Canada Immigration News

111th Express Entry Draw invites 3,350 candidates seeking Canadian PR February 21, 2019

On February 20, IRCC issued 3,350 invitations to candidates seeking its permanent residence in the Express Entry system in a draw held.DetailsIt has now issued 14,500 ITAs a totally in 2019, which is a big start for any year since the introduction of EE in 2015. The EE system manages the pool of candidates for the ...

BC Express Entry, Skilled Immigration candidates receive the invitation February 19, 2019

In the recent draw held on February 12, immigration authorities in British Columbia issued the invitations to candidates of various categories. The beneficiaries were in the EE BC and Skills Immigration streams seeking the provincial nomination. Furthermore, the invitations belonged to Skilled Workers and Internation...

Canada overhauls Post-Graduation Work Permit Program for International Students February 15, 2019

International students intending to apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit will get six months period for applying. This is a positive development after they obtain the final marks. Moreover, they will need a valid study permit. There was an announcement regarding these changes on February 14, besides other modifica...

Ottawa Rejects Conditional Permanent Residence Plan of Quebec under Bill 9 February 12, 2019

Ottawa has disagreed with the plan of the Quebec Provincial government to put conditions on persons seeking the PR in Canada in their province.The Provincial GovernmentThe CAQ government had tabled the Bill 9, commencing several immigration changes, like cancelling 18,000 pending skilled worker applications, which affe...

Ontario holds the Largest Draw of 2019 for French Speaking Workers February 11, 2019

On February 7, authorities of the immigration department in Ontario held the largest draw of 2019 for French Speaking Skilled Workers. Additionally, in this draw, 61 Express Entry candidates received the NOI. The qualifying norms were that the candidates had to submit the EE profiles between Feb 7, 2018, and Feb 7,...

Quebec eliminates the backlog of applications of 18,000 Skilled Workers February 09, 2019

The Quebec Government plans to eliminate outstanding applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program that were submitted before August 2, 2018. Moreover, under this plan, all applications sent before that date, which are refused/rejected, or not approved, will be cancelled. This will in effect clear the present bac...

Quebec set to cancel Pending Immigration Applications-50,000 persons Affected February 08, 2019

The Immigration Minister of Quebec, On February 7, 2019, has scheduled proposed legislation to cancel all pending applications in the skilled worker category about which there was no decision before August 2, 2018.Introducing the BillBill 9 is regarding increasing the socio-economic prosperity of Québec and to answe...

Many Canadians Agree that Immigration is Good for the Country February 07, 2019

In a recent Research survey, nearly half of the Canadian respondents agreed with the idea that immigration had a positive impact on Canada.The detailsThe supporters of immigration were in the age group of 18-34 years. The opponents of the immigration were in the age group of 35-54 years. Additionally, the residents o...

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