Immigration Services
A Foreign Qualifications Recognition Plan for Alberta, recently released by the provincial government, will improve the process of recognizing internationally-obtained qualifications, training, and experience so that newcomers to Alberta can…
Last month, a team of Alberta government and industry leaders went to India on a trade mission. Though the focus of the GO-India mission was meant to be trade and…
All individuals born in Canada are granted citizenship, as are people born abroad who undertake the Canadian citizenship process and are approved. The Canadian Citizenship Act, which governs the issuance…
PM apologizes for the Chinese head tax of the 19th and early 20th centuries, offering compensation packages of $20,000 to surviving payers of the tax and commits $35 million to…
Atlantic Canada’s (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador) share of immigration in 2007 was 2.4 per cent, the highest it has been since 1980. Although…
Through their joint investments, $4.4 million over three years will be allocated to attracting and retaining newcomers and helping them with workforce integration. Specific projects include the creation of an…
According to Canada's auditor general, Sheila Fraser, Canada's Foreign Affairs department is collecting more than it should from Canadian passport applicants. She announced that the $25 consular service fee (which…
Forty-three million dollars over two years has been earmarked by the British Columbia (BC) provincial government to help immigrants find work in their fields and better integrate into their new…
On New Year's Eve, a baby was born on an international flight as the plane flew over Canada. When the Ugandan mother and her baby landed in Boston, American officials…
European employees are hired in association with the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which effectively speeds up an immigrant's work permit and landed immigrant application processing. British Columbia (B.C) is currently…