Blogs

Tue Sep

Amazon Canada to hire 15,000 new warehouse and distribution workers; increases wages to attract employees

Syed Khan – 19 September 2021, Amazon Canada is starting a huge hiring fair from this week to fill up to 15,000 jobs in a bid to expand its workforce within the country. This marks an increase of almost 60 percent to the companies already existing workforce in the country which numbers at 25,000. The […]
Tue Sep

More details of the Parents and Grandparents program released by the IRCC

Syed Khan – 18 September 2021, The new ITA’s for the Parents and Grandparents Program will be issued by the IRCC starting September 20 over a course of two weeks. The IRCC is set to accept 30,000 new applications for the program with candidates who submitted an interest to sponsor form in fall 2020 undergoing […]
Tue Sep

Prince Edward Island immigration issues 143 invitations in the latest draw

Syed Khan – 17 September 2021, In the latest draw, the Prince Edward Island immigration has issued invitations to 143 skilled worker and entrepreneur candidates. On September 16, the province issued invitations through the Labour Impact, Express Entry, and Business Impact streams. A total of 129 invites were issued to Labour Impact and Express Entry […]
Fri Sep

British Columbia issues a total of 464 invitations in two draws

Syed Khan – 16 September 2021, The British Columbia immigration invited 464 candidates via its British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program in a total of two draws. The two draws, a general one and another targeting two specific NOC codes 0621 and 0631 were held on September 14. The additional draw was held to balance the […]
Wed Sep

Alberta Immigration holds biggest ever Express Entry draw

Syed Khan – 15 September 2021, Alberta immigration held its largest-ever Express Entry draw and issued invitations to 500 candidates through its Immigrant Nominee Program. On September 7, the province held the draw that had a minimum score of 300. Excluding the data of 2021, Alberta has 950 applications in the Alberta Opportunity stream and […]
Wed Sep

Ontario PNP invites 691 Masters and Ph.D. graduates in the latest draw

Syed Khan – 14 September 2021, In the latest Expression of Interest draw on September 14 through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, the province issued 691 invitations to apply. This draw was through Ontario’s Masters Graduate and Ph.D. Graduate streams. 627 ITA’s were issued to Masters Graduate candidates and 64 ITAs were issued to Ph.D. […]
Tue Sep

Restaurants Canada call upon the Ottawa government to make it easier to hire foreign workers

Syed Khan – 13 September 2021, As Canada’s economy picks up again after the pandemic, restaurateurs facing labor shortages are hiring international students and temporary foreign workers to bring down the shortages. The industry association of Restaurants Canada has called upon the Ottawa government to make it easier for establishments to hire immigrants. With the […]
Sun Sep

IRCC updates rules regarding the Temporary Resident Visa

Syed Khan – 12 September 2021, For visitors, travelers, temporary workers and international students going to Canada temporarily, the TRV (Temporary Resident Visa) is the best option unless they are a citizen of a country that is on the visa exemption list. These TRV’s allow its holder to stay in Canada for six months at […]
Sat Sep

According to Statistics Canada’s latest job vacancy report, Canada records the lowest unemployment since before the pandemic

Syed Khan – 10 September 2021, The Canadian job market took a major leap in the month of August as unemployment reached the lowest it has been before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. In the latest statistical report titled, the Statistics Canada Labour Market Survey, the job market recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, which […]
Fri Sep

IRCC extends the temporary COVID-19 policy offering work permit applications for visitors

Syed Khan – 10 September 2021, In the latest announcement, released on 31 August, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said that the temporary COVID-19 policy that allows visitors to get work permits without having to leave the country would be extended until February 28, 2022. The policy is open to any visitor who […]
Thu Sep

Saskatchewan PNP invites 528 immigration candidates under two streams

Syed Khan – 09 September 2021, Saskatchewan immigration invited 528 candidates to apply through two streams in a new EOI (Expression of Interest) draw. In the latest draw held on 8 September, called the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program draw, 212 invitations were sent out to Occupations In-Demand candidates with skills and experience in one of […]
Wed Sep

British Columbia immigration issues 34 invitations in a new PNP Tech draw

Syed Khan – 08 August 2021, The British Columbia immigration issued 34 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in its latest draw. Candidates were invited through four streams at the September 7 draw with a minimum score of 80 for all the streams. The four featured streams are: SI – Skilled Worker SI – […]