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Canada extended travel restrictions for flights from Pakistan and India After the one-month-long travel ban ended on May 22, the Government of Canada extended travel restrictions for all direct passenger and business flights from Pakistan and India for another month, until June 21, 2021. Only cargo flights carrying vaccines and protective equipment from and to these countries will continue to be allowed into Canada. Passengers, decided to come to Canada, will have to do so vi...a an indirect route. They will need to get a negative result of a COVID-19 test from their last point of departure. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #Covid_19, #Travel_restrictions, #India, #Pakistan #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

IRCC issued 701 ITA under the International Experience Canada Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. From May 17 to May 21, the government issued 701 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for an IEC open work permit. As of May 21, there are 15,726 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 16 ITAs for Australia, 72 ITAs for Chil...e, 18 ITAs for Costa Rica, 2 ITAs for Croatia, 12 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 9 ITAs for Denmark, 268 ITAs for France, 4 ITAs for Greece, 25 ITAs for Hong Kong, 75 ITAs for Ireland, 8 ITAs for Italy, 21 ITAs for Japan, 43 ITAs for South Korea, 8 ITAs for New Zealand, 2 ITAs for Norway, 22 ITAs for Portugal, 9 ITAs for Slovakia, 14 ITAs for Spain, 8 ITAs for Sweden, 1 ITA for Switzerland, and 64 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 9,149 ITAs under the IEC in 2021. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

Nova Scotia announced new International Graduates in Demand Stream Nova Scotia introduced the International Graduates in Demand Stream for recent international graduates whose skills and education match specific jobs that are currently in high demand in Nova Scotia. This stream is currently open to workers in 2 job categories: NOC 3413 (nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates) and NOC 4214 (early childhood educators and assistants). To be eligible for this stre...am, applicants must have a full-time, permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer in one of the NOC job categories listed above before they apply to immigrate through the NSNP International Graduates in Demand Stream. In addition, applicants must be 21 to 55 years old, have met requirements for completing a course of study, have certifications required for the job, prove language ability equal to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 5, and show enough financial resources to successfully settle in Nova Scotia. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #Nova_Scotia, #International_students, #NSNP, #In_demand_occupations, #International_graduates_in_demand #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP

The Government of Canada extended international travel restrictions According to Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, international travel restrictions have been extended for another month, until June 21, 2021. State borders with the United States (US) have also been extended until June 21. Canada imposed travel restrictions on non-essential international travel and closed the US border in March 2020, and since then both international and US restr...ictions will have been in place for 15 months. Now, people can only cross the border for humanitarian and compassionate reasons, such as attending a funeral or applying for refugee status. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #Travel_restrictions, #Covid_19 #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

Canada introduced a new trade agreement between Canada and United Kingdom On May 20, 2021, Canada introduced the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (CUKTCA) that came into force on April 1, 2021. The applications of the nationals of the United Kingdom who were previously covered under the CanadaEuropean Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are processed through this agreement. The Labou...r Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption codes will remain the same as they were in CETA. However, officers will add a special program code to distinguish CUKTCA and CETA applications in the Global Case Management System (GCMS). Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #UK, #CETA, #CUKTCA, #LMIA, #free_trade #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

Ottawa will create a new system to solve delays in processing immigration applications Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is going to create a new digital platform to improve the procession of immigration applications more quickly. According to the 2021 budget of the federal government, Canada will spend $428.9 million on the development of a platform that will replace the existing case management system. The new system will be launched in 2023 and will impro...ve application processing and help to handle the increasing number of applications. This system will be a part of a wider change towards digital platforms across the department and the government. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #Applications_processing, #case_mangement, #IRCC #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

TR2PR International Graduate stream for English-speakers has reached its limit in 25 hours On May 7, 2021, at 1:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, Canada’s new International Graduate stream for English speakers reached its cap of 40,000 applications. The International Graduate stream and two other streams for essential workers, as well as three streams for French-speaking candidates, were launched on May 6, at 12:00 PM EST. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) plans ...to admit 90,000 individuals through the English streams. As of May 10, 1:30 AM EST the number of applications for other streams is 1,062 applications out of 20,000 slots for healthcare workers and 6,994 applications out of 30,000 slots for essential non-healthcare workers. As for the French streams, IRCC accepted 11 healthcare worker applications, 281 other essential worker applications, and 96 international graduate applications. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #TR2PR, #IRCC, #PR, #healthcare, #essential_occupations, #French, #Francophones, #international_students, #international-graduates, #immigration_levels, #immigration_policy #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP

MPNP issued 150 invitations to apply for the nomination of Manitoba On May 6, 2021, Manitoba conducted a new draw in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In round #115, Manitoba invited 108 candidates in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream. The lowest score of those who received a Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA) was 400, 40 points fewer compared to draw #114. As for the Skilled Workers Overseas Stream, the province invited 29 individuals, and the lowest score to... get the LAA was 703, 18 points fewer than in the previous round. In addition, MPNP invited 13 candidates in the International Education Category. Of those 150 invited in this round, 14 candidates had valid Express Entry profiles. In 2021, Manitoba already invited 2,786 individuals under the MPNP, including 576 Express Entry candidates. Book your immigration consultation Phone: (604) 468-5747 WhatsApp: +1 (778) 512- 3217-9 #Manitoba, #MPNP, #International_students, #PNP, #SWO, #SWM #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

