The Manitoba PNP just held its 87th Expression of Interest (EOI) draw on April 9, 2020, issuing 153 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA’s) for Canadian Permanent Residency (CanadaPR). This is already the 7th draw of the year and exactly two weeks from the last draw of March 26, 2020. This shows Manitoba’s commitment to [...]

On April 8, 2020, IRCC made provided updated guidance regarding PGWP and how to apply for them. The instructions clarify that an applicant must have a valid status in Canada to apply for a post-graduation work permit (PGWP) from within Canada. If an applicant’s study permit expires or is no longer valid, the applicant has [...]

IRCC has announced that it will delay accepting applications for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents program (PGP) as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Despite current deferral to launch the 2020 application process, this will not impact when parents and grandparents may arrive in Canada with its continued commitment to family reunification. In Canada, [...]

Amidst the uncertainty in the world caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Canadian Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP), have continued operating its programs. The latest example is in Manitoba, where the MPNP held their 86th historical draw on March 26, 2020, issuing 226 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA’s) for Canadian Permanent Residency (CanadaPR). The [...]

Due to the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian food chain supply, effective March 20, 2020, the TFW Agricultural Stream is offering priority processing of occupations related to agriculture, food processing and trucking. In addition, all pending and future Labour Market Impact Assessments related to several key occupations will have minimum recruitment requirements waived until [...]

As BC continues to issue invitations across all of its immigration programs, the latest Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot (EI – Regional Pilot) Programissued 18 invitations to foreign entrepreneurs with scores of 107 under BC’s ranking score. This is the third draw of 2020 under the Regional Pilot. BC ‘s EI – Regional Pilot is [...]

We’ve seen a lot of movement in British Columbia Provincial Nominee programs in the last week. On April 7, 2020, the BC PNP held its 8th draw of the year and issued 147 Invitations to Apply (ITA) under the Tech Pilot Program to applicants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations. Applicants had [...]

Transport Canada published a “Travel Decision Tree” to assist Airlines determine who can or cannot board a plane to Canada as a final destination and to conduct health checks of all air passengers on route to Canada from international locations. This guidance based on an Interim Order to Prevent Foreign Nationals from Boarding flights to [...]

The BC PNP issued 311 Invitations to Apply (ITA) on March 30, 2020 under the Skills Immigration and Express Entry categories. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on BC’s current economy and job outlook, candidates falling in the Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled (ELSS) category were excluded from the draw. In addition, there were 14 NOC 0, [...]

March 30, 2020 - As the Canadian Government continues to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak, many delays have been announced by Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP’s). One of the latest delays is the opening the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot, a 3-year Pilot program announced in July 2019 to address the labour shortage [...]