Canadian Immigration News

To mark World Refugee Day, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney launched a new exhibit and Youtube video that demonstrates the hardships experienced by refugees and explains how Canada is helping them.

The Canadian government will soon require immigrants to undergo biometric scanning in order to enter the country in order to improve border security. This technology has been used for years by other Western countries to reduce the instances of immigration fraud.

The Government of Canada recently announced a 10-year multiple entry visa that will now be available for Indian citizens. The new visa is hoped to boost trade ties between Canada and India by tripling their trade to $15 billion within four years.

In 2008, more than 160,000 Indian students were studying abroad, but only 4,000 of them were in Canada. Canada is looking to change those numbers by playing a larger role in India’s desire for higher education.

Once dominated by British, German, and Italian immigrants, Vancouver’s population can now be considered “Eurasian” as thousands of Asians immigrants now call the city their home.

In less than one month, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will be announcing the new list of qualifying occupations for the Federal Skilled Worker program. Currently, applicants must have at least one year of skilled work experience in one of the 29 open occupations or have valid job offer from a Canadian employer.

A former Canadian Immigration Director has stated that Canada needs to increase its annual immigration intake by 100,000 a year to match needed population targets. Robert Vineberg, former Director of Federal-Provincial Relations at Immigration Canada, is calling for policy changes in order to boost immigration numbers in most provinces.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada recently released a bulletin stating that the Canadian visa office in Taipei, Taiwan will no longer be accepting new applications.

According to the Better Life Index, created by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada placed second out of 34 counties for having the best quality of life.

Struggling Indian immigrants are getting help from a Toronto program aimed at turning them into successful entrepreneurs.