Effective March 10th, 2018, Canada will no longer be accepting applications made under the Farm Management Stream of the Self-employed Persons Program. Any applications submitted to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) prior to March 10th, 2018 will still be processed to completion, meaning they will receive a decision on their application. Canada’s Self-employed Persons […]
Police Clearance Requirements Changed for Express Entry Applicants
Effective February 27th, 2018, applicants submitting a Permanent Residency application via the Express Entry system will only need to submit police clearances for “any country or territory, other than Canada, where the applicant has spent 6 months or more in a row within the last 10 years or since the age of 18.” This is a change from the previous […]
511 Express Entry Applicants Receive Notification Of Interest from Ontario
On February 27th, 2018, the Province of Ontario handed out 511 Notifications of Interest under their Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream. This round of Notifications of Interests included those with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 441 and 433. This program requires applicants to have a valid Express Entry profile with the ICCRC, a valid Job Seeker […]
Nova Scotia Announces New Physician Nominee Program
On February 22nd, 2018 the Province of Nova Scotia announced a new Provincial Nominee Program specifically for general practitioners, family physicians and specialist physicians with signed approved employment opportunities with the Nova Scotia Health Authority or the IWK Health Centre. All applicants will have to be able to have to prove that they have a valid Education […]
Express Entry Score Holds Steady
On February 21st, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada handed out 3,000 Invitations to Apply through the Express Entry system. Those applicants with an active Express Entry Profile with a score of 442 or higher were issued with an Invitation to Apply. The profile needed to be active and eligible as of February 21st, 2018. The Tie-Breaker rule for […]
Ontario Issues 488 Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Notification of Interest
On February 12th, 2018, the Province of Ontario handed out 488 Notifications of Interest under their Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream. This program requires applicants to have a valid Express Entry profile with the ICCRC, a valid Job Seeker code, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree as well as a Comprehensive Ranking System score […]
Ontario hands out 89 Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Notification of Interest
On February 7th, 2018, the Province of Ontario handed out 89 Notifications of Interest under their Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream. This program requires applicants to have a valid Express Entry profile with the ICCRC, a valid Job Seeker code, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree as well as a Comprehensive Ranking System […]
Latest Express Entry Draw Uses Tie-Breaker Rule
On February 7th, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada handed out 3,000 Invitations to Apply through the Express Entry system. Those with a score of 442 or higher were issued with an Invitation to Apply. The Tie-Breaker rule for this draw was May 29th, 2017. This draw included applicants classified as Federal Skilled Workers, Federal Skilled Tradespeople, members of the Canadian Experience […]
Express Entry Scores to Drop in 2016
A representative of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada stated that the Express Entry score will potentially drop below 400 points in September or October of this year and will continue to be low going forward. […]
British Columbia Selects Entrepreneurs
On May 31st, 2016, the Province of British Columbia selected 16 entrepreneurs under their Entrepreneur Immigration Program. Those who were selected had a score of 133 or higher based on the Entrepreneur Immigration Program points system. […]