Permanent Resident

With the closure of BC’s main PNP graduate streams and a 50% reduction in nominations, international students in British Columbia face new challenges for permanent residency (PR).
But strong alternatives still exist if you plan carefully.

Candidates needed a minimum CRS score of 520 and had to create their Express Entry profile before July 15, 2025.

The Government of Canada has invited 606 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held April 9

Canada invited 919 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on March 30.

A Brief review of Canadian Citizenship Application

In Edmonton an Iranian is serving jail time due to conviction of terrorism activities against Canada . Based on the new citizenship act and regulations he could be subject to losing his citizenship . According to him, Cruel and unfair citizenship law can create dabble punishments since in addition to the criminal punishment the convicted person can lose his or her citizenship . This will result the defendant's personal security, his family and will be adversely affected by the decision .

Canada recently marked the ten-year anniversary of Canada’s first Express Entry draw. Since its launch, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued over 800,000 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residency (PR), streamlining the immigration process and aligning it with labor market needs.

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador wants annual immigration numbers to increase to 1,700 new permanent residents per year, an increase of around 50 percent on current intake numbers.

The bill  9was introduced today in the National Assembly.

The job vacancies portion of this update revealed that Canada had over 1,000,000 job vacancies in May of this year.

Two thirds of Canadian businesses surveyed hire talent from abroad

Canada works hard to position itself as an ideal home for the best and the brightest global talent across all industries.

The Business Council of Canada (BCC) recently released a report in which 80 Canadian businesses were surveyed about how they use Canada’s immigration programs to hire skilled workers. The businesses surveyed cumulatively employ over 1.6 million workers. Two thirds of companies surveyed say they recruit talent overseas using Canada’s immigration system. The remaining third hires immigrants who have already relocated to Canada.

Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024 looks to welcome over 450,000 new permanent residents per year by 2024. Canada offers a multitude of work permit and economic class immigration pathways.

According to the BCC survey, all employers agree that Canada’s labour shortage is widespread, and they face real difficulty finding skilled workers across all industries. Labour shortages are particularly pronounced in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.

Canada’s tech sector has been hit hardest by labour shortages as industry growth and demand is outpacing the number of skilled workers. Professions such as computer science, engineering and information tech are in high demand.

Improvement factors:

Only half of respondents agree that the Immigration Levels Plan for 2022-2024 is adequate to address their business needs and the growing labour shortages. The remaining half indicated that the number of economic immigrants needs to be increased but acknowledged that this is not practical until the government has a plan in place to ensure there is adequate housing and other infrastructure to support new immigrants, such as childcare and healthcare.

Employers also believe they have a role to play in helping immigrants settle. This can take the form of language training, assisting employees in obtaining recognition of foreign credentials and relocation assistance.

Canadian businesses expect that competition for skilled immigrants will intensify over the next few years. This is especially true of recent graduates who they say face significant barriers in obtaining permanent residency in Canada due to the time it takes to gain sufficient work experience.

On January 18th, the Alberta added having relatives in the province to the province selection criteria.

Alberta invites 120 Express Entry candidates and BC targets tech occupations. 

Two provinces have announced major immigration draws this month, together issuing more than 1,700 invitations to apply (ITAs).

Alberta
Between September 2 and 10, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) invited 1,376 candidates through seven separate draws. The largest took place on September 4, when 891 invitations were issued under the Alberta Opportunity Stream. Other draws targeted priority sectors such as healthcare, construction, agriculture, and aviation. 

So far this year, Alberta has issued 3,749 provincial nominations from its 2025 allocation of 4,875, leaving 1,126 spaces available for the remainder of the year.

Newfoundland and Labrador
On September 12, the province held its ninth round of 2025, inviting 353 candidates through the Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). This included 218 invitations under the NLPNP and 135 through the AIP, the province’s largest AIP-specific draw so far in 2025. 

To date, Newfoundland and Labrador has invited 2,018 candidates under the NLPNP and 586 under the AIP, working within its increased 2025 allocations of 2,050 NLPNP nominations and 475 AIP spaces.

Rural communities around Alberta could get a boost of around 40,000 newcomers over the next four years under policies being proposed by the province’s United Conservative Party.  

Alberta will soon reopen its doors to applicants who wish to settle in one of Canada’s most beautiful and vibrant provinces. The province will begin accepting new applications from January 27, 2016.

The 294 candidates selected needed a minimum 400 points under Express Entry’s (CRS) in order to receive an invitation.

Alberta’s latest Express Entry selection round invited 374 candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 400 to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.

Results of the latest two Alberta Express Entry draws have been ‎released

The latest draw through Alberta’s Express Entry-aligned immigrant nominee stream turned out 148 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.