Six of Canada’s provinces have invited candidates in the newest provincial immigration results.All Canadian provinces and territories except Quebec and Nunavut operate Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) to select economic immigration candidates. Provinces can nominate candidates based on provincial economic priorities...
Transport occupations are one of five sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023.To better use immigration to address labour market gaps in specific Canadian industries, the federal government...
Canada’s Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has tabled a new bill with the House of Commons to improve affordability in Canada.Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, has two main components. The first is to change the Excise Tax Act...
A recent Statistics Canada study examined the effect of mother and father’s education on the likelihood of a childhood immigrant completing post-secondary education. Further, the study determined whether there was a significant variation in these relationships among immigrants from different...
Credit invisibility occurs when an individual’s credit history is too short for a reporting agency to calculate a credit score, or they lack enough information to calculate “the most” accurate credit scores.Due to the widespread importance of building credit in...
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the introduction of new automated tools to assist processing of Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) and work permit extensions.Currently, not much is known about the new automation tools apart from the fact that...
Statistics Canada has just released a major report that changes how it counts Canada’s non-permanent residents (NPRs).According to the latest population estimate, NPRs account for 2,198,679 people in Canada. A difference of over one million from Census 2021.The report is...
Canada has maintained processing of visa applications from India, including temporary resident visas for students and workers; and permanent resident and family-class sponsorship applications.Below are the average wait times for Indian applicants across five different permit/visa processing streams as of...
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) in a new Express Entry round of invitations today.The department invited 500 candidates in an category based draw for candidates with French language proficiency. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking...
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) in a new Express Entry round of invitations today.The department invited 500 candidates in an category based draw for candidates with French language proficiency. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking...
