Common mistakes in Labour Market Impact Assessment

Believe it or not, the number one reason for your labour market impact assessment is incomplete application. In fact, your application will be “returned” without even getting a file number. You don’t even get your application returned, but shredded....

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...

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...

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....