Canada sent all invitation to Parents and Grandparents sponsors On January 11, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the department has completed sending invitations to apply for Parents and Grandparents sponsorship in the 2020 intake. IRCC allocated a quota of 10,000 applications for 2020....
IRCC invited 4,750 candidates in the Express Entry draw #172 On January 8, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published the results of the Express Entry draw from January 7. In draw #172, IRCC issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) to 4,750 candidates under the Canadian...
Saskatchewan issued 385 ITAs in the first 2021 SINP draw On January 7, 2021, Saskatchewan held the first draw in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) in 2021. SINP issued invitations to apply (ITA) for the provincial nomination to 385 candidates. In the Express Entry category,...
IRCC invited 250 provincial nominees in the first 2021 Express Entry draw On January 6, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted the first Express Entry invitation round in 2021. In draw #171, the Immigration Department issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) to 250 candidates under...
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...