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Maximising your time in the Express Entry Pool

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:00:02 +0000

Canadian permanent residence (PR) offers a chance at a new life in a country that provides an extremely high standard of living, government support, and freedom from discrimination. While Canadian PR is attainable, the process of applying can be daunting, and for most the largest portion of this process entails simply waiting. Even if a […]

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Pivoting North: A Guide for U.S. Residents Looking to Move to Canada

August 30, 2023 admin Canada, canada immigration, childcare, cost of living, education, H1-B visa, healthcare, housing, immigrate from the united states, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, open work permit, Safety, Taxes, Transportation, Work

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:00:48 +0000

To attract more global tech talent to Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently opened a new three-year Open Work Permit stream for H-1B holders living in the United States (U.S.). After opening the stream for applications on July 16, the federal government announced that it was closing the program after reaching the intended […]

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Global tech workers flock to Canada: 32,000 newcomers in one year

August 28, 2023 admin Canada, canada express entry, canada immigration, category based draws, category-based selection draw, Express Entry, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, stem, tech industry, tech talent, tech talent strategy

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:57:25 +0000

Between April 2022 and March 2023, more than 32,000 global tech industry workers came to Canada for work according to a recent report from The Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) and Canada’s Tech Network (CTN). What follows will now go deeper into the report from TECNA and CTN, which highlights some of the top […]

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Marc Miller: Canada’s immigration levels to remain steady or continue climbing

August 9, 2023 admin article position 1, Canada, canada housing crisis, economic immigration, express entry immigration levels plan, housing, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, Interview, IRCC, marc miller

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:19 +0000

Since becoming Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Marc Miller has made his initial public remarks through interviews with RedFM Canada, CBC Radio Canada and Bloomberg News. These interviews give us some insight into his mindset as it relates to some key areas of the Canadian immigration landscape. Current immigration levels […]

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Canada’s work permit pathways for dependent children of age

August 7, 2023 admin dependant children, employment and social decelopment canada, ESDC, family, family class sponsorship, immigrate to canada, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, imp, international mobility program, IRCC, LMIA, open work permit canada, open work permit programs for dependant children, owp for dependant children, teer categories, temporary foreign worker program, tfwp

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:00:14 +0000

Canada recently announced a new policy that allows dependent children of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to be eligible for work permits. This measure aims to combat chronic labor shortages in the country and provide more opportunities for families to stay together and integrate into Canadian communities. Under the new policy, family members who meet certain […]

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Canada’s commitment to reuniting families and keeping them together

August 2, 2023 admin canadian immigration, dependant children, expedited processing, family, family class sponsorship, family reunification, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, imp, IRCC, open work permit, processing times, spousal sponsorship, temporary resident status, tfwp, trv

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:15:29 +0000

Canada recently renewed its commitment to keeping families together, a central goal of the country’s current immigration system. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has put into practice new procedures intended to accelerate family reunification, ensuring that dependants and spouses who may not otherwise be eligible to come to Canada, now have a pathway to […]

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Who is Marc Miller? A profile of Canada’s new immigration minister

July 27, 2023 admin article position 1, cabinet reshuffle, Canada, deputy minister of immigration refugees and citizenship canada, immigrate to canada, immigration, immigration minister, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, Justin Trudeau, marc miller, minister of immigration refugees and citizenship, new immigration minister, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:00:21 +0000

In 1984, at the College Jean-de-Brebeuf in Montreal, a young Justin Trudeau would ask a boy in his advanced English class for a pencil, to complete his coursework. Marc Miller, the boy in question, would go on to become one of Prime Minister Trudeau’s oldest friends—and as of July 26th, 2023, assume the office of […]

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How to request your Canadian immigration GCMS notes

June 25, 2023 admin access to information and privacy request, ATIP, atip request, Canada, canadian border services agency, cbsa, gcms, gcms note, gcms notes, global case management system, global case management system note, immigration, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, life in canada

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:38 +0000

The longest part of the Canadian immigration process for many applicants usually comes in the form of application processing time—the period of time after one submits an application, while they await a decision. This stage can extend for a prolonged amount of time, however there is a way that applicants can get an update on […]

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Ontario and Manitoba, four additional provinces, set to increase minimum wage rates in October 2023

May 1, 2023 admin canada immigration, compensation, earnings, employment and social development canada, ESDC, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, jobs, Manitoba, Minimum Wage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, october 1, october 2023, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, provincial minimum wage, Saskatchewan, work permit, workers’ rights

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 13:00:36 +0000

On October 1 this year, six of ten provinces across Canada will raise regional minimum wage rates. At the beginning of this month, Canada’s federal minimum wage rose from $15.55 to $16.65. This move was impactful, as Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) noted at the time, because “around 26,000 working Canadians earn less than […]

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March was a historic month for Express Entry

April 5, 2023 admin all-program draws, canada immigration, comprehensive ranking system, CRS, crs scores, Express Entry, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, Invitation to Apply, IRCC, ita, march 2023, targeted draws

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:00:58 +0000

In March 2023, Express Entry hit four major milestones, including setting a record for the most Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued in a single all-program draw since the application management system began operating in 2015. Express Entry is an application management system run by Canada’s federal government, used to cumulatively manage immigration applications from three […]

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