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Canada announces new immigration fees for 2022

April 6, 2022 admin canada immigration levels, Express Entry, fee, immigration, PNP, provincial nominee program

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:00:14 +0000

Canada is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications on April 30. The fee increases will apply to economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes. In 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) increased permanent residence fees to account for inflation for the first time since 2002. At that time, IRCC announced it would increase […]

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Canada’s PNP immigration results for March 2022

April 2, 2022 admin aaip, bc pnp, canada immigration, canada immigration levels, cec, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, IRCC, ita, mpnp, oinp, pei pnp, PNP, PR, sinp

Credit to Author: Alexandra Miekus| Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 13:00:23 +0000

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) issued nearly 5,000 invitations to apply for provincial nomination in March, a number similar to previous months. The PNP is an immigration program jointly administered by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments. It offers Canadian provinces and territories the opportunity to create their own immigration streams to better meet their […]

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IRCC updates processing times tool to provide more accurate information

March 31, 2022 admin backlogs, cec, citizenship, eta, Express Entry, family class, general, immigration, IRCC, jobs, pgp, PNP, proof of citizenship, Quebec, settle, study, study permits, super visa, temporary residence, trv, work permit, work permits

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:59:57 +0000

On March 31, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced major updates to the government’s online processing times tool. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) clients can now see more accurate estimates of how long it will take to process their application. Most permanent resident and citizenship services will now use dynamic processing times. New calculations will […]

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Express Entry Q1 2022: Smallest first quarter ever as IRCC works on backlog

March 31, 2022 admin canada express entry, canada immigration, canadian immigration, Express Entry, express entry 2021, immigration, quarterly report

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:00:44 +0000

Canada has been playing catch-up this past quarter, resulting in a relatively slow start to the year for Express Entry. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has so far invited only 6,488 Express Entry candidates to apply, all of whom are Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. Compared to previous first quarters, the start of 2022 has […]

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Express Entry: Canada invites 919 PNP candidates to apply

March 30, 2022 admin canada immigration, canadian immigration, CRS, Express Entry, express entry 2021, express entry draw, immigration, ita, permanent residency, PNP, PR, provincial nominee program

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:15:13 +0000

Canada invited 919 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on March 30. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates in the new invitation round. To be invited, candidates needed to have a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) of at least 785. The minimum score was relatively high because PNP candidates get an […]

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IRCC eases overseas biometrics requirement for some Ukrainians

March 30, 2022 admin biometrics, Canada, cuaet, immigration, IRCC, sean fraser, settle, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:11:35 +0000

Effective immediately, certain Ukrainians looking to move to Canada will no longer need to submit their biometrics at Visa Application Centres (VACs) overseas. In an email to CIC News this morning, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser’s office explained: “Biometrics are currently a requirement before arrival in Canada for the majority of Ukrainian nationals. IRCC relies on […]

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Century old-plus bottles bring Metro Vancouver Chinese workers’ history to light

March 27, 2022 admin Chinatown, History, immigration, local news, news, port coquitlam, vancouver history

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:00:44 +0000

Port Coquitlam heritage museum staff and volunteers uncover artifacts from late 19th and early 20th centuries

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Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and BC release immigration draw results

March 26, 2022 admin arrima, BC, bc immigration, bc pnp, canada immigration, immigration, ontario skilled trades stream, PNP, PR, provincial nominee program, Quebec, quebec immigration, skilled trades

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:30:32 +0000

This past week, Quebec released its immigration draw results. BC held its weekly Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) round of invitations. Ontario and Manitoba also held PNP draws. Among the many ways to immigrate to Canada, the PNP allows participating provinces to tailor their own immigration programs. Quebec has more autonomy over its immigration system than […]

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Daphne Bramham: Canadians are generous and welcoming to refugees, but …

March 24, 2022 admin Canada, citizenship and immigration canada, columnists, immigration, local news, national, news, opinión, politics, refugees, Russia, Ukraine, World

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:47:43 +0000

Opinion: “Canada has a split personality … inclusive and exclusionary.”

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Express Entry: IRCC aims to resume FSWP and CEC invitations this spring

March 23, 2022 admin analysis, cec, CRS, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, immigration minister, ita, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:00:05 +0000

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said in a recent interview that the immigration department was looking to resume Express Entry draws for skilled workers in the spring. Minister Fraser was speaking to ApplyBoard in a virtual interview on issues relating to international students. One of the minister’s mandates is to create pathways to permanent residency for […]

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