Requirements for foreign workers in Canada have been temporarily reduced On May 12, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released an update of the regulation for the temporary workers who change employment. Effective today, temporary workers with employer-specific work permits who have lost their jobs...
Ontario released a COVID-19 emergency processing measures On May 11, 2020, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) published temporary special measures regarding processing the OINP applications in different streams. For instance, in the employer job offer streams, an applicant must have a job offer for an...
British Columbia issued 237 invitations in the new draw On May 7, 2020, the government of British Columbia held a new round of invitations in the Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). In this draw,...
2020 immigrant’s provincial distribution In the first two months of 2020, Canada received 50,650 new immigrants. Almost half of them settled in the most populated Canadian province – 23,590 moved to Ontario. 8,495 immigrants chose British Columbia as their new home. Quebec was the third most...
Canada welcomed 25,925 immigrants in February 2020 According to the official statistics by IRCC, in February 2020, Canada welcomed 25,925 permanent residents, 1,200 more compared to January 2020. Among those new PRs, 10,060 were foreign skilled workers; 4,830 immigrants were nominated by one of the provincial...
Thunder Bay issued the first community recommendations in the RNIP As of May 5, 2020, Thunder Bay, ON, reported about recommending the first two candidates under the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). Those candidates applied and received a community recommendation and will be able to...
Immigrants are more concerned about healthcare issues Statistics Canada analyzed the social and economic concerns of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to people born in Canada. In terms of health issues, immigrants were more likely than those born in Canada to report that they were...
Canada issued new invitations for CEC candidates in the Express Entry On May 1, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted a new round in the Express Entry. In draw #146, IRCC issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) to 3,311 candidates under the Canadian Experience Class...
Ontario invited 307 Francophone candidates in the OINP On April 30, 2020, the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) held the second invitation round in the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream (FSSW) of the OINP Human Capital Category. This time the province invited 307 candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking...
IRCC held a new PNP-specific draw in the Express Entry On April 29, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held Express Entry draw #145. In this program-specific invitation round, the government issued Invitation to Apply (ITA) to 598 candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program. The...