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Newfoundland and Labrador announces more benefits for immigrants

Syed Khan – January 24, 2022

Newfoundland and Labrador Immigration announced that it will offer more benefits for immigrants, including better settlement services, free legal information, and training in order to help ease their settlement in the province.

This program is proposed to be offered to immigrants through the ministry of Immigration, Population Growth, and Skills.

This move comes after a series of new announcements by the province to provide support and backing to new immigrants and students in gaining work experience, getting intercultural training, and helping in finding jobs after graduation.

The provincial immigration recently announced the extension of the provincial healthcare for international students, the Medical Care Plan (MCP), for a period of 90 days after graduation.

The MCP for international students is now aligned with the length of study permits and will provide coverage while graduates seek career opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador. This is instrumental to ensuring that these students have time to look for jobs in the province and begin their careers after graduation.

The programs proposed by the province include:

  • Providing funding of $27,278.00 towards the Supporting Newcomers in Newfoundland and Labrador project
  • A new, fully online application system is also being proposed, with an initial investment of $2 million. This will help in streamlining application processes and reduce processing times.
  • On January 2, 2021, the province launched the Priority Skills stream, a new stream aimed at individuals who wish to settle down in the province and have work experience in occupations in demand in Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as have a high level of education and language ability
  • Providing funding of $66,847 for the Retaining Global Talent project
  • Providing funding of $26,612.76 for expanding the Professional Skills Development Program
  • Funding over $100,000 to assist newcomers to access to English language testing at Grenfell Campus
  • More initiatives have been announced to increase immigration staffing levels, and help develop English language skills for candidates. Including $357,000 for additional English as Second Language instructors in the K-12 school system

Quote by Gerry Byrne, the Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Immigration, Population Growth, and Skills:

“Settlement and integration projects last year provided free legal information, career and entrepreneurship training, increased rural integration, and many more benefits for newcomers. The updated process we have this year will allow us to work closely with partner organizations and provide even better support right across Newfoundland and Labrador. An emphasis on foreign qualification recognition in this call for proposals responds to the need to better recognize the international education of newcomers in our labor market. We are helping to address the workforce needs of employers and support population growth by directly matching employers in need with the people wanting to live and work here”

“The employers can provide detail on the vacancies of their full-time jobs, and the qualifying newcomers can provide their job qualifications,”

“Once that is done, immigration staff will begin matching newcomers who need jobs with employers who need workers.”

For more information, candidates can visit the provincial website ( https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2021/ipgs/1202n04/ ) or contact ICanHelpImmigration Services for a detailed consultation

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