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- Apr 5, 2016
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- NDVO
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 14th May 2015
- AOR Received.
- 12th sep 2015
- File Transfer...
- 9th Sep 2015
- Med's Done....
- 2nd March 2016
- Interview........
- Hopefully not
- Passport Req..
- 22nd Nov 2016
- VISA ISSUED...
- Waiting
- LANDED..........
- Hopefully on cloud 9
Looks like good news for august applicants . But hey at least we got more visa officers
Latest news re immigration to canada
Growing the country
The 2016 plan marks an increase of about 20,000 in the total number of new permanent residents to be admitted, relative to 2015. Indeed, the 2015 plan also saw an increase of 20,000 over the previous year. Consequently, the 2016 target is about 40,000 higher than that for 2014.
Minister McCallum said the plan is grounded in Canada’s tradition of being a welcoming and generous country. “We will be able to welcome more people to Canada,” he said at a news conference in Brampton, Ontario.
“It [the plan] outlines a significant shift in immigration policy towards reuniting more families, building our economy and upholding Canada’s humanitarian traditions to resettle refugees and offer protection to those in need.”
The plan calls for between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents to be allowed into Canada in 2016. Calling it the country’s highest targeted number of new immigrants in modern h, McCallum said the government’s goal is to “bring in immigrants who wish to build a better Canada.”
The plan is supposed to be tabled each November for the following year, but the one for 2016 was delayed by the general election and change of government around that time last year.
Read more at http://www.cicnews.com/2016/03/government-canada-plans-admitting-record-numbers-immigrants-2016-037396.html#XlrKi3F50dgXtwum.99
Latest news re immigration to canada
Growing the country
The 2016 plan marks an increase of about 20,000 in the total number of new permanent residents to be admitted, relative to 2015. Indeed, the 2015 plan also saw an increase of 20,000 over the previous year. Consequently, the 2016 target is about 40,000 higher than that for 2014.
Minister McCallum said the plan is grounded in Canada’s tradition of being a welcoming and generous country. “We will be able to welcome more people to Canada,” he said at a news conference in Brampton, Ontario.
“It [the plan] outlines a significant shift in immigration policy towards reuniting more families, building our economy and upholding Canada’s humanitarian traditions to resettle refugees and offer protection to those in need.”
The plan calls for between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents to be allowed into Canada in 2016. Calling it the country’s highest targeted number of new immigrants in modern h, McCallum said the government’s goal is to “bring in immigrants who wish to build a better Canada.”
The plan is supposed to be tabled each November for the following year, but the one for 2016 was delayed by the general election and change of government around that time last year.
Read more at http://www.cicnews.com/2016/03/government-canada-plans-admitting-record-numbers-immigrants-2016-037396.html#XlrKi3F50dgXtwum.99