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Canadian Immigration News
The latest updates on Canadian immigration policy, IRCC announcements, Express Entry draws, and program changes.
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Family Sponsorship
Numbers from November 2020 have revealed an extraordinarily high refusal rate of temporary resident visas (TRV) to applicants with ongoing overseas spousal or partner sponsorship applications. The problem with visitor visas for overseas sponsorship applicants Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) applications require applicants to demonstrate that they have no strong ties to Canada and intend to […]
As of September 7, 2021, fully vaccinated travelers are eligible to enter Canada for non-essential travel. Coming to Canada under the fully vaccinated traveler exemption? Here’s what you need to know. Who is considered fully vaccinated? To be deemed fully vaccinated under this exemption, a traveler must have received, and provide proof of, the full […]
In their most recent round of invitations, Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) has issued 602 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) to potential nominees. In the September 2nd draw, Manitoba invited candidates under the Skilled Workers In Manitoba, International Education, and Skilled Worker Overseas streams. The points requirement for the Skilled Workers Overseas and Skilled Workers […]
Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) has held their second largest draw of the year, inviting 528 skilled workers with scores as low as 66. This latest round of invitations targeted skilled workers eligible under the Occupation In-Demand and Express Entry sub-categories. These candidates were chosen based on their work experience in one of 16 select […]
New Brunswick will be introducing a new immigration stream next spring that will make it easier for certain international graduates to remain in the province. Opportunities NB and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) have partnered together to introduce an immigration stream for certain international graduates. The students targeted through this stream are ineligible to […]
In the month of August, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) invited 1,246 Express Entry candidates to apply for nomination. This is the highest volume of invitations issued in a single month since March 2019. On August 23rd, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) held it’s largest draw of the year, inviting 450 candidates. The […]
The minimum points requirement continues to fall for general BCPNP draws, inviting candidates with some of the lowest scores seen this year. The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) held a draw on August 31, 2021. In their most recent round of invitations, the province issued 488 invitations to Skills Immigration candidates. This is the […]
Canadian Permanent Residence
The technical glitch occurred during the intake of Canada’s TR to PR pathway applications, allowing about 7,300 international graduates to submit beyond the stream’s quota. Since the pandemic began, Immigration, Refugee, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been making strides in developing new user-friendly online platforms for immigration applications. Most were pleasantly surprised with the online platform […]
Express Entry Draw
Canada has held yet another draw for Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. In the 203rd Express Entry draw, 635 profiles were invited to apply for Canadian permanent residency. All candidates selected in today’s draw had previously been nominated by a province through a nominee program aligned with the Express Entry system. Provinces have continued to […]
