jobupdate.today

  This week, the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, revealed the 2023–2025   Immigration Levels Plan   which is aiming to welcome 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. It comes after the country saw over 405,000 newcomers in 2021, and the IRCC has reiterated the importance of international students and the role universities play in the targets. “Last year, we welcomed the most newcomers in a single year in our history,” Fraser said in a statement. “This year’s immigration levels plan will help businesses find the workers they need, set Canada on a path that will contribute to our long-term success, and allow us to make good on key commitments to vulnerable people fleeing violence, war and persecution.” Asked by The PIE what role international students are expected to play in the plan, IRCC noted that the Canadian government “recognises the tremendous economic, cultural and social ben...

A Canada immigration pilot project extended during the COVID-19 pandemic allows certain immigrants who did not declare family members on their original applications to still sponsor them to come to Canada. Despite the pilot, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) still asks all candidates who apply for permanent residence to declare all of their family members, even if they are not accompanying them to Canada. These family members include the applicant’s spouse, common-law partner, dependent children, or the dependent child of a dependent child. Read More Canada Family Sponsorship Immigration Applications Can Now Be Submitted Online Family Sponsorship Programs On Track To Welcome Record Number Of Immigrants In 2022 Parents and Grandparents Super Visa: The Alternative For Bringing Family Members To Canada These family members are usually subject to criminal and security checks and a medical exam. “This is so that departmental officials have all relevant information to make ...

  Sponsor Content Investing in your skills and knowledge can make you more competitive in the Canadian labour market. For newcomers, one of the priorities upon arriving in Canada is establishing your career. It is a significant step to launching your life in your new country. Major life goals such as car or home ownership or saving for retirement become possible when your career potential in Canada is unleashed. To set your Canadian career in motion, you need a career success plan. A career success plan can be developed independently or with the help of a career coach. It outlines the steps you need to take to reach your career goals through education, training, accreditation, professional development courses, or networking. For skilled newcomers, who bring international training to Canada from their countries of origin, the thought of returning to school can be daunting. Balancing school with full-time work or family obligations may apply added pressure to those experiencing finan...

  Canada family sponsorship immigration applications can now be submitted online, one of multiple classes of application that went digital last month. It means applications for spousal sponsorship, parents and grandparents sponsorship and applications to sponsor children can all be submitted digitally. The change as introduced on September 23, 2022. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has hailed the move as a way to quicken the submission of applications and receive immediate confirmation applications have been received. Read More Canada Spousal Sponsorship Immigration To See Annual Growth Of More Than 8.2% Parents and Grandparents Sponsorships To Hit Record High, Soaring Above Pre-Pandemic Level Family Sponsorship Programs On Track To Welcome Record Number Of Immigrants In 2022 Applications can still be submitted by paper or other means for those with special requirements. Canada’s immigration department sped up its planned move t...

  Canada is preparing to ramp up its immigration program like never before, as it looks to hit ambitious targets that will see annual immigration rise to 500,000 newcomers per year by 2025. In 2023, it expects to have its third consecutive record year for new permanent residents, with the Immigration Levels Plan announced in the fall calling for 465,000 newcomers.   The Liberal government’s strategy is to make up for a chronic labour shortage by bringing in more and more immigrants. Canadian employers have been fighting to find staff for years and their government is trying to do something about it. Immigration Minister Sea Fraser’s plan calls for rises across the board, spearheaded by economic immigration, as Canada looks to boost the skills of its workforce with the brightest and the best from overseas. Canada’s 2023 to 2025 Immigration Levels Plan 2023 2024 2025 Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions 465,000 485,000 500,000 Economic Federal High Skilled 82,880 109,02...