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Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser to make PGWP announcement this morning

March 17, 2023 admin Canada, cec, Express Entry, immigration, immigration minister, imp, jobs, pgwp, PNP, sean fraser, tr to pr, work permit

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:00:48 +0000

Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser will make a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) announcement this morning, which will be available on YouTube. Minister Fraser will speak at 11:30 AM Eastern Time at Humber College in Etobicoke, a district in western Toronto. NOTE: This is a developing story. CIC News will update it following Minister Fraser’s announcement. […]

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Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser to make PGWP announcement this morning

March 17, 2023 admin Canada, cec, Express Entry, immigration, immigration minister, imp, jobs, pgwp, PNP, sean fraser, tr to pr, work permit

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:00:48 +0000

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Canada’s immigration ministers provide update on top objectives

March 10, 2023 admin bc pnp, Canada, canada immigration, Express Entry, fmri, immigration, immigration levels, immigration minister, mpnp, oinp, PNP, provincial nomination, Quebec

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:51:59 +0000

The Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI) has met again for its midterm meeting today in Halifax. The meetings take place twice per year, and last occurred in Saint John, New Brunswick, on July 28. The FMRI is comprised of federal, provincial, and territorial ministers responsible for immigration. The meetings act as a venue […]

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Government invites Canadians to shape the future of immigration

February 28, 2023 admin Community, immigration minister, news, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:05:32 +0000

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has announced the start of a broad-based engagement initiative — An Immigration System for Canada’s Future — to explore how immigration policies and programs can support a shared vision for Canada’s future. The engagement initiative, which marks the beginning of a continued, whole-of-society collaboration approach, aims to capture a diversity […]

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IRCC invites Canadians to directly influence future immigration policies and programs

February 24, 2023 admin 2021 canadian census, 2021 census, an immigration system for canada’s future, canada immigration, canada immigration system, census, Government of Canada, immigration, immigration minister, IRCC, permanent residents, PR, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:00:28 +0000

In a press release yesterday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the start of a new “broad-based engagement” venture called “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future”. With an emphasis on collaboration, this program will set out to utilize collected public opinion and ideation to help Canada create “an immigration system that is strong, easy […]

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Canada to make it easier for Iranians on temporary visas to extend their stay

February 23, 2023 admin Canada, immigrate to canada, immigration, immigration minister, Iran, IRCC, owp, Passport, PR, sean fraser, trv

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:04:29 +0000

Effective March 1, 2023, the Government of Canada is offering new immigration measures to support Iranians. The Canadian government announced it will: Make it easier for those in Canada on a temporary work, study, or visitor visa to apply for an extension from inside Canada. Process applications from Iranians living in Canada on a priority […]

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IRCC unveils the top 10 source countries of new immigrants to Canada in 2022

February 16, 2023 admin Express Entry, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, immigration minister, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, permanent residence, permanent residents, PR, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:00:46 +0000

Canada landed 437,120 permanent residents (PRs) across the country in 2022. This figure, taken from data published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), represents a nearly eight percent increase from the total number of PRs landed in 2021. This is also the second year in a row that Canada has exceeded its stated immigration […]

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Family of some temporary foreign workers now eligible for Canadian work permits under temporary measure

January 30, 2023 admin family, immigration, immigration minister, imp, LMIA, sean fraser, temporary residence, tfw, twfp

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:00:42 +0000

Starting today, January 30, family members of some temporary foreign workers (TFWs) will be eligible for work permits. Immigration minister Sean Fraser said that temporarily extending work permits to family members of principal applicants in the temporary foreign worker program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP). This measure will help Canada combat chronic labour shortages. […]

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Canada’s PNP immigration targets will continue to exceed Express Entry

November 10, 2022 admin Canada, canada immigration, Express Entry, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, immigration minister, jobs, PNP, provincial nomination

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:00:49 +0000

The Immigration Levels Plan announced on November 1 will significantly increase the target of permanent residents arriving in Canada by up to 500,000 per year by 2025. A large part of the overall target increase is the rise in allocations under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). In 2022 the program invited a total of 83,500 […]

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Fraser announces new measures to modernize Canada’s immigration system

September 1, 2022 admin Canada, canada immigration, canadian immigration, canadian immigration news, immigration minister, IRCC, Modernization, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:46:14 +0000

On September 1, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser introduced new online services across Canada’s immigration system, intended to improve client experience and reduce the backlogs. The pandemic highlighted the need for a modernized immigration system. From the IRCC processing centre in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Fraser announced the latest updates on how digitization is affecting operations […]

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