IRCC Invitation rounds under IEC over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From January 21 to January 27, Canada invited 7,730 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of January 27, there […]

OINP’s new draw results under the Entrepreneur Stream on January 27, 2023, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program released the OINP new draw results under the Entrepreneur Stream. It was the first draw for business candidates of the year.    In this draw, the province invited 10 business candidates. The minimum score […]

On January 26, 2023, the City of Greater Sudbury held a new round of invitations for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). In this round, Sudbury considered 24 candidates.  The lowest score of these draws was 250 points, 70 points more than in the previous draw. All applicants had […]

Processing times in Canadian passport offices have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development Karina Gould has proudly announced that the backlog with passport processing has been nearly cleared, as 98 percent of the application backlog has been processed.    Subsequently, turnaround times in all passport […]

Ontario Masters Graduate stream issued 692 invitations on January 25, 2023, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issued 692 invitations to apply (ITAs) to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool for the Ontario Masters Graduate stream.  Candidates who received an invitation had a minimum score of 44 points, […]

Manitoba invited 336 skilled candidates under the new MPNP draw on January 26, 2023, Manitoba held its second invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) this year. In round #166, the MPNP issued 253 LAAs in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream. The minimum score for the LAA in […]

IRCC invitation rounds of January 2023 invited over 7,500 candidates under the International Experience Canada over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From January 13 to January 20, Canada invited 7,539 young foreigners to apply for […]

British Columbia invited new candidates under the new BC PNP draw. On January 24, 2023, the Government of British Columbia issued new invitations under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) and invited qualified Skills, and Immigration candidates. In the general draw, the province invited 221 candidates. The minimum […]

Ontario invited candidates under two streams of OINP. On January 24, 2023, the Government of Ontario held new draws in the Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream (EJO IS) and Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The province issued 620 invitations to apply […]

Canada to welcome more out-of-status construction workers in the GTA on January 20, 2023, the Government of Canada announced that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) would create pathways for out-of-status migrants, to help Canadian employers to deal with critical labor shortages in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In 2019, […]