Saskatchewan issued 234 ITAs in the SINP’s new draw On January 13, 2020, Saskatchewan held a new draw in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). In this round, SINP issued invitations to apply for the provincial nomination to 234 candidates. In the Express Entry category, Saskatchewan...
Ontario issued 235 nominations in the OINP Ontario published the information on the number certificates of the provincial nominations issued in 2020 in the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). As of January 10, 2020, the OINP issued 235 certificates of provincial nominations. In 2019, Ontario was...
British Columbia invited 173 candidates in the first 2020 draw On January 7, 2020, British Columbia issued new invitations in the Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). In this round, BC invited 173 candidates to...
Manitoba held the first draw in 2020 On January 2, 2020, Manitoba held the first invitation round for candidates in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) in the new year. In EOI draw #80, Manitoba sent Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) to 122 candidates in...
Parents and Grandparents Program will not open on April 1, 2020 Recently, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) clarified that the launch date for the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) is not April 1. IRCC spokesperson Peter Liang said in reply to enquires that April 1...
Canada released the new financial requirements for PR applicants On January 1, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the financial requirements PR applicants need to demonstrate in order to settle in Canada. IRCC called all candidates to update their settlement funds in the Express...
Ontario issued all its nominations for 2019 On December 31, 2019, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) informed that it has reached its increased quota for nominations in 2019 and sent notifications to the applicants. In total, OINP nominated 7350 candidates under all streams of OINP....
Update in the regulation of LMIA-required work permit applications for caregivers On December 30, 2019, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that the government has added a note to the ministerial instructions on the regulation of issuance of the new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-required...
Canada welcomed 4,240 business immigrants in 2019 The federal government continues to attract business-immigrants from around the globe. As of October 31, 2019, Canada issued permanent resident status to 4,240 foreign businesspeople. The dominating majority of business immigrants – 71.7% or 3,040 are investors within the...
Canada issued study permits to 15,230 international students in October In October 2019, IRCC allowed 15,230 international students to start their studies in Canada. 6,995 of the new study permit holders study in Ontario; 3,305 foreign students study in British Columbia; 2,440 students started their programs...