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Express Entry Draw #234 – October 26, 2022 – CRS Drops Below 500 On October 26, 2022, Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada’s (IRCCs) held another All-Program Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program Draw #234 issuing 4,750 candidates an Invitation to Apply (ITA), with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 496. As this was a Federal Skilled Worker All-Program draw, candidates were selected from [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Canada Temporarily Lifts International Students Limit of 20 Hours Per Week Off-Campus Work On October 7, 2022, Minister Sean Fraser has announced a new temporary measure, permitting international students to work more than 20 hours per week off campus while in class. This measure is aimed at alleviating Canada's current labour shortages [...]
Canada Removes Vaccine Requirement September 27, 2022 The random COVID-19 testing for travellers and vaccination requirements for foreign nationals entering Canada will come to an end on October 1, 2022. In an effort to safeguard Canada against Coronavirus (COVID-19), COVID-19, Canada implemented a mandatory self-isolation of 14-days to any person entering Canada by air, sea, [...]
Regularization Program for Undocumented Migrants in Canada September 6, 2022 When the now appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) Sean Fraser received the Immigration Mandate Letter from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in December 2021, he was tasked with strengthening Canada’s immigration and refugee system by bringing in more newcomers across Canada, post-pandemic. [...]
Canada’s Focus to Strengthen its Immigration System On August 24, 2022, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship made some announcements regarding the current state of Canadian Immigration. Minister Fraser highlighted ongoing work to strengthen Canada’s immigration system and reduce application backlogs, reunite families, and a focus on addressing labour shortages and grow the [...]
Express Entry Draw #228 – August 3, 2022 On August 3, 2022, Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada’s (IRCCs) held another All-Program Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program draw #228, issuing 2000 candidates an Invitation to Apply (ITA), with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 533. As this was an All-Program draw, candidates were selected [...]
Post Graduate Work Permit Extension 2022 Minister for Immigration, Sean Fraser, has announced that Post-Graduate Work Permits (PGWP) that are to expire January 31 to December 31, 2022 will be granted 18-month permanent extensions starting this summer. The announcement has left students whose permits expire November 27, 2021 to January 31,2022 questioning whether the extension is [...]
Breaking News: Canada’s First Express Entry Draw #226 since 2020 on July 6, 2022! On July 6, 2022, Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada’s (IRCCs) held the first All-Program Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program draw (#226) since December 23, 2020 when the CRS score for an ITA was only 468. After two years of halting all-program [...]
Express Entry All Program Draws Resume July 2022 The Express Entry program has been the long standing program for international applicants looking to immigrate permanently to Canada. Under Express Entry, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) Express Entry manages the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSW), the Canadian Experience Class (“CEC”) Program, the Provincial Nomination Programs (“PNP”) [...]
Canada Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Changes On April 4, 2022, the Canadian government announced the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) Workforce Solutions Road Map in order to meet labor market needs. As baby boomers are approaching retirement in Canada, there have been increasing numbers of job vacancies because there are not enough Canadians to [...]
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