Canadian Immigration News
CanadaVisa brings you the latest information about immigration to Canada, including Express Entry, the Provincial Nominee Program, family sponsorship, and study and work permits.
the CanadaVisa Team
08 March 2012
Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested Wednesday the possibility of legislating away Canada’s backlog of immigration applications.
"We’re looking at all options for dealing with these backlogs… It’s not fair to [applicants] and it’s not fair to our economy," said Kenney.
the CanadaVisa Team
07 March 2012
In an effort to cut down on spousal sponsorship fraud, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has put into action a new requirement where any new immigrant to Canada sponsored by a spouse or partner must have permanent residency (PR) status for five years before they themselves can sponsor a new spouse or partner from abroad.
This new requirement is effective immediately for new immigration applications under the
Family Class category.
the CanadaVisa Team
02 March 2012
A newly formed group called the Alberta Coalition for Action on Labour Shortage (ACALS) is pushing the federal government of Canada to amend immigration policies to address a significant labour shortage.
the CanadaVisa Team
27 February 2012
While the Quebec Facilitated IT program came to an end on February 24th, the 7 affected professions are now part of a newly announced facilitated labour market assessment process. The new process, in effect now, includes a much broader range of 44 occupations, both in high tech and from other fields. It is an accelerated way for employers to hire foreign workers in Quebec, which importantly does not require employers to show local recruitment efforts.
the CanadaVisa Team
23 February 2012
A shortage of labour was cited by a roundtable of energy companies in Alberta as their key business challenge. Easing immigration rules has been put forward as a possible partial solution.
the CanadaVisa Team
22 February 2012
Two sources in the past week reported a potential influx of Greek immigrants which could be on their way to Canada.
News1130 in Vancouver, and Metro News in Calgary, reported that these respective city’s Hellenic organizations have both fielded a huge increase of calls from people in Greece with interest in immigrating to Canada.
the CanadaVisa Team
16 February 2012
Montreal was just ranked the best city for university students in Canada, and the 10
th best in the world.
The survey, conducted by the British firm QS, has Montreal beating out Chicago and New York City, and just behind Paris, London and Boston. Montreal scored so highly based heavily on its quality of life and number of international students.
the CanadaVisa Team
15 February 2012
While Canada is a large and diverse country, traditionally newcomers tended to settle in immigrant enclaves like Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. The situation is changing, however, as immigration programs like the popular Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program become more of an attraction.
the CanadaVisa Team
14 February 2012
As mid-February approaches, Canada continues to celebrate Black history until the end of the month.
Black History Month started as an American tradition, originally referred to as ‘Negro History Week’ and lasting for this shorter time span. It was expanded to a full month and celebrated for the duration of February ever since 1976.
