Canada’s economic immigration system a ‘role model’ among OECD countries

Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00:16 +0000

Canada’s economic immigration system is the “most carefully designed” among the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation’s 36 member countries and serves as a role model for those looking to improve how they manage migration, the Paris-based organization says. According to a new report, Canada has the “largest, longest-standing and most comprehensive and elaborate skilled […]

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Canada could accept more refugees through economic immigration programs, Immigration Minister says

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:57:43 +0000

Canada could increase the number of refugees it accepts each year by channelling those with employable skills through the country’s economic-class immigration programs.  Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said Thursday on the occasion of World Refugee Day that he would like to “massively” accelerate a pilot launched last year that links […]

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Canada opened its door to more than 40,000 immigration applicants in January

Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:44:43 +0000

If the first month of 2019 was any indication, Canada should have no trouble achieving its goal of welcoming one million immigrants by the end of 2021.  January saw the Government of Canada and provinces across the country open the door to more than 40,000 potential applicants through key economic immigration and family sponsorship programs. […]

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Express Entry: How Canada’s main economic immigration system has evolved over 100 draws


Canada’s Express Entry economic immigration selection system has come a long way since its introduction in January 2015. Express Entry manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s main economic immigration categories — Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class  — and has now issued more than 213,000 invitations to apply […]

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