Canadian Immigration News Briefs for November 2012

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Published on November 27th, 2012 at 09:00pm EST Updated on November 28th, 2012 at 07:15pm EST

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The following is a summary of developments concerning Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last two weeks.

• Immigrants Granted Permanent Residency Due to Computer Glitch

Approximately 150 new Canadian Permanent Residents were allowed to stay in Canada even though their visas had been issued by mistake.  >>Read more…

•Federal and Provincial Governments Meet to Discuss Immigration

Immigration ministers from both federal and provincial/territorial governments met in Ottawa to discuss immigration matters. >>Read more…

• Nova Scotia Increases its Provincial Nominee Quota

The Federal government has increased the number of Permanent Residents to be issued visas through the Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). >>Read more…