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Canadian Immigrants are Innovators

ShareThe current Canadian immigration selection system favours skilled immigrants. They are viewed as part of the solution to the problem of an aging population and shrinking workforce. But beyond this, immigrants are making Canada more innovative and that is a … Continue reading

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Quebec Immigrant Investor Program: Closed, but just temporarily

Quebec immigration systems offer Canadian permanent residency to qualified business persons under their Immigrant Investor categories. The immigrant investor visas for the Investor and his or her dependents result in unconditional permanent residency status, except for the residency requirements applicable to all Permanent Residents. Both the Federal and Quebec Investor Immigrant Programs have been extremely popular, and there are significant benefits to Canada resulting from these investments. Continue reading

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The 20,000 Limit: Federal Skilled Workers applications are starting to add up Print

On June 26, 2010, the Government of Canada placed a limit on the number of Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) applications it will process before June 30, 2011. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will process applications up to a maximum of 20,000. The limit does not apply to those applications with a job offer from a Canadian employer….. Continue reading

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Tamil Asylums had Help

Earlier this month a dilapidated vessel, the MV Sun Sea, was escorted to a British Columbia harbour by a flotilla of Canadian authorities. Soon after docking, there emerged from her hold a desperate collection of nearly 500 Tamil men, women and children, all at the ready to seek asylum in Canada. They had just spent a harrowing four months at sea, living literally cheek by jowl, with little more than a litre of water a week to drink. Their claims for asylum are based on a genuine fear of persecution if returned to their homeland, Sri Lanka, because as Tamils, they had come out on the losing side of a 26-year old bloody civil war that took the lives of 100,000 people.
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Summary|Monthly

The following is a summary of developments in Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last few weeks.
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Alberta puts a freeze on two immigration programs

The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) is designed to support Alberta’s economic growth by attracting work-ready immigrants to the province of Alberta. However, given current job market and economic conditions, Alberta has decided to temporarily stop accepting applications for two of its streams: the Family Stream and the U.S. Visa Holder Category. According to the news release by the Government of Alberta, this cancellation is only temporary until further notice. Continue reading

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Two Roads to Work Permits

Share // From CanadaVisa.com A foreign national who wishes to work in Canada generally requires a work permit. Work permits allow people to quickly begin working in Canada and can be a stepping stone toward Canadian Permanent Resident visas. A … Continue reading

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Canada further strengthens its Temporary Foreign Worker Program to better protect live-in caregivers

This month, the Government of Canada announced it is implementing stricter regulations with the aim of further improving the working conditions for temporary workers and live-in caregivers in Canada. According to the federal government, consultations held over the past two years revealed that employers were exploiting some live-in caregivers because the system made them vulnerable. Continue reading

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Share The following is a summary of developments in Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last few weeks. Canada’s economy added 93,000 jobs in June: Statistics Canada reports the Canadian economy added 93,200 jobs … Continue reading

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Why you should opt for Provincial Nomination Programs over Federal Entrepreneur program.

Share There is a competition among Canadian provinces to attract immigrants with entrepreneurial and business management skills. To attract these individuals, the provinces have set their own criteria for the entrepreneur categories of their provincial nomination programs. A nomination certificate … Continue reading

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