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How Expired COPR Holders Can Still Travel to Canada

The Canadian government recently announced a way for approved permanent residents to travel to Canada even if their Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) has expired. New instructions have been launched by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada to allow expired COPR holders to renew their documents and travel to Canada.

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Canada Lifts Travel Restrictions for Fully Vaccinated New Immigrants

The Canadian government has finally allowed new permanent residents to travel to Canada after 15 months of border restrictions. These permanent residents will be allowed to immigrate when they arrive in Canada, provided they abide by all the public health measures for international travelers.

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Canada’s Rolling Out Vaccine Certificates for International Travelers

The Canadian government plans to roll out the first phase of vaccine certifications for international travelers in early July. With the travel industry pushing the government to ease the ongoing travel restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccine certification is the need of the hour.

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Express Entry Applications Reduced to 60 Days

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced that Express Entry applicants will once again have only 60 days to respond to their letter of invitation. To overcome the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this period was extended to 90 days in March 2020.

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Why Employers Benefit from Hiring Foreign Workers

As the pandemic has highlighted, immigrants are a much-required boost to ensure that everything runs smoothly even at the time of a calamity. Canada has increased its target for economic immigration for 2021 knowing full well that immigrants will play a particularly important role in helping the economy reach its pre-pandemic levels.

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Your Canadian Visa Application Was Refused? What to Do Next

If your application is refused by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), you will receive a refusal letter. However, oftentimes, the refusal letter hardly explains the reasons why your application was refused. According to a special report by the Information Commissioner of Canada, visa applicants are generally unable to gather information about their visa application. This includes applications for both temporary and permanent residence programs, for example, study permits, work permits, visitor visas, and Canadian immigration refusals of applications.

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For Newcomers: The Cost of Living in Canada in 2021

The pandemic has affected the way Canadians spend their money. As the population retreated inside their homes, the spending on essential goods like groceries increased. Spending on nonessential goods like clothes, gasoline, transportation, etc has fallen, as have their prices. This means, the pandemic also had an impact on the living cost in Canada.

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The Highest-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs In Canada for Foreign Workers

Being employed in a skilled trade in Canada is a great way for foreign skilled workers to make a good living and grow themselves professionally. Several skilled trades would earn foreign workers a good salary and also contribute to meeting the labor market shortages to ensure the growth of the Canadian economy. Based on a report published by Statistics Canada last year, two skilled trades allow foreign workers to earn up to $100,000 among others, after only 4 years on the job.

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The Most Preferred Cities in Ontario by International Students

Do you want to come to Canada for further education? Do you want to start your Canadian education experience in Ontario? Ontario is one of the most popular provinces for international students. Recently, Ontario has been experiencing a spike in its non-permanent resident population due to an inflow of international students.

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How to Request GCMS Notes for Your Canadian Visa Application

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) use the Global Case Management System (GCMS) to process immigration and citizenship applications. The GCMS notes are detailed notes on an applicant’s file, including all the correspondence from and to the IRCC, documents submitted by the applicant, detailed notes from the officer reviewing the case file at different stages.

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Applying for a TN Visa: What You Need to Know

Canada, Mexico, and the United States have a special trade agreement to allow qualified nationals to temporarily work in the participating countries. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the basis for the TN NAFTA Professionals Visa. The TN Visa allows Canadian and Mexican nationals (citizens or permanent residents) to work and stay in the US for up to 3 years.

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The Top Private Boarding Schools in Canada for International Students

Are you looking to study abroad in one of the most prestigious international schools in the world? Canada is the all-time favorite destination for international students who want to gain an international study experience.

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Canada Increases Its Efforts to Welcome More Refugees in 2021

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Flagpoling to Renew Your Canadian Visa: What You Need to Know

Many immigration programs require applicants to leave Canada and re-enter to adjust their status to immigrate to Canada. However, oftentimes immigrants use a method known as “flagpoling”. Given the travel restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic, there has been a spike in the number of foreign nationals flagpoling.

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Hotel Quarantine Requirements Lifted for Returning Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents

The Canadian government recently announced its plans to end the mandatory 14-day quarantine requirement for returning citizens and permanent residents, given they are fully vaccinated.

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Canada Launched 2 New Immigration Pathways for Hong Kong

Canadian Immigration Minister, Marco Mendicino launched two new immigration pathways for HongKongers in Canada on June 8. These new immigration pathways will facilitate immigration of HongKongers who are temporary workers or recent graduates in Canada. These programs are now open to applications.

