Parents and Grandparents Program remains postponed On March 27, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finally shed some light on the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program. Due to the spread of the Covid-19, the program will not reopen in April as was announced earlier. IRCC...
MPNP held a new round of invitations On March 26, 2020, the government of Manitoba held EOI draw #86 in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In this round of invitations, the province released Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) to 168 candidates in the Skilled...
Almost half of the Ontario Nominees came from India 48.5% or 3,587 nominees of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) in 2019 were from India. Chinese nominees constituted almost 18.3% or 1351 of Ontario nominations. As for the other countries, the top ten of OINP included: South...
Canada held a new Express Entry round for CEC candidates On March 23, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held an unexpected Express Entry invitation round. In round #140, Canada issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence to 3,232 candidates. All invited candidates were...
IRCC invited only 668 candidates in the new Express Entry draw On March 18, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted the sixth Express Entry invitation round in 2020, however, due to issues related to Covid-19, the results were published two days after. In round...
Work and Study Permit holders who are outside Canada cannot return to Canada On March 19, 2020, the Federal Government of Canada released a further clarification regarding the travel restrictions and their impact on foreign workers and international students who are outside Canada and the United...
The United States and Canada closed the border On March 18, 2020, the governments of the United States and Canada announced they decided to close the border to all nonessential travels between the two countries as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Supply chain workers, as...
Provincial immigration authorities limit their scope of operations On March 17, 2020, several provincial immigration authorities made announcements about their work operations during the Covid-19 crisis. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) informed that it is unable to provide service to clients in person at this...
Canada implements travel restrictions On March 16, 2020, the Federal government of Canada officially announced the introduction of travel restrictions in response to the breakout of Covid-19. As such, Canada has closed the border for all foreigners, excluding Canadian citizens and permanent residents. This limitation does...
IRCC released special instructions during COVID-19 On March 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published operational bulletin 669: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This document provides special processing instructions for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship applications. These instructions have been created to inform IRCC and...