Canada Makes Amendments To Spousal, Common-Law, and Conjugal Partner Sponsorship Regulations
The first amendment refers to minimum age of eligibility. Previously, a 16-year-old foreign national was able to immigrate to Canada as a spouse or partner of a Canadian permanent resident…
Tenth Express Entry Draw: CIC Selects Candidates Without Job Offers Or Provincial Nomination
The tenth draw from the Express Entry pool was performed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on June 12, 2015. A total of 1,501 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent…
Saskatchewan Rolls Out Online System For Express Entry Category For Canadian Immigration
Learn more about the Saskatchewan Express Entry category. The Saskatchewan Express Entry category will add 775 additional immigrant nominees to the SINP, bringing the total number of SINP nominations up…
Eleventh Express Entry Draw: Number Of Invitations To Apply Increases, CRS Points Required Decreases
This is the second draw in succession in which the number of CRS points required has decreased, and the third in succession in which the number of invitations to apply…
British Columbia Introduces Online Registration System For Entrepreneur Stream
The province of British Columbia has introduced a mandatory online registration system for all prospective applicants to the Entrepreneur Immigration stream of the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). A…
Twelfth Express Entry Draw: CRS Points Required Continues To Decrease
This is the third draw in succession in which the number of CRS points required has decreased, and the third in succession in which more than 1,500 invitations to apply…
140th Canada Day A Multicultural Celebration
This weekend's Canada Day was a time for Canadians to celebrate the country's ethno-cultural heritage. In the Montreal (Quebec ) parade, there were proud contingents of dozens of cultural and…
2,000 Iraqi Refugees to be Welcomed to Canada in 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley recently announced that Canada will be doubling the number of Iraqi refugees it accepts for this year. The target is between 1,800…
2010 Olympics in Canada Spurring Need for Construction and Tourism Workers
The next winter Olympics will be hosted by Vancouver and Whistler inBritish Columbia. In preparing to welcome the world to this event, there is a high demand for skilled and…
Academic scholarships awarded to Canadian immigrant youth
Twelve Canadian immigrant students were recently honoured as the recipients of the second annual RBC Royal Bank Scholarship for New Canadians program. These students were selected from over a thousand…