On May 24, 2020, the Trump administration has issued a temporary travel ban on foreign nationals from Brazil that went into effect on Tuesday, May 27th, two days earlier than originally planned. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany indicated that this ban is an effort to “help ensure foreign nationals who have been in Brazil do [...]

May 27, 2020 - Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), conducted a targeted Express Entry (EE) draw, issuing that 385 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to candidates holding Provincial Nominations (PNP) with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) score of 757. IRCC continues to use targeted draws. The selection of PNP candidates aligns with IRCC’s commitment [...]

According to a recent policy update from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), in light of the travel restrictions currently in place under COVID-19, they will continue to accept and process applications for study permits and post-graduate work permits even if some documents are missing. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many application centres across the globe are either closed [...]

Thunder Bay, Ontario is currently accepting applications for the Rural Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) Program. They are however, limiting nominations to local candidates, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, two community recommendations have been issued by Thunder Bay for workers under the National Occupation Code (NOC) Skill level B - Skilled Workers / Technical [...]

On May 19, 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that by mutual agreement with President Trump, the USA/Canada land border closure has been extended until June 22 to curb COVID-19 infections and nonessential travel will continue to be restricted. President Trump has acknowledged that the U.S. must continue to keep legitimate, commercial trade [...]

On May 14, 2020, Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced a special program to assist international students studying in Canada are affected by the impact of COVID-19. Under normal circumstances, international students participating in post-graduate programs at a designated learning institution (DLI) from within Canada are eligible for a Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) after [...]

Alberta held a draw on April 29th under the Express Entry (EE) program, where a total of 200 candidates received Notifications of Interest (NOI). The minimum Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) was 322, which 30 points lower than the last draw on April 14th. Unfortunately, not all candidates in the Express Entry pool with scores above [...]

On May 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC), announced that it will begin accepting a total of 2,750 applications annually, to the Agri-Food Pilot. This is a two-month delay from the original March application date. The 3-year pilot will run from May 15, 2020 until May 15, 2023 and will test an industry-specific approach [...]

On May 12, 2020 Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued a new temporary public policy to reduce processing times and enable temporary foreign workers (TFW) with authorization to work in Canada (through a valid work permit or authorization to work without a permit) and are required to obtain a new employer-specific work permit before commencing [...]

On May 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), conducted draw #148 another targeted Express Entry (EE) draw, issuing 3371 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to candidates with Canadian Experience Class (CEC) with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) score of 447. This is another push from IRCC to target CEC candidates as most of [...]