IRCC updated regulations for Study Permit processing On May 22, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released Study permits program delivery update. The new instructions clarify such aspects as requesting additional documents on open applications for study permits and post-graduation work permits, applications for status extension submitted without a new letter of acceptance, off-campus work permits, post-graduation work permit applications submitted without a proof of graduation, etc Among the most important updates, no applications will be refused due to missing documents, and the time for additional documents submission will be extended. International graduates will be allowed to begin their full-time work if they cannot provide the documents required for PGWP due to the COVID-19 closures of schools

Top-10 of the total PR admissions in January 2020 IRCC has finally released the official comprehensive statistics for permanent residence admissions in January 2020. In the first months of the year, Canada admitted 24,725 immigrants. Most of them arrived from India 5,370 Indians became new Canadians (21.7% of the total). ... Chinese were the second-largest country of origin of newcomers 2,880 (11.7%). The third place was taken by the Philippines 1,800 (7.3%). The other top ten countries in January were: the USA 885 immigrants (3.6%), Nigeria 870 (3.5%), France 740 (3%), Pakistan 605 (2.5%), Iran and South Korea 495 each (2%), and United Kingdom 490 (2%). In January 2019, Canada admitted 18,645 immigrants, while in December 2019 20,920.

Canada held a new Express Entry round for CEC candidates On March 23, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held an unexpected Express Entry invitation round. In round #140, Canada issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence to 3,232 candidates. All invited candidates were eligible for the Canadian Experience Class program, and no Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades candidates have been invited. ... The lowest Comprehensive Ranking System score in this draw was 467 points. The tie-breaking rule for this round was November 25, 2019 at 14:00:35 UTC. IRCC has also updated the breakdown table of the CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool. The department has added subranges 451-460, 461-470, 471-480, 481-490, and 491-500. These subranges allow better understanding and forecasting of the Express Entry trends. Currently, there are 21,604 candidates whose CRS score is in the range 451-500. In total, Canada invited 22,600 candidates through the Express Entry in 2020.

IRCC released special instructions during COVID-19 On March 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published operational bulletin 669: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This document provides special processing instructions for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship applications. These instructions have been created to inform IRCC and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) staff on the procedures for new and existing Study Permit, Work Per...mit, Temporary Resident Visas, and permanent residence applications that are affected by the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In addition, on March 14, 2020, IRCC cancelled all citizenship ceremonies and citizenship tests until further notice in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

Canada invited 119 foreigners in the International Experience Canada During March 9-13, 2020, Immigration Canada (IRCC) continued the issuance of the invitations to apply (ITA) for a Work Permit in the International Experience Canada (IEC) in a limited capacity. Last week, IRCC invited 119 young foreigners, and 100 of them have been sent to candidates in the Working Holiday category from the United Kingdom. France received 16 invitations, while Germany, Ireland, and the Nethe...rlands each got one candidate invited. Currently, IRCC experience high volumes of applications in the IEC and it may restore regular invitation rounds in the coming weeks. To date, Canada invited 42,041 candidates to apply for a Work Permit in the IEC. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

New Brunswick updated the Skilled Worker Stream Guide On March 13, 2020, the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) has updated the official guide to the Skilled Worker Stream. The new guide includes some updates regarding the eligibility criteria and application processing. The major change in the guide is the addition of NOC 6711 (Food Counter Attendants) and NOC 6731 (Light-duty Cleaners) to the list of eligible occupations for this stream. NBPNP also clarified t...hat the applications must be supported by an Employer Information Form signed by both the employer and the applicant. Applications without the express support of the employer are not eligible for nomination. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

Alberta opens the door for vulnerable workers On March 13, 2020, the website of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) released an update regarding the eligibility criteria in the Alberta Opportunity Stream (AOS). The updated criteria allow Temporary Foreign Workers who were granted an open work permit as a result of abuse by their employers to apply for a nomination of the AINP in the AOS. These vulnerable workers must also meet all eligibility criteria in this strea...m in order to get a certificate of the nomination. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

New Brunswick restores access to AIPP for Accommodation and Food Services Sector On March 13, 2020, New Brunswick published a notice regarding the restoration of access to the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP) for Accommodation and Food Services Sector effective March 16, 2020. The province announced that it will facilitate the hiring of International Graduates from New Brunswick and the other Atlantic Provinces in this regard. Nevertheless, the Intermediate-skilled... Program (AISP) under the AIPP remains closed for NOC C positions in both the abovementioned sectors. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

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Processing of Canadian visas moves from Chandigarh to New Delhi It appeared that the Federal government has shifted the job of processing visa applications filed at the Canadian consulate in Chandigarh, India, to the Canadian consulate in New Delhi. This news provoked serious concerns in the Punjabi community. IRCC said that due to the increase in the volume of applications for visas, cases are being distributed to other processing centres. ... The complicated cases that require background checks are still processed in Chandigarh. At this point, there will be no use of artificial intelligence in issuing visas for Punjabis. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration

BC issued invitations to apply to 332 persons On March 10, 2020, British Columbia conducted a new invitation round in the Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). The provincial government invited 332 registrants to apply for the nomination certificate. The scores of this draw decrease in all five categories compared to the draw held on February 27: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 102 (-1... points) Skills Immigration - International Graduate 106 (-2 points) Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 83 (-2 points) Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker 110 (-5 points) Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate 110 (-2 points) As of now, British Columbia invited 1,552 candidates to apply for the nomination of the BCPNP under all streams. . . . #Family_immigration, #Spousal_sponsorship, #PR#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP #BCPNP #Entrepreneurs #Business_immigration #Rural_immigration #immigrationlaw #immigrationlawyer #canada #visa #immigration #mansouri_canada #mansouri_immigration