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The 2024 IEC pool is now open Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has opened the 2024 International Experience Canada (IEC) pool. The IEC is a work permit program that allows youth that are citizens of eligible countries that have bilateral Youth Mobility Arrangements with Canada, to temporarily reside and work in Canada. This year’s intake will allow close to 90,000 [...]
H-2 Non-Immigrant Visa Changes The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), has made several changes to the H-2 program that occurred on November 9th and November 17th. November 9th Changes A key change that occurred on Nov. 9, 2023, was the decision to add add Bolivia to the list [...]
Canada Changes to Protect International Students In order to protect the integrity of the international student program, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has implemented several changes and temporary policy extensions. Changes on October 27, 2023 Previously, on October 27, 2023, IRCC announced several changes to the international student program to better protect students from fraud. [...]
Canada opens global immigration processing centre in Philippines and Romania Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the expansion of global operations centres outside Canada. These new centres are being launched to complement Canada’s processing network, extend the workday over multiple time zones, and help boost IRCC’s overall processing capacity for the benefit [...]
IRCC holds three Express Entry draws in One Week since October 2023 During the week of December 4th, Canada held three Express Entry Draws. On December 8th, IRCC held draw #274, on December 7th, IRCC held draw # 273 and on December 6th 2023, IRCC held its first Express Entry round of invitations since October, [...]
Canada Announces Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026 On November 1st, Canada released its Immigration Levels Plan for 2024-2026. Canada's immigration levels will remain unchanged from its current targets. In 2024, the country will target the admission of 485,000 new immigrants, whereas in 2025 and 2026, Canada admit 500,000 new immigrants in each of those years. The targets [...]
The Fiscal Year 2025 U.S Diversity Visa Lottery Is Now Open What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program for obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). The program makes 50,000 visas available every year to applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to [...]
Why Hasn’t My Case Been Decided Yet? Nationwide, you and millions of families, businesses, and individuals applying for immigration benefits are waiting longer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process and approve applications and petitions. Based on previously available USCIS data, in Fiscal Year (FY)2017, an average case took about 6.4 months to [...]
IRCC invites candidates in first ever category-based Express Entry draw for Transport Occupations On September 20, 2023, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) IRCC held its first Express Entry round of invitations for Transport occupations, with 1,000 invitations sent to candidates. For the current draw #264 the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to receive an Invitation to [...]
IRCC invites Candidates in First Ever Category-Based Express Entry Draw for Agriculture and Agri-Food Occupations On September 28, 2023, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) IRCC held its first Express Entry round of invitations for Agriculture and Agri-food occupations, with 600 invitations sent to candidates. For the current draw #267 the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score [...]
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