CIC News How film and TV production companies can get Canadian work permits Movie and TV shoots generate jobs, revenue, and infrastructure development. As such, the Canadian government offers facilitated work permit processing for foreign film industry workers to shoot on location in Canada. Canada has already lifted much of its COVID-19 restrictions. Fully vaccinated…
CIC News Canada nears record-low unemployment rate in February Canada’s labour force made a full recovery in February as Omicron-related public health measures lifted in several provinces. Statistics Canada measured Canada’s labour market performance during the week of February 13 to 19. After public health measures were tightened in December and January, many had been…
CIC News Canada’s Express Entry backlog has declined by nearly 24,000 persons since December Canada’s economic class immigration backlog stands at 231,187 people waiting on decisions for their applications, according to February 28 data provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). At the beginning of February 2022, the economic class inventory stood at 230,573…
CIC News Why more Canadian employers are hiring foreign workers Canadian employers hire hundreds of thousands of international workers every year through more than 100 different work permit pathways. With the exception of 2020, these numbers have only been going up since 2015 and there are no signs of stopping. Canada is facing a high…
CIC News How your Canadian spouse can sponsor you for immigration Spousal sponsorship is a priority for Canada. Under its Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024, the government aims to welcome some 80,000 new immigrants through its Spousal, Partner, and Children category per year. Most of these immigrants will arrive as the spouses and partners of Canadians.…
CIC News Quebec issues 306 invitations in new Arrima draw Quebec invited 306 skilled workers to apply for permanent selection on February 24. The invitations were issued by the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) to immigration candidates applying under the Quebec Regular Skilled Worker Program (QSWP). Candidates had to have…
CIC News Québec lance 306 nouvelles invitations via Arrima Québec a invité 306 travailleurs qualifiés à présenter une demande de sélection permanente le 24 février. Il s’agit de la quatrième ronde d’invitations de l’année dans le cadre du Programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés du Québec (PRTQ). Le ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de…
CIC News Why Canada is an attractive destination for Iranian immigrants Data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) suggests that 2021 was a big year for Iranian immigration. Canada welcomed more than 11,000 Iranians last year, making it the eighth most popular source country of new immigrants in 2021. In this article we examine…
CIC News Manitoba invites 278 in latest PNP draw Manitoba released details of a new immigration draw held on February 24. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) invited candidates across three Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Here are the number of invitations issued for each program as well as the minimum score cut-off according to the province’s Expression…
CIC News Quebec releases 2022 list of occupations eligible for facilitated LMIA Quebec released the new list of in-demand occupations that benefit from facilitated processing under the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process. The new list has been significantly expanded from last year’s list of 181 occupations. There are now 228 occupations eligible for facilitated…