Top 10 countries of origin of the January Express Entry immigrants In January 2020 Canada admitted 8,665 new Permanent Residents via the Express Entry system. Most of those newcomers were born in India - 3,555 or 41% of the total immigrants. The second-largest source of new...
Agri-Food Immigration Pilot delayed On March 30, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has rescheduled the start of the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot for May 15, 2020. The new pilot will be accepting applications until May...
Immigration Department to interview clients via video conferences On March 30, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) informed the public that its stuff plans to use video conference interviews and hearings for clients. Video conferencing will also assist to reduce long waiting times for citizenship...
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...