For Essential Workers, International Graduates, and French Speakers On April 14, 2021, the Minister of Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship, Marco E. L. Mendicino, announced six new programs to achieve Permanent status in Canada. Three of these programs will help 90,000 essential workers and international graduates to become Canadian Permanent Residents. In addition, to support and assist the development of minority official language communities in Canada, the Government is

This article by Andrew Carvajal is part of the Immigration Education Alliance (IMEDA) weekly column titled "Learning Moments". Hello fellow practitioners. Today’s column deals with claiming Express Entry points for arranged employment while holding a C14 work permit. Reader’s question A film producer came to Canada under the International Mobility Program: Canadian interests – Significant benefit – Television and film production workers [R205(a)] (LMIA exemption code C14). He

As of 9 am on April 30, certain immigration application processing fees were raised by the Canadian government. The fee changes, which amount to a 50% increase in most cases, affected certain applications for Canadian permanent residence under the economic class. A summary of the fee increases is found below: Quebec investor class, Quebec entrepreneur class, Quebec self-employed person class, start-up business class and the self-employed class: Principal applicant: $1,050 to

The Ontario government announced three proposed changes to the Ontario Regulation 422/17 (General), a Minister's Regulation made under the Ontario Immigration Act, 2015. If approved, these changes will modify the employer-driven streams of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. The first proposed change consists in adding 13 new manufacturing occupations to the In-Demand Skills category. The proposed additional National Occupational Classifications, which only apply to positi

This article by Andrew Carvajal is part of the Immigration Education Alliance (IMEDA) weekly column titled "Learning Moments". Hello fellow practitioners. Today’s column deals with the transferability points assigned by Express Entry to candidates with a provincial or territorial Certificate of Qualification in a trade occupation. Reader’s question I have a potential permanent residence client who is looking to upload an Express Entry profile as someone who qualifies under th

This article by Andrew Carvajal is part of the Immigration Education Alliance (IMEDA) weekly column titled "Learning Moments". Hello fellow practitioners. Today’s column deals with arranged employment under Express Entry and switching from a closed to an open work permit following the submission of an application for permanent residence. Reader’s question We have a client with a work permit based on a valid LMIA, which is due to expire on July 1st, 2019. She is interested in

This article by Andrew Carvajal is part of the Immigration Education Alliance (IMEDA) weekly column titled "Learning Moments". Hello fellow practitioners. Today’s column deals with the calculation of the one year of Canadian work experience following graduation from a Canadian school and experience gained while registered as a full-time student but on a scheduled break. Reader’s question I have a question regarding eligible work experience required for the Canadian Experience

On March 4, 2019, the Government of Ontario announced that the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will open the Masters Graduate Stream registration at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The registration will be limited to 1,000 spots in the online portal. In 2018, the program was opened only twice - on January 29, and April 4. Both times the registration was closed within an hour after opening. In total, Ontario invited 1,215 Master graduates through this program in 2

On February 22, Ontario released the final immigration statistics for 2018. Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) nominated 6850 candidates in all streams. • Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream - 1,254 • Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills Stream - 35 • Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream - 934 • Ph.D. Graduate Stream - 175 • Masters Graduate Stream - 1,215 • Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream - 648 • Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capit

On November 9, 2018, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) announced that it reached its 2018 nomination allocation of 6,600 successful applicants. The program, which is operated by the Ontario government and works in partnership with the federal government, receives, assesses and nominates applicants for permanent residency within the province. Individuals who are successfully nominated by OINP are then able to apply for permanent residence through Immigration, Refuge