Immigration News

119th Canada Express Entry Draw Invites 3350 Candidates with 465 CRS June 13, 2019

On June 12 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada conducted its 119th Express Entry draw. It issued 3350 Invitations to Apply to seek permanent residence in Canada. The Comprehensive Ranking System cut-off limit in this draw was only 465. Additionally, in the 118th Express Entry Draw of May 29th it was 470. It is...

Victoria State Adopts a New Approach to Tackle Labor Shortages June 12, 2019

The Designated Area Migration Agreement in the Great South Coast region of Victoria - that is an important new program, for tackling labor shortages, was launched officially in Warrnambool. It provides a huge opportunity for endorsement to the regional employers for hiring foreign workers. The hiring will cater to me...

A Plan in Quebec to Reach Immigration Levels of 52500 by 2022 June 11, 2019

The Quebec government introduced some fresh proposals on June 7. It has a plan to reach an immigration level of 52,500 in 2022. Moreover, this will involve an increase of 10,500 fresh arrivals in Quebec from the target of 42,000 newcomers this year.This development also indicates that Quebec is returning to the same ...

US Embassy in South Africa Advises the Visa Applicants to Apply Early June 10, 2019

The US Embassy, located in South Africa, has asked its residents, intending to Plan a trip to the US, to apply for the visas quickly for avoiding a long wait. The embassy stated that the processing of visa applications at US consulates, located in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban is efficient.The DetailsAdditiona...

Saskatchewan Draw Invites 426 Candidates in Two Categories June 08, 2019

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program held a recent draw on June 6th. It invited 426 candidates belonging to the provincial Express Entry as well as Occupation In-Demand categories. There were 342 invitations for the Occupation In-Demand sub-category candidates and 84 for the Express Entry candidates. The cut-off scor...

Nova Scotia Issues 312 Letters of Interest to Benefit Childhood Educators June 07, 2019

The immigration authorities of Nova Scotia have issued 312 Letters of Interest to candidates belonging to the Labor Market Priorities Stream in the recent provincial draw. The draw also specifically targeted NOC 4214 to select early childhood educators as well as assistants. A Program spokesperson stated that they is...

The Populus Group in US Will Pay $1.1 Million Backwages to H1B Workers June 06, 2019

Following the investigation of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, an American employment service company in Troy, Michigan, was in agreement to pay, USD 1.1 million as back wages to 594 H-1B employees. Many of these are top skilled IT professionals from India.The DetailsThe Populus Group failed to...

Australia Immigration- Recent Updates About Skill Select June 03, 2019

The Immigration Department has provided top membership body for the Migration Institute of Australia (M.I.A), with evidence that the Skill Select round for the month of Jun 2019 will continue at 100 invitations for the Skilled Independent Stream (Subclass 189) and 10 invitations for the Skilled-Regional (subclass 489) ...

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