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...
IRCC tabled the 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan On March 12, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finally released details on the Government’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2020-2022. According to the new plan, Canada will admit 341,000 new immigrants in 2020, 351,000 in 2021, and 361,000...
Alberta invited 150 candidates and updated the AINP inventory On March 11, 2020, Alberta published the update of the inventory of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP). As of March 3, the province still did not issue new certificates of nomination, as it waits for 2020...
Canada released the IRCC 2020-2021 Departmental Plan On March 10, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published its Departmental Plan for 2020-2021. This document outlines some of the ongoing approaches to departments' work and provides some statistical and analytical data. It is anticipated that Canada...
What Express Entry programs processed the most immigrants in five years? According to the official data by IRCC, in the five years since the launch of Express Entry, Canada processed 310,465 immigrants through the system. 44.51% of the total or 138,195 persons were admitted in the...
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island updated the list of Designated Employers for AIPP On February 29, 2020, the list of Nova Scotia employers taking part in the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP) has been updated. The list now includes 1,176 employers that have been designated...
Saskatchewan issued ITAs to 73 entrepreneurs On March 5, 2020, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) conducted a new invitation round in the Entrepreneur Program in 2020. In this round, SINP invited 73 candidates. The highest Expression of Interest (EOI) score for this round was 130...
IRCC invited 3,900 candidates in the new Express Entry draw On March 4, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held the fifth Express Entry invitation round in 2020. In round #138, Canada issued 3,900 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence, 600 ITAs less than...