Quebec administers its own immigration programs with selection criteria that are distinct and more predictable from those of federal and other provincial immigration programs. Quebec Immigration OverviewForeign nationals wishing to settle permanently in Quebec must undergo a two-step immigration process. - They must be selected by the Ministère de l’immigration et des communautés culture...

Each Canadian province and the three territories have their own Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), in order to serve their individual immigration needs. Many of them also run their own categories under the Canada Express Entry System. As a result, the provinces have an increasing role in the selection of economic immigrants.   Applying for admission to Canada as a permanent re...

Canada immigration had its latest Express Entry Draw for the year 2018; however, they have followed the same trend of score compared to its previous draw in the year 2017. In December 2017, the last draw took place with the required CRS score of 446 inviting 2,750 candidates. This year the first draw commenced on 10th January 2018 inviting 2750 candidates with the same score of 446, is q...

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Express Entry starts to shine, Provincial Nominee Programs innovate and Canada prioritizes family reunification To say 2017 was a busy year for Canadian immigration would be a bit like saying Mozart was pretty good at piano.     From the thousands of asylum seekers from Haiti and other countries fleeing uncertainty in the United States to the record numbers posted by ...

Immigrants have made important gains in Canada’s workforce over the last 10 years and more than 50 per cent have a bachelor’s degree or higher, new statistics from Canada’s 2016 census show.     Released Nov. 29, the figures show that immigrants accounted for 23.8 per cent of Canadian workers in 2016, up from 21.2 per cent in 2006. During that same period, Canada intro...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has invited 2,750 candidates in the Express Entry pool to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place on Nov. 15. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of the lowest-ranked candidate issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA) was 439.

Manitoba has announced a number of changes to its Provincial Nominee Program, including the creation of an in-demand occupations list and a new pathway aligned with Canada’s Express Entry system.     The measures are part of a broad restructuring and renewal of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) to provide newcomers with new pathways to permanent residence ...

The reopening last week of the Canadian province of Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities immigration stream allowed certain candidates in the Express Entry pool to benefit from one of Canada’s most popular Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams. Even though Ontario stopped receiving applications through this stream just a few days later, the good news is that the province may invite even mo...