Quebec Skilled Workers

On March 5, 2018, the amount of settlement funds required will be revised to align with IRCC’s requirements

A new Express Entry draw held August 22 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score in this draw was 440. This is the third draw in 2018 to feature a minimum score of 440, which is the lowest CRS score drawn in 2018 to date. Both the minimum CRS score and the draw size in the August 22 were the same as the previous draw, held on August 8.

A new progress report on the Canadian province of Ontario’s immigration strategy shows software engineers and designers as the leading occupation category among provincial nominees in 2017 and India and China as the top two source countries.

“There are elements that are positive in the bill,” Liberal Dominique Anglade says. But "there are elements that are very detrimental."

Ottawa, April 18, 2013 —The list of 24 occupations that are eligible under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) when it re-opens on May 4, 2013 was released today.

Canada is beginning a new work permit option under the international mobility program. This stream aims to make hiring francophone skilled workers more straight forward for employers in certain regions of Canada.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program has issued 400 Letters of Advice to apply for a provincial nomination in the latest draw, which took place on April 13.

Manitoba issued a record 5,207 nominations for Canadian permanent residence in 2018, with 98 per cent going to skilled worker candidates.

Manitoba's Minister of Education and Training, Ian Wishart, has announced implement improvements to service standards, stating that “As of this month, all candidates who submit complete applications to the program will be processed in six months or less.”

The province of Manitoba will no longer penalize skilled worker immigration candidates who have a close relative in another province and no close relative in Manitoba.

A complete immigration report published by the government of Nova Scotia does disclose the fact t that 2015 was a breakthrough year for the province in the last decade of the province immigration policy in attracting new immigrants, and it looks like 2016 will see even more positive news.

Since Quebec has made some changes to the province’s point-based immigration system to make the process of moving to the province less discouraging, at least one university in the province would like to see further positive changes, not only to the province’s system, but also to the federal system, to allow for easier recruitment and retention of foreign professors.

Canada has started issuing open work permits to spouses of Canadian Citizens and Residents as they await Permanent residence through spousal sponsorship program

The changes, which came into effect as of January 2015 as a pilot project for a period of one year , will allow the spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are urrently residing in Canada to benefit from expedited access to open work permits while their applications for permanent residence are being processed. Eligible applicants will now be able to apply for an open work ermit before the approval in principle decision is made on their application for permanent residence in Canada. Applicants whose permanent resident applications are received after December 22, 2014 will have heir application for an open work permit processed within four months of receipt of their work permit application. An open work permit allows applicants to work for any employer for a specified period of time hile their permanent residence applications are processed.

Quebec’s Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion, or MIDI) has announced that individuals who have submitted an online application for immigration to Canada through the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) may now update certain information in their application.

March 8, 2017 – In order to promote better socio-professional integration of immigrants and to upgrade knowledge of French, modifications have been made to the weighting of the skilled worker selection grid (in French), particularly with regard the criteria “Areas of training” and “Education level.”

Montreal has replaced Paris, which had held the title for four years, as the best city in the world for international students. The ranking was released by QS Rankings, which conducts regular major surveys of students worldwide to find the top cities and countries for higher education across various categories.

New statistics from French Consulate in Montreal indicates that there could be over 110,000 French citizens currently living in Montreal. According to the French Consulate estimation, approximately one in two French immigrants register, and 55,000 had done so by 2013. This represents an increase of 45 per cent since 2005.

Ahmed Hussen said he wants to expand pilot that links skilled refugees with 5 provinces and territories

As part of its commitment to support successful ‎newcomer settlement and integration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ‎‎(IRCC) has selected 824 projects that will deliver high quality services to newcomers ‎across the country for up to 5 years.‎

A majority of Canadians continue to hold a positive attitude toward immigration despite the increasing politicization of the issue.