Q & A: Education Score

Q. Can you also elaborate on the following: 1) A student does a 2 year full time MBA program from a University and is awarded a Masters in Management Studies. 2) Another Student does a 2 year Full time MBA program from another Autonomous Institute. This Institute SP Jain Institute of Management Studies, Bombay, India […]

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Q & A: Getting Passport Visa

Q. Visa offices now require that we provide the original passport in order for the necessary visa to be entered. If I do not do this in person, how long will it take to get the passport back? Answer: The service standards for the return of passports are as follows: Prepaid Courier: 5 days Regular […]

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News Briefs – Meeting to Solve Labour Shortages

October saw Canada’s first ever Federal-Provincial conference on immigration. The Immigration Minister met with politicians from the provinces to discuss solutions to labour shortages in Canada, especially in rural regions. Solutions are being sought to allow skilled workers to enter Canada in order to meet the needs of specific locations. This would appear to be […]

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2003 Immigration Plan

In 2003, CIC expects to bring to Canada between 220,000 and 245,000 newcomers as permanent residents. Of these, 60% (132,000-147,000) are expected to be selected in the economic class, 26% (59,000-64,500) in the family class, 13% (28,100-32,500) as protected persons and less than 1% in other categories (see table 6). The plan underlines CIC’s commitment […]

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