Quebec will receive 100 times more money to settle its new residents than other provinces

Funding distributed between Quebec and other provinces becomes even more unbalanced. Although Quebec reduced its immigration levels two years ago, the province will get $650 million to help settle the 30,000 to 35,000 new permanent residents it expects in 2021. The rest provinces of Canada that outstrip immigration to Quebec, will receive only $741 million to help integrate about 370,000 new permanent residents. British Columbia that expects to have twice more new residents than Quebec, will receive $109 million, while Ontario, which normally takes in 45 percent of all immigrants to Canada, will get just $372 million. This means when Quebec has more than $20,000 to support each of its new permanent residents, new residents of Ontario, British Columbia, and other provinces will be allocated only about $2000. #Quebec, #British_Columbia, #BC, #Ontario, #Canada

April 26, 2021

Saskatchewan updated application processing times in the SINP

On April 23, 2021, Saskatchewan has updated the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) processing times. The new data is based on average times from January 1 to March 31, 2021. In the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time in the Employment Offer stream is 4 weeks, the Express Entry Stream is processed in 37 weeks and the Occupation In-Demand Stream in 35 weeks. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time in the Existing Work Permit Stream is 2 weeks; the International Students Stream, Health Professionals Stream, Hospitality Workers Stream, and the Truck Drivers Streams are processed in only 1 week. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneurs Nominations and Farmers Stream is 14 weeks. The Job Approval Process, the authorization for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP, takes 8 weeks. The processing times show the average time for 80% of applications to be processed within the last quarter. #Saskatchewan, #SINP, #processing_times

April 26, 2021

IRCC invited 1,022 invitations under the International Experience Canada

Over the last week, the Department of Immigration conducted new invitation rounds in the pools of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. From April 19 to April 23, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 1,022 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for an IEC open work permit. As of April 23, there are 15,214 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 31 ITAs for Australia, 6 ITAs for Belgium, 243 ITAs for Chile, 10 ITAs for Costa Rica, 40 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 5 ITAs for Denmark, 202 ITAs for France, 9 ITAs for Greece, 16 ITAs for Hong Kong, 231 ITAs for Ireland, 5 ITAs for Italy, 12 ITAs for Japan, 32 ITAs for South Korea, 11 ITAs for the Netherlands, 2 ITAs for New Zealand, 1 ITA for Norway, 19 ITAs for Portugal, 24 ITAs for Slovakia, 19 ITAs for Spain, 3 ITAs for Sweden, 3 ITAs for Switzerland, 19 ITAs for Taiwan, and 82 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 6,058 ITAs under the IEC in 2021. #IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada

April 26, 2021

Language requirements for the temporary pathway to permanent residence

International students and essential workers who are going to apply for the temporary pathway to permanent residence will have to provide proof of their adequate knowledge of the language. In order to be eligible, international students who graduated from Canadian institutions must have a language proficiency of at least CLB level 5, while for essential workers, this criterion is CLB level 4. If applicants already have a language test result from a designated organization approved by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRRC), they can use it, as soon as the test result is less than 2 years old when the application is received. IRCC will accept language test results received by applicants through email or from the testing organization’s online portal. To recall, IRCC accepts test results from IELTS General and CELPIP English tests and TEF and TCF French tests. #IRCC, #language_requirements, #English, #French, #PR, #IELTS, #CELPIP, #TEF, #TCF

April 23, 2021