Immigration
Canada’s TR to PR immigration programs for Essential Workers and International Students
On April 14, 2021, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s intention to create several new immigration pathways for permanent residence for essential workers and international graduates who are currently in Canada working. What are the available pathways for permanent residency under the TR to PR immigration programs? The TR to PR…
Read MoreTime to expand international student work permit program: experts
Canada must expand its Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) program to include international students at private/career colleges, experts in higher education say. Currently, the system only allows public universities and institutions granting private degrees the eligibility for their students to qualify for Post Graduate Work Permits. “There are not enough seats in public universities and…
Read MoreInterest to sponsor forms for 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program now available
Ottawa, October 13, 2020—Canadians and permanent residents who wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada can now submit an interest to sponsor form online. The interest to sponsor form is now available on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website for the next 3 weeks, until 12 p.m. EST on…
Read MoreCanada admitted 13,645 immigrants in July 2020
Canada’s July 2020 permanent resident intake fell by 63 per cent compared with last July. Canada welcomed 13,645 new permanent residents in July 2020. This was an extremely low figure considering that July is one of the busiest months for Canadian immigration. On a year-over-year basis, Canada’s July 2020 permanent residence (PR) intake fell by…
Read MoreCanada welcomed more than 400,000 new #internationalstudents at all study levels in 2019, with Indian student enrolments accounting for the majority of the increase in new study permits issued.
Canada welcomed 341,000 newcomers in 2019, a number that exceeded its federal government immigration target by 10,000 additional newcomers. Indians, who became permanent residents in 2019, accounted for 25 percent of all the newcomers who came to Canada. China was second, accounting for 9 percent and Philippines accounted for 8 percent of the new immigrants.…
Read MoreSTEPS to make sure you are eligible for PGWP (Post Graduate Work Permit)
Post Graduate Work permit refusals are at all time high and most of these refusals can be avoided. Here are the 15 simple tips which you can follow to avoid the same: Make sure the school and the program in which you are studying or going to study is eligible for the post-graduate work permit.…
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