. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) in its latest draw has invited candidates from the International Skilled Worker category through two subcategories i.e. Express Entry, and Occupations In-Demand. They invited a total of 564 immigrants who had work experience in select occupations. 138 candidates were invited through the Express […]

Nova Scotia has issued new invitations to apply for a nomination for Canadian permanent residence through its Express Entry-linked Labour Market Priorities immigration stream on December 1, 2020. The Labour Market Priorities Stream allows the NSNP to search the federal Express Entry pool for candidates who meet labour market needs in the province. Past draws through the stream have […]

Saskatchewan immigration candidates will be getting extra points for being proficient in both English and French. The new update went into effect on November 24. Now bilingual candidates can receive up to an additional 10 points under the International Skilled Worker – Express Entry program. The number of additional points will depend on the proficiency level of […]

Quebec immigration Quebec continues to accept applications for permanent residence but says processing times are likely to be affected by the coronavirus crisis. The province was an important driver behind the decision to offer asylum seekers working in Canada’s care homes a pathway to permanent residence. Early in the crisis, Quebec’s immigration Ministry moved to […]

Alberta becomes the first province to decrease the quarantine time for incoming travellers from other countries by offering coronavirus tests at certain airports and land border crossings. Therefore, all the International travellers who will arrive at Calgary International Airport and the Coutts lands crossing can shorten their quarantine period be providing their Covid-19 negative test […]

Beginning Monday November 30, 2020, the Service Canada will resume scheduling biometrics appointment system . This will help Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) clients to book their own biometrics appointments online and the same would be more efficient. Service Canada officers had started contacting the IRCC clients for scheduling the biometrics appointments since mid-September. However, from […]