More than 91,000 profiles have been submitted through Quebec Skilled Worker Program’s new Arrima online portal since September. More than 91,000 immigration candidates have submitted expressions of interest through Quebec’s online Arrima portal since it opened last September — a six-month period dominated by the rise of the province’s new Coalition Avenir Québec government. The Arrima portal was introduced September 18, 2018, to manage profiles submitted to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program after it was switched to an Expression Of Interest (EOI) system by the previous Liberal government, which then lost Quebec’s general election on October 1, 2018, to the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). An EOI system requires interested candidates to create a profile that…
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Communities In Northern B.C. See Hope In New Federal Immigration Pilot
Communities in Northern British Columbia are hoping a new federal immigration pilot will help them fill job vacancies. Unveiled by the Government of Canada last month, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot will facilitate permanent residence for foreign workers of various skill levels in selected communities in Canada’s three northern territories and the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Eligible communities are those with a population of 50,000 or less located at least 75 kilometres from the core of a metropolitan area of 100,000 or more, or a city of up to 200,000 people that qualifies as remote. In a recent interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb…
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Canada Extends Application Period For Post-Graduation Work Permits
International graduates of eligible Canadian schools now have 180 days to apply for a PGWP. International students hoping to remain in Canada on a Post-Graduation Work Permit now have six months to apply once they obtain their notice of graduation and are no longer required to have a valid study permit. The Government of Canada announced the changes on Thursday, February 14, along with other modifications to its popular Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) program. The extension doubles the amount of time recent graduates have to apply for a PGWP once their school issues their final marks, from 90 days to 180 days. Another corresponding change was the removal of the requirement…
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If You’re In The Express Entry Pool, These Provincial Immigration Streams May Be Looking For You
Ontario, Nova Scotia and Alberta use so-called ‘passive’ immigration streams to search the Express Entry pool for eligible candidates. Candidates who enter the Express Entry pool may find themselves on the receiving end of an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination without even trying thanks to specialized immigration streams in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. These streams have recently been used to search the Express Entry pool for candidates who meet specified criteria such as work experience in a specified occupation. Those identified are notified of the province’s interest and invited to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence in that province. These immigration pathways are sometimes referred to as…
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Green Card Bill That Favors Indian Techies May Get Green Signal
Ending country cap in Green Cards may allow India, China to dominate path to US citizenship. US lawmakers took another shot at removing the per-country limit on green cards, a cap that disadvantages immigrants from populous countries such as India and China while giving people from other parts of the world an easier shot at US permanent residency. The bill will eliminate the per-country limit on employment-based permanent residency, currently set at seven per cent. Because current law limits employment-based green cards to 140,000 annually, no more than 9,800 people from any one country can get permanent US residency. It is backed by US tech companies such as Microsoft and IBM, for whom…
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Ontario Issues New Invitations To French-Speaking Express Entry Candidates
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…