ESDC announced amendments to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program On April 4, 2022, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) introduced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to tackle the labour shortage issue across Canada. Effective immediately, the ESDC removed limits to the number of low-wage...
Canadian Refugee Board to prioritize applications of Ukrainian nationals The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) will prioritize applications of Ukrainian refugees that have been pending as of March 1, 2022. Refugee claims and appeals before the Refugee Protection and Appeal Divisions, as well as...
Manitoba issued invitations to Ukrainian candidates On March 18, 2022, the Government of Manitoba held the second draw for Ukrainian candidates. In this draw, the province invited 71 candidates through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). To be eligible, applicants must be a Ukrainian citizen, have...
Saskatchewan invited 36 Ukrainian candidates through the SINP On March 4, 2022, Saskatchewan conducted new rounds of invitations in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). SINP issued 36 invitations to apply (ITAs) for the provincial nomination. In the Express Entry category, Saskatchewan issued 14 ITAs. Another...
Ottawa introduced new immigration streams for Ukrainian citizensOn March 3, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced new immigration streams for Ukrainians to come to Canada temporarily or permanently. The Government will prepare a Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel to allow an unlimited number of Ukrainians...
Canada invited 4,974 candidates under the International Experience Canada Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From February 21 to February 27, Canada invited 4,974 young foreigners to apply for an...
Alberta invited 400 candidates and updated the AAIP inventory On February 17, 2022, Alberta published the update of the inventory of the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP). There were around 350 Alberta Opportunity Stream applications and 775 Expressions of Interest in the Alberta Express Entry pool....
IRCC invited candidates under the new PNP-targeted Express Entry draw On February 16, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 1,082 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) in the new PNP-targeted draw. In round #216, the cut-off score was...
Ottawa introduced 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan On February 14, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released details on the Government of Canada’s 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan. According to the new plan, the Government aims to admit 431,645 new permanent residents this year. In addition, Canada...
OINP invited candidates under the Human Capital Priorities and French-Speaking Skilled Worker Streams On February 8, 2022, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued invitations under Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) and French-Speaking Skilled Worker (FSSW) Streams. In the HCP draw, OINP issued 622...