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Notifications of Interest Issued for Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream
On July 14, 2022, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued targeted notifications of interest to candidates who may qualify for Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades stream. The OINP targeted candidates with a comprehensive ranking system score between 310...
Random COVID-19 Testing for Air Travellers Resumes
The federal government has announced that it will be resuming mandatory random COVID-19 testing for international travellers arriving at four major airports. Ottawa had initially suspended random testing for fully vaccinated travellers last month after airport...
ArriveCan Paper Copies
If the ArriveCan app is offline (such as during a network outage), travellers must now have paper copies of vaccination status. Rogers services are back online for most customers after a daylong outage at the telecom giant that left millions of Canadians without...
Express Entry invitations
1st Express Entry draw since Sept, 2021 for all classes – the lowest score was 557 for 1,500 invitation to apply! Read more about eligibility at...
Express Entry Draw Restarts July 6, But Can It Fix All the Damages Left Behind for the Last 9 Months of Pause?
Canada's immigration department is restarting its draws on July 6th for all programs under Express Entry -- a system used to select so-called economic immigrants -- after it temporarily shut down over the pandemic and travel restrictions that came with it. While this...
Border restrictions to enter Canada extended until at least Sept. 30
The federal government announced that all existing border restrictions to enter Canada will remain in place until at least Sept. 30. That means foreign travellers will still need to provide proof of being fully vaccinated to enter the country and unvaccinated...
Permanent Pathway for Temporary Residents is Coming
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says his government is preparing to create a program that would help to speed up the process of turning newcomers in Canada under temporary permits into permanent residents. "We are looking right now at the best path forward to create...
Update on the change in NOC 2016
As we have been anticipated since last year, IRCC and ESDC are moving to update the current National Occupation Classification (set in 2016) for 2022. So far, they have updated this index every 10 years so. However, at this point, NOC will be updated as of 2022 –...
Update on TR to PR Program
In May, 2021, IRCC has introduced the new but once-a-life-time program called "Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident" for international students, essential workers and medical workers, in the number of 90, 000. This program was closed in November, 2021. IRCC...
Update on Express Entry
Express Entry system was initially introduced in January, 2015. For the first five years, it has been consistent, even with some amendments along the way. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the system did maintain its consistency, except the increase for French...
Public policy: Open work permits
Temporary public policies aiming to transition foreign nationals already living and working in Canada to permanent residence were announced on April 14, 2021 and launched on May 6, 2021. To support these permanent resident public policies, the Temporary public policy...
Ontario Farm Pleads Guilty to Worker’s Death
Scotlynn Farms, based in Vittoria, Ont., has pleaded guilty in the COVID-19 death of one of its workers. It's the first COVID-19 prosecution of an employer under the occupational health and safety laws in the province. It is so sad to see such neglect when our food...