Permanent Resident

The Canadian government is looking at ways to ease the immigration process for foreign students in Canada and more straightforward. Minister John McCallum stating that "We should be doing everything we can do to court them,” he added these foreign graduates are “the cream of the crop”.

A recent Nanos poll shows that Canadians' support for immigration has declined, with 53% of respondents preferring lower immigration levels than the 2023 target of 465,000 permanent residents. This shift is a stark contrast to the high support seen in a 2022 Environics poll, where 70% expressed support for current immigration levels.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada is changing the way it assesses the language abilities of prospective new citizens. The citizenship Act already requires that applicants be able to communicate in one of Canada's official languages. This regulatory proposal would not increase the language level required, but would change the way that citizenship applicants aged 18-54 prove their language ability. Applicants would be able to demonstrate language ability by submitting a variety of evidence, including the results of a third-party test, or evidence of achieving language training in certain government-funded programs.

Prince Edward Island selected 104 applicant who had a profile in Express Entry selection pool in addition to an Expression of Interest to live in the province .

Canada has an aging population, with a longer life expectancy and a relatively low birth rate. Accordingly, the country needs immigration to grow the population and economy, Regarding Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Policy, the new government -- led by Justin Trudeau -- has pledged to make family reunification a core priority, welcome new immigrants as a key strategy to job creation and long-term economic growth for the middle class, and place emphasis on humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees to demonstrate fairness and compassion.

Minister John McCallum has announced that processing times for the family class immigration programs will be reduced to 12 month. The government goal to eventually reduce processing times to as low as six months.

International students in Canada are often seen as easy targets for fraudsters looking to, literally, “cash in” on vulnerable victims.

The province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) has reopened the Express Entry stream of the PEI PNP program . The government of PEI had not been accepting new Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to this stream since late 2016. However, the PEI PNP is now once again accepting EOIs.

B.C. issues 311 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination in latest draw

Provincial nominee programs offer more opportunities to a wider range of immigration candidates

Spaces will provide PR pathway for workers at the intermediate skill level

Provincial nominee programs, or PNPs, permit participating provinces and territories to nominate number of economic immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence each year based on a limited cap.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that applicants who are interested to sponsor parents and grandparents may complete an online form to express their interest to sponsor. The form will be available to be completed as of January 3, until 12 p.m. EST on February 2, 2017

On November 21, 2014 the minister of Immigration, did announce upcoming changes for Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act in order to protect the safety and security of Canadians.

According to Statistics Canada, pre-landing Canadian work experience, proficiency in English or French, education, and age were all factors that influenced immigrants' earnings in Canada.

Quebec's immigration minister says province will continue processing applications until Bill 9 is passed into law

Quebec has released its Immigration Plan for 2018, with strategies in place to continue welcoming a wide range of skilled workers, businesspeople, family members of Quebec residents, and refugees.

Quebec Facilitated IT program came to an end on February 24th; the 7 affected professions are now part of a newly announced facilitated labour market assessment process.

Immigration levels to Quebec could reach 52,500 in 2022 under new proposals introduced by the province’s government on June 7.
This would translate to an increase of 10,500 newcomers to Quebec from this year’s maximum of 42,000 and mark an approximate return to the immigration level that was in place before the election of the province’s new Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government in October 2018.Between 2015 and 2018, Quebec’s immigration levels were 53,084, 52,388 et 51,118, respectively.
Other proposals outlined in the new document include:
• Favouring foreign workers and foreign nationals with a degree in Québec who meet the province’s labour market needs and who are already living in Quebec as temporary residents;
• Favouring skilled applicants with in-demand training or a validated job offer who match short-term labour market needs in Quebec;
• Expediting the arrival of economic-class immigrants in order to respond more quickly to Quebec’s labour needs;
• Supporting efforts by employers in all regions of Quebec to recruit temporary foreign workers by reducing delays before their arrival and to facilitate procedures to meet the needs of the workforce. short-term work;
• Promoting the selection of immigrants who know Quebec’s democratic values and the values enshrined in Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms;
• Expanding the number of adult immigrants who speak French by expanding access to government-run French language training;
• Encouraging the permanent immigration of young people to counter the province’s ageing and declining population.
A CAQ move to dismiss a backlog of more than 18,000 pending applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) under proposed legislation known as Bill 9 was blocked by a court order in February.

Quebec’s Immigration Minister, Simon-Jolin Barrette, said the applications were submitted when the QSWP operated on a first-come, first-served basis, which he said was not in touch with Quebec’s workforce needs.

More Quebec employers are turning to temporary foreign workers to address labour shortages in the province