Ontario has issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to French-speaking Express Entry candidates. The 61 invitations were issued February 7 through Ontario’s French-Speaking Skilled Worker immigration stream. This stream lets the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) select French-speaking candidates in the Express Entry-managed Federal Skilled Worker Class or Canadian Experience Class who have strong English abilities and eligible skilled work experience, among other criteria. The Express Entry system is Canada’s main source of skilled foreign labour and manages the pool of candidates for the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Canadian Experience Class and the Federal Skilled Trades Class. Eligible candidates are ranked in the Express Entry pool based on a score awarded for factors including age, education,…
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Most In-Demand Jobs That Can Get You Permanent Residency In Australia.
Best Occupations for Permanent Residency Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List Occupation ANZSCO code construction project manager 133111 engineering manager 133211 child care centre manager 134111 nursing clinical director 134212 primary health organisation manager 134213 welfare centre manager 134214 accountant (general) 221111 management accountant 221112 taxation accountant 221113 external auditor 221213 internal auditor 221214 actuary 224111 land economist 224511 valuer 224512 management consultant 224711 architect 232111 landscape architect 232112 surveyor 232212 cartographer 232213 other spatial scientist 232214 chemical engineer 233111 materials engineer 233112 civil engineer 233211 geotechnical engineer 233212 quantity surveyor 233213 structural engineer 233214 transport engineer 233215 electrical engineer 233311 electronics engineer 233411 industrial engineer 233511 mechanical engineer 233512…
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Canada Well On Its Way To Achieving Million Immigrant Goal By The End Of 2021
Canada opened its door to more than 40,000 immigration applicants in January. If the first month of 2019 was any indication, Canada should have no trouble achieving its goal of welcoming one million immigrants by the end of 2021. January saw the Government of Canada and provinces across the country open the door to more than 40,000 potential applicants through key economic immigration and family sponsorship programs. Both economic immigration and family sponsorship are central components for Canada’s new three-year immigration levels plan, which has a target of 331,000 new permanent residents for 2019. This number is set to rise to 341,000 in 2020 and reach 350,000 by 2021 — nearly…
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Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program Held Its Second Expression Of Interest Draw
Manitoba issues new invitations to immigration candidates, bringing January total to 1,082. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program held its second Expression of Interest draw of 2019 on January 31 for candidates in its Skilled Worker Overseas, Skilled Worker in Manitoba and International Education immigration streams. The program, known as the MPNP, issued 456 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to candidates across the three streams. The MPNP’s Skilled Worker in Manitoba, Skilled Worker Overseas and International Education streams employ an Expression of Interest (EOI) system to select candidates. The Government of Manitoba requires eligible graduates, who are interested in applying for immigration under the MPNP’s International…
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New Express Entry Draw Caps Record January, Minimum CRS Hits 16-month Low
IRCC has issued a record 11,150 ITAs in January — its biggest start ever. A new Express Entry draw held January 30 saw the number of invitations issued this month rise to 11,150, making this the biggest start to a year in the Express Entry system’s five-year history. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in today’s draw was 438, which is a five-point reduction over the previous invitation round on January 23 and the lowest minimum score for an all-program draw through Canada’s Express Entry system since October 4, 2017. The Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration categories — the Federal Skilled…
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Ending Country Cap In Green Cards May Allow India To Dominate Path To US Citizenship
Eliminating the country quota from the most sought-after Green Cards will end the current discrimination in the US labour market, but would allow countries like India and China to dominate the path to American citizenship, according to the latest Congressional report. Having a Green Card allows a person to live and work permanently in the United States. Indian-Americans, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of Green Cards or the Legal Permanent Residency (LPR). The bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS),…
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Canada Ranked First For Quality Of Life In 2018 Best Countries Survey
Annual survey by U.S. News & World Report ranks Canada second overall behind Switzerland. A new international survey is ranking Canada the second best country in the world to live in, and the first in terms of quality of life. Conducted by the U.S. News & World Report, the poll ranked 80 countries based on attributes in nine broad categories. More than 21,000 people from around the world completed the survey. Canada was ranked first in the quality of life category, ahead of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Australia. Overall, Canada was ranked second behind Switzerland, scoring 9.9 out of a possible 10. Canada scored 10 in terms of job market, political stability and safety and…
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New Labour Market Priorities Stream Draw Targets Express Entry Candidates With Scores Ranging From 400 to 450.
Nova Scotia draws auditors and accountants from Express Entry pool. The Government of Nova Scotia has issued new invitations to apply for a nomination for permanent residence to Express Entry candidates with work experience as financial auditors or accountants. The invitations were issued January 24 through the province’s Labour Market Priorities Stream, which was launched last year. The Labour Market Priorities Stream allows Nova Scotia’s Office of Immigration to search the federal Express Entry pool for eligible candidates with work experience in specified occupations. Express Entry candidates invited in the stream’s first draw of 2019 were required to have at least five years of work experience in National Occupational Classification (NOC) 1111 — Financial Auditors and Accountants. For examples…
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Government of Canada Has Unveiled A New Five-Year Economic Immigration Pilot
The Government of Canada has unveiled a new five-year economic immigration pilot that will help rural and northern communities in Ontario, Western Canada and Canada’s three territories attract and retain skilled foreign workers. The community-driven Rural and Northern Pilot builds on the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program launched in 2017 and will facilitate permanent residence for foreign workers of various skill levels in eligible communities in the following provinces and territories: Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says eligible communities can be either a city with a population of 50,000 or less located at least 75 kilometres from the core of a metropolitan…
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Canada Will Reopen Its Parents & Grandparents Sponsorship Program Goes Live From Next Monday
Canada will reopen its Parents and Grandparents sponsorship program next Monday to expressions of interest and invitations to apply to the program will be issued on a first-in, first-served basis. This means the quicker you can get your complete Interest to Sponsor form submitted, the better your chances may be of getting an invitation to apply to sponsor your parents and grandparents for permanent residence in Canada through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). IRCC says the Interest to Sponsor form should only take about 10 minutes to complete if you have all the necessary information and documents ready to go. With this in mind, here’s a primer on how the expression…