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Canada’s Population rapidly approaching 35 million due, in no small way, to the large number of immigrants
New information from Statistics Canada is showing a jump in Canada’s population, making it the G8’s fastest growing country. This spike in population is, in part, a result of an increase in immigrants coming to Canada to work, study, etc. We are seeing a large number...
Applying for Citizenship? New Language Requirement as of November 1
As of November 1, 2012 Citizenship & Immigration Canada will require all citizenship applicants to submit proof of their language proficiency. Canada strongly believes that the ability to communicate in either one of Canada's official languages is a key factor in...
Canada to Cancel Your Skilled Worker PR Application?
The Canadian government has been battling the courts and applicants of skilled worker permanent resident applications for the last year. Their goal is to reduce the large backlog of applications in the pipeline by simply canceling each and every single one of them....
Immigration to Canada will resume, but don’t expect it to be open for everyone
The Canadian government has been incredibly busy this year making major changes to it's immigration system. With the pause of the Skilled Worker program, sponsorship of parents and grandparents, and the hold on investors and business class immigration, it has been...
Alberta, highest demand for temporary workers
Alberta is currently in demand for temporary workers. As one of Canada's most quickly growing provinces, they are at a shortage of workers. As a result, and to facilitate faster processing and entry of foreign workers into the province, Alberta is expanding their...
VIDEO – Explaining Canada to the United States
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Cessation of Processing Federal Skilled Worker applications – which applications are affected?
On June 29, 2012 Citizenship & Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that they will stop accepting and processing applications under the Federal Skilled Worker category. July 1st, 2012 was supposed to reset the quota for the immigration year, however the...
Happy Canada Day!
Frequently referred to as "Canada's birthday", Canada Day is is the national day of Canada celebrating the anniversary of the July 1st, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 (today called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united three colonies into a...
Breaking News – Federal Skilled Worker Program FROZEN!
It is now official. Citizenship & Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced in Calgary today that beginning July 1st, 2012 the Federal Skilled Worker program is frozen. No new applications under this program will be accepted until further notice. The temporary...
Freezing the Skilled Worker, investor programs?
The federal government is possibly going to place a hold on accepting new federal skilled worker and immigrant investor program applications. While many applicants are expecting to file their federal skilled worker applications beginning July 1st, they may be...
Applying for Citizenship? Processing times are slow
Current Processing times for Citizenship applications If you submitted your application for Canadian citizenship expect to wait a really, really, really long time. Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) is currently taking approximately 19 months to complete an...
What is a TN Visa?
A TN Visa is a visa unique to American, Canadian and Mexican citizens. The visa is part of the NAFTA agreement and is designed to allow the easy transfer of workers between Canada the United States and Mexico. If you are interested in working in Canada, or the United...
Canadian immigration applications will continue to be processed
It is now official. Canada will continue to process those Federal Skilled Worker applications submitted prior to February 27, 2008. Over 900 applicants under the Skilled Workers' program sued Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Ottawa for violating their promise to...
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