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Essential workers, international student graduates and French speakers in Canada will have six new pathways to permanent residency this May. Canada’s immigration minister, Marco Mendicino, announced the new programs that will pave the way for 90,000 new immigrants to get permanent status this year through three of the streams. The other three of the streams for French-speaking immigrants will have no intake cap. Update: Canada held a new Express Entry draw today shortly after this announcemen...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Fred Lum/the Globe and Mail The federal government hopes to convert more than 90,000 temporary foreign workers and graduated international students into permanent residents as part of its ambitious goal of admitting 401,000 immigr...

Leading UAE immigration consultant opens new office in Chandigarh, India Vrinda Gupta Image Credit: Supplied Vazir Group, trusted immigration advisory boutique having its headquarters based in Dubai shared great news for all those interested to immigrate to Canada: the launch of the Express Entry Program and the opening of its second office in India, in Chandigarh, Elante office, Industrial Area Phase 1. Express Entry Programme Having over 14 programs dedicated f...

Manitoba immigration programs Manitoba has a number of immigration programs dedicated to attracting international talent to settle in the province. The provincial government manages its immigration through the MPNP, which supports immigration applications to the federal government. Canadian provinces do not have the ability to give out permanent residency status, but they can help an application along by issuing provincial nominations. If you want to benefit from a nomination from Manitoba, you...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 26 March 2020, the South African Minister of Home Affairs announced the following visa concessions which now apply to foreigners inside South Africa: A foreigner who was inside South Africa during the period of a national state of disaster, and who had entered South Africa since 15 February 2020 or before that date, and holds a visa which was issued for a period of less than 90 days which ...

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has a message for Canadians, “we need more people— a lot more.” Mulroney, who is remembered for tripling immigration over his term as prime minister, called for Canada to grow its population to 100 million by 2100. Last week, he spoke at a forum hosted by the Globe and Mail and Century Initiative, a think tank planning for Canada’s future prosperity. The former prime minister floated ideas that were already in Century Initiative’s agenda, to accele...

April 5th, 2021 comments Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will often tell people that they do not need to hire a lawyer or consultant in order to immigrate to Canada. They are right. In 2018, IRCC approved 191,337 applications for permanent residence. Of these, 7,334 were represented by a lawyer, 11,262 by a regulated consultant, 52,066 by a family member or friend, and 191,337 had no representative. IRCC in 2018 also approved 17,678 temporary res...

Researchers studied the educational and labour market outcomes of immigrants who arrived in Canada as children before the age of 15. (Pexels photo) Immigrants who come to Canada as children are oftentimes more educated and making more money than the Canadian average. Immigrant children are twice as likely as Canadian children to come from low-income households, but in adulthood, more of them end up getting a post-secondary education, and their salaries are oftentimes greater. These findings com...

Posted: Apr 03, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 3 Asif Hasan is one of the organizers of the Lost Votes Campaign.(Submitted by Asif Hasan) Immigrants are asking New Brunswick to become the only province in Canada to give people who arent citizens but have permanent resident status the right to vote in municipal elections. The Lost Votes Campaign, a grassroots initiative of permanent residents, is gathering support from municipal governments to change the law that allows only Canadian citi...

Canada issued invitations to 44,124 immigration candidates in the first quarter of 2021, by far the most it has issued in a quarter since Express Entry was launched in 2015. Express Entry is the main way that Canada welcomes economic class immigrants. It is a two step process. In step one, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria of one of the three skilled worker programs that are managed under Express Entry. Eligible candidates upload their profiles onto the Canadian government’s websi...