Permanent Resident

Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program will reopen to interested sponsors beginning on January 28, the federal government announced today.  

Justin Trudeau, has named his government’s cabinet of ministers. He has been handed specific agenda, which is likely to include significant changes within the department of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees.

This week, Ontario, British Columbia (BC), and Manitoba have actively participated in the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), inviting a significant number of candidates to apply for nominations, vital for their integration into the provincial economies.

The Ottawa Senators are hosting a special citizenship ceremony, welcoming 186 new citizens from 39 countries into the Canadian family today.

Year-over-year, Canada has added 426,000 net new jobs — most of them full-time

A new Express Entry draw held August 8 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System score of at least 440. The minimum required points (CRS) score in today’s draw marks the second time this year that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has reduced the minimum cut-off score to 440 — the lowest score for an all-program draw so far in 2018.

Express Entry candidates eligible under the(FSTC), as well as candidates with an enhanced PNP, were the big winners in the November 1 draws, which mirrored similar draws that took place on May 26. In the latest draws, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited FSTC candidates with 241 Points to apply for permanent residence. The CRS cut-off threshold for provincial nominee candidates was 673 points.

3,796 candidates in the Express Entry selection pool received an invitation to apply for permanent residency On May 4,2017. Each invited candidate this time around had a 423 accumulated points or higher.

A new Express Entry draw held August 22 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score in this draw was 440. This is the third draw in 2018 to feature a minimum score of 440, which is the lowest CRS score drawn in 2018 to date. Both the minimum CRS score and the draw size in the August 22 were the same as the previous draw, held on August 8.

Immigration is vital to the future of communities across the country, and nowhere more so than in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Immigration Pilot welcomed over 12,700 newcomers across the region, strengthening our communities and helping our businesses succeed. We announced the new permanent Atlantic Immigration Program, recognizing the need to build on this success as we continue to recover from the pandemic and address labour shortages across Atlantic Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that there will be a legal action against people who have obtained permanent residency of Canada through fake marriage. According to the Minister the penalty of abusing our immigration system and act of fraudulent marriage is revocation of status.

In less than two years since the new process started, the federal government has stripped the citizenship of 235 Canadians.

The federal immigration department has said it will be accepting the same number of applications this year as it did in 2015 from parents and grandparents wanting to join family members in Canada, despite a Liberal election promise to double the intake “immediately.”

Applicants who have accumulated minimum of 6 months related work experience in the last 3 year (Canada or overseas) in one of the following occupations may apply for permanent residency if they can provide IELTS general test result of 5 in each proficiency.

Applicants with a minimum of 6 months related work experience in the last 3 years in one of the following occupations may apply for permanent residency of Canada. IELTS general 6 in each proficiency is required for eligibility.

If you have accumulated, minimum of 6 months of related work experience in one of the following occupations and able to provide IELTS general language test result of 6 in each proficiency, are eligible to apply for permanent residency of Canada.

Canada is beginning a new work permit option under the international mobility program. This stream aims to make hiring francophone skilled workers more straight forward for employers in certain regions of Canada.

The world can change a lot in 20 years, and that reality is no different when we look at Canada in particular. On September 8, Statistics Canada released its projection for Canada’s demographic makeup in the year 2041.

Canada set a new Express Entry invitation record Wednesday in a draw featuring the lowest minimum score of 2018.

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should develop and publicly release within 120 days following the adoption of this motion a comprehensive plan to expand the economic immigration stream to allow workers of all skill levels to meet the full range of labour needs and pathways to permanent residency for temporary foreign workers, including international students, with significant Canadian work experience in sectors with persistent labour shortages, and such plan should incorporate the following elements: