IRCC held a new PNP-specific draw in the Express Entry On April 29, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held Express Entry draw #145. In this program-specific invitation round, the government issued Invitation to Apply (ITA) to 598 candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program. The...
Thunder Bay has not issued any invitations in the RNIP yet As of April 2020, Thunder Bay, ON, which is one of the communities selected for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), still did not invite any candidates to apply for a community recommendation. Nevertheless,...
IRCC's call centres are back to work! On April 27, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the resumption of work of its Client Support Centre. Due to the COVID-19 quarantine measures, the work of the call centre was closed, and the agents of the...
Canada continues inviting foreigners to immigrate Canada imposed travel restrictions on March 16, 2020. Nevertheless, both federal and provincial governments continued to fulfil their immigration commitments to meet the country's immigration targets for this year. For instance, IRCC issued ITAs to 11700 Express Entry candidates since...
Canada continues inviting foreigners to immigrate Canada imposed travel restrictions on March 16, 2020. Nevertheless, both federal and provincial governments continued to fulfil their immigration commitments to meet the country's immigration targets for this year. For instance, IRCC issued ITAs to 11700 Express Entry candidates since...
Ontario invited 26 business candidates On April 22, 2020, the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issued 26 Invitations to Apply to the eligible candidates under the Entrepreneur Stream. This was the second round of the Ontario’s business immigration stream in 2020. The minimum score for this...
Some international students will be able to work more than 20 hours April 22, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced about temporary removing the limit of working only 20 hours per week allowed to international students if they are working in an essential service,...
British Columbia invited 91 Tech Pilot candidates On April 21, 2020, British Columbia conducted a new Tech Pilot draw in the framework of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). This time, the government invited 91 candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker,...
Receiving CERB will not affect eligibility to sponsor On April 18, 2020, IRCC clarified the impacts of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) on the eligibility of Canadian citizens and permanent residents to submit applications for Parents and Grandparents and Spousal sponsorship. Due to the emergency...
Prince Edward Island postponed the April Expression of Interest draw On April 17, 2020, the Office of Immigration of Prince Edward Island informed the public that the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) will reschedule the new invitation round that was planned for the...