Canada may be considering immigration target revisions as housing crisis persisitsFraser emphased on aligning immigration policies with the absorptive capacity of communities, including factors like housing, healthcare, a...
11 Sep, 2023, 04.22 PM IST
Canada is planning to cap foreign students as housing shortage worsensThere are over 800,000 international students with active visas in 2022, according to official data, up from 275,000 in 2012. Canada has fa...
22 Aug, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
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...
29 Jun, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
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...
29 Jun, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Canada authorities charge Indian man for immigration fraud targeting studentsCBSA said it had launched an investigation after receiving information about Mishra's status in Canada and his alleged involvement in activ...
24 Jun, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
Canada wildfires: Foreigners affected can extend permits, replace lost documents for freeInternational students, temporary foreign workers and other visitors who have been directly affected by the wildfires and whose status will...
18 Jun, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
Canada is working to ensure Indian students facing deportation have a chance to remain: Immigration MinisterThe government will provide an "appropriate remedy" for them, he said while noting that many students were "dealing with serious mental hea...
14 Jun, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
Canada may be considering waiving eligibility criteria for thousands to cut visa backlogAccording to the memo, IRCC has two options to reduce the number of visitor visa applications. Under the first, it aims to process an estim...
23 Jan, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
Canada to start targeting draws for skilled immigrants next yearCanada will do targeted draws for skilled immigrants for the first time starting next year, allowing it to cherry pick applicants with the ...
04 Nov, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
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 ...
02 Nov, 2022, 07.13 AM IST
Canada lifts work hour limits for international students to help labour shortageCanada's job vacancy rate was 5.4% in July, down from a peak 6.0% in April 2022. Canadian employers were actively looking to fill nearly 1 ...
07 Oct, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Canada makes it easier for doctors to become permanent residentsMany physicians in Canada use a “fee-for-service” payment model that is different from the traditional employer-employee relationship. They...
05 Oct, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
Canada shifts focus to clearing student visa backlog as many await last-minute approval“We had been focusing over the course of the summer on processing as many work permits as possible to help address the labour shortage. We’...
30 Aug, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Canada announces hiring spree as it aims to exceed lofty 2022 immigration targetOfficial data released earlier this year showed the country's population had risen to 37 million people in 2021, up 5.2% from 2016, driven ...
25 Aug, 2022, 02.14 PM IST
Canada has an $85 million budget to make sure you get your work permit fasterThis comes at a time when the backlog in Canada's immigration services topped 1.8 million - including applications from future citizens, pe...
23 Feb, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
Canada to take in 1.3 million immigrants in 2022-24“Immigration has helped shape Canada into the country it is today ….We are focused on economic recovery, and immigration is the key to gett...
15 Feb, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
Canada breaks all-time immigration record by landing 401,000 immigrants in 2021Canada, which depends on immigration to drive its economy and support an aging population, saw new permanent residents falling over 45% to ...
24 Dec, 2021, 10.45 AM IST