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...
Provincial immigration authorities limit their scope of operations On March 17, 2020, several provincial immigration authorities made announcements about their work operations during the Covid-19 crisis. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) informed that it is unable to provide service to clients in person at this...
Canada implements travel restrictions On March 16, 2020, the Federal government of Canada officially announced the introduction of travel restrictions in response to the breakout of Covid-19. As such, Canada has closed the border for all foreigners, excluding Canadian citizens and permanent residents. This limitation does...
IRCC released special instructions during COVID-19 On March 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published operational bulletin 669: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This document provides special processing instructions for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship applications. These instructions have been created to inform IRCC and...
IRCC tabled the 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan On March 12, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finally released details on the Government’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2020-2022. According to the new plan, Canada will admit 341,000 new immigrants in 2020, 351,000 in 2021, and 361,000...
Alberta invited 150 candidates and updated the AINP inventory On March 11, 2020, Alberta published the update of the inventory of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP). As of March 3, the province still did not issue new certificates of nomination, as it waits for 2020...
Canada released the IRCC 2020-2021 Departmental Plan On March 10, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published its Departmental Plan for 2020-2021. This document outlines some of the ongoing approaches to departments' work and provides some statistical and analytical data. It is anticipated that Canada...