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Canada pulls refugee welcome mat, launches ad campaign warning asylum claims hardCanada has initiated a global online ad campaign to inform potential asylum-seekers of the challenges in making a claim, as part of a wider...
Canada's most popular destination for international students will see the largest drop in study permits issuedOntario, Canada, expects a smaller decline in new study permits despite a 41% reduction. The steepest drop in permits is anticipated in Ont...
Immigration to Canada declines for third straight month in AugustCanada experienced a decline in immigration for the third consecutive month, with 34,925 new permanent residents in August, a 14.1% decreas...
Canada will now give immigration preference to pilots, aircraft handlers & others in transport sectorThe first round of invitations will focus on transport occupations, such as commercial truck drivers and aircraft assembly workers. The goa...
Canada announces first-ever Express Entry invitations for newcomers with STEM backgroundLast month, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced new changes to Express Entry through category-based selection. These changes help ad...
Canada announces new immigration stream to prioritise health workersThe first round for category-based selection is already open and will invite 500 health workers to apply. A second round, inviting 1,500 wo...
A record 2,26,450 Indian students went to study in Canada in 2022According to data released by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the country set an immigration record, seeing 5,51,4...
Canada receives 4.3 lakh new permanent residents in 2022, sets immigration recordThe Canadian government on Tuesday announced that it received 431,645 new permanent residents in 2022. With this number, the country has se...
Canada issues record-breaking 4.8 million visas in 2022On a monthly basis, Canada is now processing more visitor visa applications reducing its pandemic backlog by nearly half-a-million applicat...
Canada to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025The new plan envisions a flood of new arrivals that will see 465,000 people come in from outside the country in 2023, rising to 500,000 in ...
Canada plans to grant citizenship to 300,000 people by March 2023An Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) memo recommends that it process a total of 285,000 decisions and 300,000 new citizen...
Canada plans to cut down Express Entry wait time back to 6 monthsThis will take effect once IRCC resumes Express Entry invitations to Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian experience class (CEC)...
Indians top as Canada admits 108,000 new immigrants in the first quarterCanada, which plans to admit a record 432,000 new immigrants in 2022, is on target to hit this mark as the country welcomed 108,000 newcome...
Canada to increase immigration to boost economic recoveryThe new admissions would be focused on bringing in more people under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, Ca...
Coming to Canada 'worth the risk,' says Saudi teen refugeeRahaf Mohammed al-Qunun plans to pursue an education, get a job and "live a normal life" in Canada - things she said she could not do in he...
Canada sets target of admitting 25,000 from overseasIndia is among top source country for permanent residencies in Canada and in 2016 alone over 32,000 Indians were given permanent residencie...
Canada to admit 25,000 refugees this yearThis would be one of the highest intake in the recent years amid rising number of fleeing people from war zones.