Canada is expected to continue increasing immigration levels beyond 2020, despite travel restrictions and the reduction in the number of new permanent residents. Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is not reducing the government’s immigration targets for the next three-year plan to levels, Bloomberg reports. Days before Canada’s lockdown, Mendicino announced that Canada would welcome more
Canada is set to send out 100,000 or more Express Entry invitations in 2020. That would be remarkable, given the negative impact of COVID-19 in Canada and around the world. When travel restrictions were imposed in March 2020 by Canada, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced that the country will target 341,000 new permanent resident admissions
Almost all Express Entry immigrants found employment within the first year of arrival and, in general, outperformed immigrants who went through the previous application system. A recent report from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) examined how Express Entry immigrants performed in the Canadian labor market between 2015 and 2018. They compared the results of
Those who wish to sponsor their parents or grandparents to immigrate to Canada can start the process by applying online. Expression of Interest for Parent and Grandparents Program (PGP) period begins today, October 13, and runs for three weeks until November 3. The PGP allows Canadian citizens and eligible permanent residents and persons with First
The 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program admission window is open from October 13 to November 3. In this time, Permanent residents and Canadian citizens can submit Sponsorship Interest Forms on the IRCC website. IRCC will host a lottery and will invite candidates to submit their sponsorship applications to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada,
Canada has invited a record number of applicants to apply for permanent residence through the Express Entry system this summer. It appears that the pandemic has not prevented the number of invitations sent to would-be immigrants. A total of 28,450 Express Entry applicants received invitations to apply (ITA) in the third quarter of 2020. This
Earlier this week, IRCC confirmed details of the opening of the 2020 Welcome Window for the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). The 2020 PGP will be open between October 13 at noon EDT and November 3 at noon EST. During this period, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be able to submit Sponsorship Interest Forms
If Ontario’s proposed new immigration system gets the green light, it will abolish the current model of racing seats. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) recently presented a proposal to transform some of its programs into an Expression of Interest (EOI) system. The new system would use scoring criteria to target candidates best suited to
Canada aims to speed up the processing of 18,000 spousal sponsorship applications by the end of this year. IRCC made the important announcement Thursday, outlining the innovative steps it is taking to try to reunite loved ones as quickly as possible. In recent years, Canada has targeted some 70,000 new immigrants for permanent residence each
Two major events in the coming month will shape Canada’s immigration system for years to come. The first will be a new mandate letter to be written by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino. This letter will contain Canada’s new immigration priorities and is expected to be released shortly, possibly as early
