Canadian Experience Class

 July, 2012-- Many Canadian immigration programs remain open, despite the Canadian government’s announcement that it will be taking a ‘temporary pause.

Internationally Canada has been ranked as the top country outside Europe, and the second-best country worldwide, to live as an immigrant.

Canada has welcomed over 184,000 new permanent residents this year.

Express Entry system called 'most elaborate selection ‎system' in OECD

The backlog has grown by nearly 260,000 persons over the past month.IRCC’s backlog has grown to 2.4 million persons.The backlog has grown by 257,499 persons over the past month, largely due to a significant increase in temporary residence applications.The citizenship inventory stands at 394,664 applications as of June 1, 2022.The permanent residence inventory stands at 522,047 persons as of June 6.The temporary residence inventory has grown to 1,471,173 persons, also as of June 6.The backlog has progressed as follows since last summer:

IRCC's temporary residence inventory increased with the introduction of the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel.

New system applies to some Canadian permanent applications received starting July 31, 2018 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will now provide some Canadian permanent residence applicants with processing times that are forward-looking, rather than estimations based on historical data.

Provincial nominee programs in PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick playing key roles

A look back at last month's Provincial Nominee Program updates and draw results from across the country.

Canada’s international student population is booming, tripling over the past decade to 570,000 people in 2018.

Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate is maintaining record high levels, and a non-profit business organization is calling for all political parties in the upcoming Canadian federal election to take measures to tackle the labour shortage.

Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario had the highest job vacancy rates among Canada's provinces

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced a processing time standard of 20 calendar days for Study permit applications submitted under the online Direct Stream by legal residents of China, India, Vietnam and Philippines.

Immigration is expected to factor into election debates, but restraint is being urged.

CIC has announced that as of November 5, 2011 there will be a 24 month moratorium on new applications to sponsor parents and grandparents in order to reduce the current backlog. New applications received on or after November 5, 2011 will be returned to the applicant. The moratorium will not affect sponsorship applications for spouses, dependent or adopted children, or other eligible relatives.

CIC has announced the creation of a new Federal Skilled Worker category for international students studying towards a PhD in Canada. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least 2 years of study towards a PhD, or graduated from a Canadian PhD program within the past 12 months. A maximum of 1,000 applications from this category will be considered for processing each year by CIC. The first cap year for the PhD stream begins on November 5, 2011.

Effective immediately, the Visa and Immigration Section of the Canadian Embassy in Seoul are closed.

TEMPORARY RESIDENT PROCESSING

3,350 Express Entry candidates invited to apply in June 26 draw

A new rating system matching open job positions with job seekers has come into effect. As of August 28, employers hiring under the Temporary Foreign worker program (TFWP) must use the new system and invite potential hires who meet a certain threshold of compatibility with the job posting to apply for the position advertised.

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The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration has issued the following occupation list of professions where there may be employment opportunities. Candidates who have at least one year of work experience in one of the professions and the equivalent of Level 7 in all four language areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) using the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), may qualify to be nominated for CIC’s Express Entry system through the Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry stream.