Canada permanent residence

North Bay to launch Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot North Bay, a city in northeastern Ontario, will soon be accepting immigration applications through the federal pilot program.

The City of North Bay is slated to launch the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in the next couple of weeks.

By Alexandra Miekus

Express Entry: Canada invites 3,300 CEC candidates Canada continues its pattern of holding a CEC-specific draw after a PNP draw.

Canada held another Express Entry round of invitations on August 20.

By Alexandra Miekus

Express Entry: CRS drops 2 points from previous all-program draw The new Express Entry draw included Foreign Skilled Worker Program candidates, a large group of candidates seeking ITAs since Canada began targeting Canadian Experience Class and Provincial Nominee Program candidates.

Canada has held another all-program draw, inviting Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence.

By Alexandra Miekus

Canada boasts more than 100 economic immigration pathways Canada’s more than 100 immigration programs and streams in the economic class offer a wide range of opportunities for prospective immigrants.

CIC News has conducted a new analysis since January and there are now 104 economic immigration pathways in Canada.

By Alexandra Miekus

Manitoba issues 99 invitations in latest PNP draw The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program has now issued 2,030 invitations in 2020

The province of Manitoba invited 99 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence on May 21.

By Alexandra Miekus

B.C. holds weekly Tech Pilot draw The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to candidates in Express Entry BC and Skills Immigration streams on April 29

British Columbia invited 75 Skills Immigration and Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence through its Tech Pilot on April 29.

By Alexandra Miekus

Nova Scotia invites French-speaking Express Entry candidates Details from the first draw held this year through the Nova Scotia Labour Market Priorities Stream have been released

Nova Scotia has invited Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence through its Labour Market Priorities Stream on April 27, 2020.

By Alexandra Miekus

Canada invites provincial nominees in latest Express Entry draw A total of 26,618 invitations have been issued to Express Entry candidates so far this year

Canada has held another round of Express Entry invitations, inviting candidates who had provincial nominations.

By Shelby Thevenot

Canada still processing visa, eTA, study, and immigration applications IRCC will do its best to process study permit applications in time for the fall 2020 registration cycle

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says it will continue to process visa and electronic travel authorization (eTA) applications for those who are exempt from travel restrictions, with a particular focus on temporary foreign worker applications related to essential medical services and food supply chain services.

By Alexandra Miekus