Canada’s immigration system is on the verge of a busy end to what has been an eventful 2020. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are expected to continue to hold Express Entry raffles throughout the holiday season. In previous years, there have been at least two raffles in December. It is also expected that the
Canada is seeking to provide more avenues of permanent residence to foreign nationals who are already in the country. After the announcement that Canada would welcome more than 400,000 immigrants per year over the next three years, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino told Bloomberg that the federal government would soon announce the matter. The Minister of
Canadian provinces hosted more than 10 rounds of invitations last month. Together, all of the invitation rounds resulted in nearly 3,000 invitations to apply for Provincial Nomination for Permanent Residence across the country. There are two types of provincial nomination streams: Enhanced nomination streams, which are in-line with the federal government’s Express Entry Basic nomination
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
Different Canada immigration options for tech talent around the world A recent US media report from CGTN America highlights the emergence of Canada as a destination of choice for tech workers around the world amid immigration restrictions imposed by the US government. Indeed, Canada has made a concerted effort to attract more workers to its
Immigrants who obtain permanent residence under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) do better in the labor market than those who immigrate under the Skilled Worker Program foreigners (PTFE) and the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP). This is what a study conducted by Statistics Canada in collaboration with Immigration, Refugees,
An overview of the basic costs to apply for the Provincial Nominee Program and Express Entry in 2020. BC PNP recently increased the price of an application for the Skills Immigration stream, but it is still not the most expensive program in Canada. It now costs CAD $1,150 to register for the Immigration Skills component
