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Brandon, Manitoba, launches Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:28:00 +0000

The city of Brandon, Manitoba, is the latest Canadian community to launch its local component of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot.  Manitoba’s second-largest city is the third community to begin accepting applications through the five-year pilot, joining the Ontario city of Sault Ste. Marie and fellow Manitoba community, Altona/Rhineland. The Rural and Northern Immigration […]

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Ontario wants to double nominations for permanent residence by 2022

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:05:11 +0000

Ontario is looking to double the number of immigration candidates it can nominate for Canadian permanent residence through Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program.  The province would like to increase its allocation under the Provincial Nominee Program, or PNP, from 6,650 this year to 13,300 in 2022. Ontario’s Immigration Minister, Vic Fedeli, formally requested the increase in […]

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Canadian work experience and education boosts immigrant earning potential; study

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:32:46 +0000

Prior Canadian work experience makes a big difference to the entry-level wages that new immigrants earn, a Statistics Canada study shows. The report looking at outcomes for permanent residents who were admitted to Canada in 2016 found that those with prior work experience in Canada had the highest median entry wages of those studied after […]

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Quebec announces sponsorship, settlement, application fee increases for 2020

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:33:12 +0000

Quebec will be increasing its financial support requirements and application fees for 2020 to reflect changes in the province’s average Consumer Price Index. The required settlement funds and financial capacity amounts for sponsors in Quebec will increase on January 1. Application processing fees will also go up on the same day. The change in consumer […]

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Liberals outline Canada’s immigration priorities in new Mandate Letter

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:45:44 +0000

Managing the arrival of more than a million new permanent residents and creating a new Municipal Nominee Program are among the tasks Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assigned to his new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino. These responsibilities and others are outlined in Mendicino’s Mandate Letter, which the federal government published […]

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How to improve Canada’s Parents and Grandparents immigration program in 2020

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:03:40 +0000

January has typically marked the opening of the window for immigrants to express their interest in sponsoring family under Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program, or PGP. However, given the challenges Canada has had managing the PGP and the recent federal election in October, it remains unknown as to when the PGP intake window will open […]

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Ontario receives additional 2019 nominations, invites Express Entry candidates

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:45:39 +0000

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has received an additional 700 nominations for 2019 and is issuing new invitations to Express Entry candidates through its Skilled Trades Stream.  The additional nominations bring the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)’s annual allocation under Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program, or PNP, to 7,350. The PNP allows participating provinces and territories […]

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New Express Entry draw issues 3,200 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:48:33 +0000

A new draw from the federal Express Entry pool on December 11 produced 3,200 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence.  The minimum  Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in the December 11 invitation round was 472. The Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main skilled labour immigration categories — […]

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Updated U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade agreement maintains NAFTA’s labour mobility rules

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:11:51 +0000

The rules for professional work visas will remain unchanged under Canada’s new free trade deal with the United States and Mexico. The three countries approved updates to the agreement’s original text on Tuesday, December 10, paving the way for its ratification. Under the new agreement, the chapter that deals with temporary entry for business persons […]

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International Experience Canada pools to open for 2020 season

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:25:57 +0000

The International Experience Canada (IEC) program is set to open to young adults who wish to live and work in Canada on a temporary basis. Canada was scheduled to open its various IEC pools for the 2020 season on December 9, but technical difficulties forced a delay. The IEC program allows people to experience Canada, […]

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