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Canada invests in newcomer health workers to ease labour shortages

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:06:25 +0000

Canada is investing $14.3 million to help internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) enter the workforce faster. With ongoing healthcare shortages, this funding aims to improve credential recognition and boost the number of skilled doctors, nurses, and practitioners across the country.

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Top reasons why immigrants prefer Canada over the U.S. : Part 1

March 3, 2025 admin affordable education in canada, canada immigration policies, canada vs. u.s. immigration, canada’s healthcare system, Immigrate, international students in canada, is canada better that us, is education cheaper in canada, is us better than canada, living in canada, move to us or canada, moving to canada vs. u.s., permanent residency in canada, pre-landing, studying in canada, u.s. green card delays, u.s. immigration challenges, why immigrants choose canada

Credit to Author: Chitra K. Menon| Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:09:21 +0000

Canada’s immigration policies, universal healthcare, and affordable education make it an attractive choice for newcomers. In Part 1, we explore why immigrants are choosing Canada over the U.S. despite recent policy changes

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Canada announces major changes to Express Entry categories

March 1, 2025 admin category based draws, category based selection draws, education category, eligible occupations category based draws, Express Entry, express entry categories, french language proficiency express entry draws, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, stem category draws, trades category

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:21:52 +0000

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the 2025 Express Entry categories on February 27, 2025. The department introduced big changes to category-based draws, introducing a new category, and removing another. See your eligibility for category-based draws The new category announced in 2025 is Education. There are five occupations listed under this new category. […]

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Canada announces major changes to Express Entry categories

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:21:52 +0000

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Quebec extends suspension of low-wage LMIAs in Montreal, adds Laval

March 1, 2025 admin immigrate to quebec, lmia wage processing, provinces, quebec immigration, quebec suspends low-wage lmia processing, quebec wage threshold, temporary foreign worker program

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:00:24 +0000

Quebec is extending its suspension of Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program by nine months. As per an announcement by Jean-François Roberge, Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, on February 27, 2025, the suspension will be extended until November 30, 2025. Schedule a Free Work Permit Consultation with the Cohen […]

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Canada extends CUAET measures for Ukrainians

March 1, 2025 admin Canada, canada-ukraine authorization for emergency travel, cuaet, Express Entry, get a canadian study permit, get a canadian work permit, get canadian permanent residence, Invitation to Apply, ita, special measures for ukrainian nationals, study permit

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:39:37 +0000

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has extended the deadline for Ukrainians to receive facilitated processing of their temporary residence applications. Ukrainian nationals who are currently in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) measures and arrived in the country on or before March 31, 2024, can continue to apply for an extension […]

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IRCC’s backlog continues to shrink in 2025

March 1, 2025 admin Canada, Express Entry, ircc backlog, ircc backlog 2025, ircc backlog as of january, permanent residents, temporary resident applications, temporary residents, visitor visa applications

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:00:46 +0000

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) backlog has dropped below one million for the second consecutive month. The total number of applications in the department’s backlog was 892,100, as of January 31, 2025. Considering that the backlog at the end of December 2024 was 942,300 , that shows a decrease of 5.33%. For context, here […]

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BREAKING: Canada announces major changes to Express Entry categories

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:21:52 +0000

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Quebec announces cap on international student applications

March 1, 2025 admin immigration in quebec, international student cap, international students canada, international students in quebec, provinces, quebec immigration, quebec international student cap, quebec's immigration levels plan, temporary residents quebec

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:20:54 +0000

On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Quebec announced that it will be capping the number of international student applications it receives. The province has announced that the maximum number of applications that it will receive under the Foreign Student Program is 124,760, in the period between February 26, 2025, and February 26, 2026. Discover your options […]

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