IRCC finally held the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program lottery On January 5, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it has finally held the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) lottery. Beginning today, IRCC started to send invitations to apply (ITA) to the...
Saskatchewan released new SINP processing times On January 4, 2021, Saskatchewan has updated the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) processing times. The new numbers are based on average processing times from October 1 to December 31, 2020. In the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time...
Canada has extended the status restoration policy On December 31, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has extended the temporary policy adopted on July 14, 2020, which allows foreign nationals whose temporary resident status has expired more than 90 ago to apply for status restoration....
Manitoba invited 188 candidates in the MPNP draw #105 On December 30, 2020, Manitoba held the last draw in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) in 2020. In round #105, the province issued 157 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba...
Canada admitted 57,365 immigrants through the Express Entry According to the new figures by IRCC, from January to October 2020, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finalized the processing of 57,365 permanent resident applications through the Express Entry. 22,875 immigrants (39.9%) were processed through the Federal...
Many immigrants with expired authorization are unable to enter Canada during the pandemic Due to international travel restrictions and flight cancellations, many immigrants were unable to enter Canada before their authorization expired. Yet asking the immigration department to reissue the authorization is a difficult thing to...
IRCC held the last invitation round in Express Entry in 2020 On December 23, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held the last draw in the Express Entry in 2020. In invitation round #170, IRCC invited 5,000 candidates to apply for permanent residence. The lowest...
British Columbia invited 230 candidates in the new draw On December 22, 2020, British Columbia held a new draw in the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP). In this draw, the government invited 230...
Alberta issued all nomination in the AINP On December 21, 2020, the website of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) released the final nomination statistics of the year. Since December 8, Alberta issued the last 12 nominations, reaching the reduced threshold of 4,000 nomination certificates. Alberta...
Italy joined the International Experience Canada program On December 11, 2020, Italy and Canada announced the signing of the bilateral Youth Mobility Agreement between the two countries. Thus, Italy became the 36th country with which Canada has formal youth mobility arrangements. This agreement allows Canadians and...