After being called upon by members of the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), the British Columbia (BC) government has agreed to make BC’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Tech Pilot a permanent feature of their nominee program.
In reaction to a growing number of government note requests made under the Access to Information and Privacy Act (ATIP), the Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a Management Action Plan that hopes to mitigate delays in providing case notes to applicants and decrease the number of requests made by offering clearer communication through the MyAccount portal.
Following 2 airline disasters in recent years, Immigration, Refugee and citizenship Canada (IRCC) have opened up a permanent residence pathway for the families of the victims that were in the process of applying for Canadian permanent residence.
Canada’s Immigration Minister offered a little sliver of hope to international graduates who missed out on applying to the public policy targeting international graduates.
In acknowledgment of the importance foreign caregivers have in the fabric of Canadian society, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is committing to prioritize 6000 caregiver applications for permanent residence by the end of 2021.
In a measure that screams “Your status may be temporary, but your contributions are lasting — and we want you to stay,” IRCC introduced a new public policy offering an accelerated pathway for essential/ health care workers in Canada.
Reinstating Canada’s value for international graduates, a new temporary public policy has been put into place for international graduates in Canada to apply for permanent residence in Canada.
On April 8, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued an update confirming the change of the term implied status to maintained Status and offered additional clarification as to when you deemed to be on maintained status.
On March 27, 2021 in a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement published in the Canada Gazette, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration identified fundamental issues with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations take on the excessive demand element of medical inadmissibility and suggest regulatory amendments to implement a public policy in force since June 2018.
In their report released 22nd March 2021, Statistics Canada concluded that Immigrant children that arrive in Canada before the age of 15, are more likely to succeed than their Canadian born peers.
Lauren Boorman
Rebecca Major
Nadia Bhuptani