How IRCC’s new Immigration Levels Plan prioritizes in-Canada candidates

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:00:27 +0000

The Canadian federal government has allocated 40% of permanent admission spaces in 2025 to candidates already in Canada. According to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC’s) newest Immigration Levels Plan, nearly half of all planned admission spaces for new permanent residents in the coming year will be allocated to a new Express Entry priority group, […]

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IRCC announces temporary measures for those impacted by the conflict in Lebanon

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:47:43 +0000

Those who left Lebanon on or after September 29, 2024, may be eligible to apply for an open work permit, study permit, or status extension at no cost once they arrive in Canada. Canada’s government says the temporary measures will offer support to permanent residents, Canadian citizens, and their immediate family members who have left […]

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IRCC releases expected work and study permit holder outflows for coming years

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:00:20 +0000

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) expects more than half a million Non-permanent Residents (NPRs) to leave Canada, or transition to permanent residence (PR) status by the end of this year. The term NPR encompasses those who are in Canada on a temporary status, including work and study permit holders in the country*. Note that […]

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How does IRCC use information from PR and international student applicants?

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:23 +0000

Canada’s immigration department often requires extensive information from candidates to process applications. Yet for many newcomers, there is little information available to help them understand how Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) collects and uses their information. Based on IRCC resources, CIC News has broken down how Canada’s immigration department collects, uses, retains, and disposes […]

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Five common mistakes in your immigration application that could lead to misrepresentation

Credit to Author: Janice Rodrigues| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:00:47 +0000

Providing incorrect information on your immigration application – even unintentionally – can put you at risk of misrepresentation. Misrepresentation is a legal term in Canadian immigration. It refers to providing information to the Government of Canada that is both: untrue, misleading, or incomplete; and could cause an error in applying immigration law to the particular […]

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CUTRIC’s Hydrogen Bus Study Dodges $1.5bn In Costs To Justify Higher Emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:29:45 +0000

In the past week, I’ve been digging into the underpinnings of a few Canadian cities’ current fixation on wasting serious amounts of taxpayer money on hydrogen buses. I had been ignoring it, more than not, as I’d assessed global hydrogen fleet trials and results along with exorbitant global hydrogen transportation … [continued]

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Canada to cut immigration by 20% in 2025

Credit to Author: Derek Shank| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:22:00 +0000

Canada is scaling back on targets for admissions of permanent residents and temporary residents. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration Permanent resident targets In the Immigration Levels Plan released on 24 Oct, the government announced the following reductions in targets for permanent resident admissions over the next three years: 2025: 395,000 – down […]

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BREAKING: Canada to cut immigration by 20% in 2025

Credit to Author: Derek Shank| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:22:00 +0000

Canada is scaling back on targets for admissions of permanent residents and temporary residents. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration Permanent resident targets In the Immigration Levels Plan released today, the government has announced the following reductions in targets for permanent resident admissions: 2025: 395,000 – down from the 485,000 target for 2024, […]

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Can you afford to live in Canada?

Credit to Author: Lakeem Rose| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:00:04 +0000

The settlement funds that IRCC recommends will help you survive, but how much do you need to thrive in Canada? Settlement funds exist to ensure that recent immigrants can cover basic living expenses while finding work and a place to live. The cost of living on the other hand is often much higher, with conservative […]

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$360M Discrepancy In Brampton Transit Study: Hydrogen Mix Falsely Positioned As Lower Cost Option

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:17:29 +0000

In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hydrogen for urban transit in contradiction of global evidence of failure. A contact forwarded me a more detailed study that they’d done for the … [continued]

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