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Post-Graduate Work Permits Gets Some Changes

The government of Canada recently announced that it plans to expand and extend the temporary changes made to the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) program. These temporary changes were made to help PGWP holders and potential applicants at the time of the pandemic.

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BC PNP Tech Pilot Becomes Permanent

British Columbia recently announced that the BC PNP Tech Pilot program will be made permanent, four years after its initial launch. The Tech Pilot program will continue to function as a fast-track immigration pathway for foreign workers and international students.

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Canada Considering Increasing Visa Caps for the PR Pathways for International Graduates

Given the ongoing pandemic, the Canadian government introduced temporary permanent residence (PR) pathways for temporary foreign workers and international graduates. The PR Pathway for International Graduates with a visa cap of 40,000 applicants was launched on May 6, 2021. As was expected, the visa cap for the temporary PR pathways was met in the first 25 hours.

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The Impact of Covid-19 on International Students Who Want to Enter Canada

The global pandemic indiscriminately affected both temporary and permanent visa applications for Canada. Therefore, international students were as much affected as temporary workers and immigrants. Many international students with approved study permits had to study remotely due to the pandemic. They were restricted from entering Canada until October 2020, when the border was partially opened for international students with a Covid-19 readiness plan, in addition to a letter of acceptance from a Designated Learning Institution (DLI).

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IRCC Invests in Modernizing the MyAccount Portal

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced a management action plan to streamline and modernize the access to information and privacy systems, processes and digital infrastructure. This was in response to the thousands of immigrant applicants who have been asking the Canadian government to improve transparency in their immigration system.

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New 2021 Violation Rules: Entering Canada with a NEXUS Card

Thousands of people are waiting for the Covid-19 travel restrictions to be lifted before resuming travel between Canada and the United States. Pre-pandemic, thousands of travelers used to travel between Canada and the US every day for both family and business reasons.

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Ontario Announces Its Quota for Provincial Nominations in 2021

Recently, the province of Ontario has released its allocation for permanent residency applications for 2021. Canadian provinces can only grant a certain number of provincial nominations to support permanent residence applications every year.

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Canada Extends Current Travel Restrictions Until June 21

Once again the Canadian government has extended the current travel restrictions imposed to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The Canadian government had restricted international travel from all countries including the United States, a year ago for the first time.

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Immigrants Still Waiting Backlog of Canadian Citizenship Applications

For many immigrants, 2020 was a crucial year as they expected their immigration journey to come to an end after applying for Canadian citizenship. As the dates were set for the citizenship test by the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), no one expected that by March everything would change. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced the Covid-19 virus has caused a global pandemic. This led to the IRCC cutting down its operations to keep in line with the new lockdown and social distancing restrictions.

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How Your Canadian Work Permit Affects Your Temporary Resident Status

Canada offers 2 types of work permits: Open work permits and Employer-Specific work permits, also known as Closed work permits. These are temporary work permits. Open work permits, as the name suggests, authorizes the holder to work for any employer in Canada. An employer-specific work permit, on the other hand, will allow the holder to only work for a specific employer at a specific location in Canada.

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Canada Increasing Visa Caps for the New Temporary PR Pathways

Canada’s immigration minister Marco Mendicino hints at the possibility of extending the visa caps of the recently launched PR Pathways for temporary workers in healthcare and non-healthcare occupations and international graduates. The initial visa cap for these streams for English-speaking applicants was 90,000.

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Canada Extends US Border Restrictions Till June 21

The Canadian government has extended international border restrictions along with the closure of the US-Canada border again for a month till June 21, 2021. This officially means that it has been 15 months since these restrictions were first put in place in March 2020.

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What Can Affect Canadian Immigration in 2021?

As the year progresses, everyone is trying to anticipate how Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will meet the Immigration Levels target for 2021. However, the Canadian immigration levels for the rest of 2021 depend less on what IRCC does and more on how the political and social climate of Canada recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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How the International Experience Class (IEC) Has Changed During Covid-19

The admissions for the International Experience Class (IEC) has seen a slow pace during 2021 with less than 900 invitations issued in the week of May 14. This is likely due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the recent change in criteria for the Working Holiday Program. Applicants to this program now require a valid offer of employment to be eligible to enter Canada.

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Express Entry: How CRS Ranks Applicants Applying With Their Spouse or Common-Law Partner

The Express Entry system scores applicants with their spouses differently from single applicants. Meaning applying for Express Entry with your spouse will bring different results than applying for a single entry. The Express Entry system manages 3 federal economic immigration programs: Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trade Program (FSTP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

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