Quebec offers merit scholarships for international students

The Government of Quebec offers the Merit Scholarship program for foreign students at the university level, in technical training at the college level as well as in vocational training.

The Merit Scholarship program aims to encourage recruitment of the best international students into programs in the province,

with a good job and research prospects and allows candidates to benefit from a scholarship, from an exemption from the differential tuition fees paid by international students, and from health insurance and hospitalization coverage.

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Canada introduced new instructions for Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program

On December 31, 2021, the Government of Canada introduced new instructions regarding the transition of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP).

The AIPP closed on December 31, 2021, with the expiration of the pilot bilateral agreements.

However, the Ministerial Instructions (MIs) for the pilot will expire on March 5, 2022, which allow IRCC to continue to intake pilot applications until March 5, 2022, and process the applications beyond this date, as long as the complete applications were received by March 5, 2022.

As of March 6, 2022, the Government will accept PR applications under the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP).

#AIPP, #AIP, #PR, #Atlantic_Immigration

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-aaip-transition.html

Ottawa updated the list of programs exempted from the in-Canada mandatory electronic application requirement

On December 31, 2021, the Government of Canada updated the list of programs exempted from the in-Canada mandatory electronic application (e-application) requirement for temporary residents.

As of now, live-in caregiver applications for permanent residence (A71), start-up visa work permit applications (A75), and Guatemalan workers’ applications for non-Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) can be submitted online.

These work permit applications are no longer part of the list of exemptions.

In addition, the Government added 2 groups of applicants to the list of exemptions.

These are applicants with the following travel documents from a visa-exempt country: alien’s passport for stateless persons and other refugee travel documents for non-citizens.

#SAWP, #e_application, #online_applications, #exemptions

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-programs-exempt.html

The most in-demand jobs in Saskatchewan

Like other Canadian provinces, Saskatchewan is also facing severe labour shortages.

The Hard-To-Fill Skills Pilot launched last month will allow employers to recruit workers from abroad into select jobs that have significant recruitment challenges in the province.

Below indicated occupations are the most in-demand jobs that Saskatchewan struggles to fill: 1. NOC 3012 Nurses 2. NOC 7514 Delivery and Courier Service Drivers 3. NOC 3111 & 3112 Physicians and Specialists 4. NOC 6322 Cooks 5. NOC 6513 Food and Beverage Servers 6. NOC 6421 Retail Sales Associates 7. NOC 7511 Transport Truck Drivers 8. NOC 8431 & 8611 Farm and Harvesting Workers 9. NOC 8231 Underground Production and Development Miners 10. NOC 9619 Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing, and Utilities #Saskatchewan, #SINP, #In_demand_occupations

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-prevailing-in-demand-jobs-saskatchewan-/