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Immigrating through the Express Entry system? Did you know that you can get 50 or 200 extra CRS points with a Canadian job offer? Although not very common, having a job offer in a skilled profession may add 50 points to the overall CRS score of a candidate. To get…

Starting October 30, travelers who are 12 years and older need to be fully vaccinated for domestic or international travels. Those who are not vaccinated and the result of their test is positive while traveling, are not allowed to continue their travel or return to where they departed from, unless…

In Ontario’s second draw of the year on October 27, 1406 Express Entry candidates were invited to apply for Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream. These candidates have professional tech background with a CRS score of 455 to 467. One year of work experience in the following occupations is…

37-year-old Sean Fraser is a former lawyer from Nova Scotia who was announced by Justin Trudeau as the new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and replaces Marco Mendicino. In short term, IRCC will continue to reach its main goals. It plans to achieve the 401,000 new permanent residents target…

The deadline of the program created this year which gives temporary foreign workers an opportunity to become permanent residents and is due on November 05, 2021, may be extended. The program may also apply to refugee claimants thereafter. The Healthcare stream still has around 14000 available spots to apply for.…

Ontario may make some changes to help immigrants work in their field of expertise, even if they are trained outside Canada. If these changes apply, the prerequisite of Canadian work experience for getting professional licensing will be eliminated. The change target specific professions other than healthcare, such as engineers, architects,…

People in Canada will be able to download their vaccine passports soon. The new standardized vaccine passport helps border officers verify proof of vaccination more easily and this facilitates travelling for people, while we are still facing the pandemic. However, instead of creating a federal database for health information, the…

On October 20, Ontario invited 546 candidates who were eligible for the Foreign Worker Stream to apply for a provincial nomination. Eligible candidates need to have two years of skilled work experience, have a job offer in Ontario and plan to reside in Ontario. Moreover, 479 international graduates were invited…

Starting November 8, travellers who are fully vaccinated can go from Mexico and Canada to the U.S. through the land border even for non-essential purposes such as tourism, family visit, etc. The reopening will have two phases. In November, fully vaccinated travellers can enter the U.S. by land or ferry.…

Canada held an Express Entry draw on October 13, for candidates with provincial nominations, to apply for PR. IRCC issued 681 invitations to candidates who had scores of at least 720. All invited candidates had received 600 points as a result of a nomination from a PNP, so without the…