Applying for permanent resident status while residing in Canada

Q. My wife and I would like to emigrate to Canada as skilled workers. Can we live in Canada while the paperwork for residency is being processed? Answer: It is possible to reside in Canada while you are in the process of applying for permanent resident status. However, you would be required to obtain the […]

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News Briefs – Hiring of foreign doctors recommended

Hiring international medical graduates is a key to solving a doctor shortage in Ontario that has reached “unprecedented proportions,” a report by the College of Physicians and Surgeons says. Over the past five years, the college representing Ontario doctors has registered 800 international medical graduates, but there needs to be more, says the 19-page discussion […]

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Quebec to increase immigration

Quebec Immigration Minister Michelle Courchesne announced Thursday an ambitious, three-year plan to slowly increase the number of immigrants to the province by 2007, to better prepare them for the job market and to encourage employers – especially in the regions, outside Montreal – to hire them. The $35-million strategy follows weeks of National Assembly hearings […]

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