On September 17, British Columbia held its second-ever draw for candidates eligible under its Temporary Rural/Remote Health Support Initiative (TRHSI) introduced earlier this year.A total of 33 cleaners and security staff, employed by a B.C. health authority in a remote...
Over the course of this week, the relationship between Canada and the European Union took an unprecedented leap forward.On September 12, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was pursuing "associate member" status for...
Canadian citizenship did not exist as a legal status until January 1, 1947. Before that date, people born in Canada held the status of British subject.If the ancestor your claim runs through died before that year, no Canadian government during...
Updated temporary residence processing estimates published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on September 16 show wait times are largely on the rise.The most significant increases seen in IRCC’s latest update include:Work permits: 1 week for U.S. applicants; Study...
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system.The immigration department issued 250 ITAs in a draw for senior managers with Canadian work experience.To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to...
There was a time when a Canadian-born woman who married a foreign national was cut out of her citizenship status.This means that, if you have a Canadian-born grandmother, great-grandmother or other female ancestor, and she got married before a certain...
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finalized just 2,420 proof of citizenship applications in July, continuing a downward trend in month-to-month processing.Finalizing in this context means the certificates were approved, since the department labels this figure as "proofs issued since...
In the two-week period between August 30 and September 13, the Express Entry pool increased by a modest 120 profiles, even with 2,085 fewer profiles reported in the 471–500 range, according to the latest data released by Canada’s immigration department.Concurrently,...
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system.The immigration department issued 2,000 ITAs in a draw for Canadian Experience Class candidates.To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have:A minimum Comprehensive...
Newfoundland and Labrador has been greenlighted to put 1,000 more workers on its permanent residence track.The boost provides “greater capacity to respond to the workforce and demographic needs of employers, particularly in rural communities throughout the province and for government...
