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Canada increasing the federal minimum wage by 7 percent on April 1

April 3, 2023 admin canada immigration, compensation, earnings, employment and social decelopment canada, ESDC, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, jobs, Minimum Wage, work permit, workers’ rights

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:08 +0000

In a move designed to “keep pace with inflation”, Canada’s federal minimum wage will be increasing by $1.10 as of today. In the words of Canada’s Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., “the cost of living is rising, so we’re making sure that wages keep going up too. We’re looking after workers, because that’s how […]

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Canada increasing the federal minimum wage by 7 percent today

April 1, 2023 admin canada immigration, compensation, earnings, employment and social decelopment canada, ESDC, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, jobs, Minimum Wage, work permit, workers’ rights

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:08 +0000

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Protecting against immigration fraud as an international student in Canada

March 28, 2023 admin canada immigration, fake job offer scams, fraud, fraud prevention month, fraud prevention month 2023, ghost consultants, housing scams, immigration fraud, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, immigration scams, International student, IRCC, phishing scams, study

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:00:04 +0000

International students in Canada are often seen as easy targets for fraudsters looking to, literally, “cash in” on vulnerable victims. This is because scammers know that they will do anything to achieve their goals of studying in Canada. As fraud prevention month winds down for 2023, it’s a good time for international students to study […]

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Visiting Canada this summer if you have a criminal record

March 24, 2023 admin canadian border services agency, criminal inadmissibility, criminal rehabilitation, demmed rehabilitation, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, legal opinion letter, overcoming inadmissibility, serious criminality, temporary resident permit, visit, visiting canada

Credit to Author: Daniel Levy| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:00:07 +0000

Individuals who have a criminal record may be at risk of being found criminally inadmissible to Canada—something which can deny them a visitor visa and entry into the country. However, those with a criminal record needn’t lose hope, as the government of Canada offers a few pathways to overcome criminal inadmissibility. Schedule a Free Legal […]

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Canada looking for partners to help expand and diversify IEC program

March 9, 2023 admin Canada, iec, iec pool, immigration, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, international co-op internship stream, international experience canada, Invitation to Apply, IRCC, ita, jobs, open work permit, owp, temporary residence, working holiday visa, young professional stream, youth mobility agreements

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:29:45 +0000

Following the recently announced quotas for the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, CIC News has obtained more information on the 2023 program outlook from an internal Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) memo from September 26, 2022. While immigration minister Sean Fraser announced last January that the global quotas for IEC admissions in 2023 have […]

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More international students than ever are using PGWPs as a springboard to Canadian permanent residency

March 7, 2023 admin canada permanent residence, immigration, immigration canada, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, pgwp, post-graduation work permit, study in Canada

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:00:17 +0000

Many international students who graduate from eligible Canadian Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) utilize the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP) to extend their stay in Canada in order to work and build a life in this country. Note: As defined by the Canadian government, a DLI is “a school approved by a provincial or territorial government […]

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IRCC unveils the top 10 source countries of new immigrants to Canada in 2022

February 16, 2023 admin Express Entry, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, immigration minister, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, permanent residence, permanent residents, PR, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:00:46 +0000

Canada landed 437,120 permanent residents (PRs) across the country in 2022. This figure, taken from data published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), represents a nearly eight percent increase from the total number of PRs landed in 2021. This is also the second year in a row that Canada has exceeded its stated immigration […]

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The IEC 2023 pool is now open

January 9, 2023 admin iec, iec pool, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, international co-op internship stream, international experience canada, Invitation to Apply, IRCC, ita, jobs, open work permit, owp, visit, working holiday visa, young professional stream, youth mobility agreements

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:03:13 +0000

The International Experience Canada (IEC) program is accepting applications for its 2023 pool. Learn more about Canadian immigration and discover your options The opening of the application pool comes following last year’s announcement, that the IEC would be expanding its program intake, allowing close to 90,000 applicants from partner countries the opportunity to work and […]

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The top immigration developments of 2022

December 30, 2022 admin 2022, Express Entry, general, immigration, immigration developments, immigration levels plan, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, lmia based work permit, new brunswick critical worker pilot, noc, noc 2021, noc changes, open work permit, teer

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:00:13 +0000

Canada’s immigration system saw many key developments in 2022, as the country dealt with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has continued to assess Canada’s economic and societal needs through immigration—yielding new and important developments changes this year, that may have great influence on the country’s immigration system in […]

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2022: Express Entry year in review

December 26, 2022 admin bill c-19, Canada, canadian experience class program, comprehensive ranking score, crs cut-off scores, crs score, crs trends 2022, Express Entry, federal skilled workers program, fswp, immigration, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, Invitation to Apply, IRCC, ita, noc 2016, noc 2021

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 13:00:51 +0000

The past year has been a unique one for Canada’s Express Entry application management system. The resumption of all-program draws, after an 18-month pause that began in December 2020, has allowed Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to work towards, pre-pandemic targets of Express Entry invitations. Over the year, the department has been working towards […]

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