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Start-up Visa Pilot

Original language test results not required for certain immigration programs Canada’s immigration department clarifies language test requirements for regional pilots and the Start-up Visa Program

Four Canadian immigration programs are now accepting copies of language test results instead of the originals.

By Shelby Thevenot

Why does Canada’s federal government launch economic class pilot programs? Since 2012 the federal government’s preferred approach has been to launch pilots rather than introduce permanent programs

Since a 2012 reform to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), Canada’s immigration minister has had the legal authority to introduce new economic class pilot programs to welcome immigrants that can help address economic and labour force priority areas across the country.

By Kareem El-Assal