National Day of Mourning

National Day of Mourning

Let’s remember those who have been killed or injured on the job. We all have role to play in a safe workplace and the prevention of future deaths and injuries. Let us also continue seeking stronger health and safety standards and protection, and better enforcement in our workplaces.

Find out if you have been invited to apply to sponsor your parents and grandparents

Sponsor your parents and grandparents: Find out if you’re invited to apply

Today, April 24, 2019, IRCC has started inviting potential sponsors to submit a complete application.

What you need to do

• Check the same email account you used on the interest to sponsor form.

• Check your junk mail folder to see if you have received an email from IRCC is there.

You’ll need your confirmation number to find your invitation status. If you lost your confirmation number, you can use IRCC online form starting April 25, 2019.

Invitations to apply

• If you receive an invitation, you must submit your complete application on or before June 28, 2019.

• If you mail your application and it is received after the deadline, it will be returned back it to you.

Lost or forgot your confirmation number

As of 12:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) on April 25, 2019, you can check your invitation status through IRCC online form. You will receive a response within 10 business days.

What does your confirmation number start with?

It has 10 characters and includes numbers and letters in this order

• begins with a random combination of 7 numbers and letters

• followed by a hyphen

• ends with 19

Canada Holds the Door Wide Open for Indians

(Times of India, International Business, April 10, 2019, 12:35 IST)

As per the article, Canada is set to make the Global Talent Stream (GTS) program permanent. Processing time is just two weeks. Applicants gain valuable work experience, and an edge when applying for permanent residence through the Express Entry system.

GTS has two categories. Category A – firms seeking to hire unique, specialized talent.

Category B – firms seeking to fill in occupations on the “Global Talent Occupation List’.

Click the link below to read the complete article.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/canada-holds-doors-wide-open-for-indians/articleshow/68804155.cms

New Body to Regulate Immigration Consultants

The new Liberal government’s budget has provisions to create a new oversight body for licensing immigration consultants. This new body will have the power to crack down on anyone preying on newcomers. The provisions in this bill also prohibits ghost consultants from using certain titles and representing themselves as licensees, and gives this new body power to seek an injunction for any violations.

The bill proposed to create the “College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants” that will govern the practices of consultants. It will replace the existing Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC).

The bill proposes to require licensees to comply with a code of professional conduct established by the federal immigration minister.

The bill proposes doubling the existing maximum fines currently offered for consultants found to be violating existing rules. The college will also establish a fund to compensate victims of exploitative licensees.

“The college will have more tools to go after the bad consultants,” he said following Question Period. “I would expect that all those measures would enable the good consultants to continue to provide the good services that they’re able to provide.”

Click the below link to read the article.

https://ipolitics.ca/2019/04/09/budget-bill-establishes-new-body-to-regulate-immigration-consultants/

Trudeau government's 2019 spending plan gives more protection from unlawful Immigration Consultants

The 2019 government spending plan has made arrangements for more insurances from illicit Immigration Consultants. To help secure newcomers and candidates wishing to acquire the counsel and administration of genuine movement experts, Budget 2019 proposes to give financing that will improve oversight of Immigration Consultants and reinforce consistence and requirement measures. It will likewise bolster open mindfulness exercises that will support powerless newcomers and candidates secure themselves against deceitful Immigration Consultants.

Canada announced a new International Education Strategy

The post-auxiliary instruction arrangement of Canada is acclaimed universally for the nature of its instructive foundations and the incredible consequences of its understudies. By the by, in an undeniably worldwide economy and work advertise, Canadian youth need to build up a scope of aptitudes. Among those abilities, the accentuation is given on flexibility, familiarity with a few dialects and between social aptitudes. In the new International Education Strategy, the Government proposes to contribute $147.9 million more than five years, beginning in 2019– 20, and $8.0 million every year progressing for International work/contemplate openings and Promotion of the benefits of Canadian training. This new Strategy will be conveyed in a joint effort with areas and domains, just as schools, polytechnics and college instructive organizations and other key accomplices.

New Immigrants contributed to over 60% population growth in 2018

New immigrants contributed to over 60% of Canada’s population growth in 2018

Canada recorded its biggest influx of immigrants in 2018. A total of 71,131 immigrants arrived in the last three months of 2018, for a total increase of 321,065, according to the latest estimates released by Statistics Canada in Ottawa, on March 28th. At the beginning of the year, Canada’s population reached 37,314,442. Ottawa, the capital saw the population reach half a million people for the first time and this is in part due to the increase of foreign students. As of December 31, 2018, study permits were issued to 572,415 students, which denoted an increase of 16% of foreign students in 2018.

Earth Hour

Let’s Switch off our lights today for Earth Hour!

This Saturday, March 30, marks Earth Hour and we are encouraged to switch off any unnecessary lights for 60 minutes.

By 2020, the world will lose 67 per cent of wildlife populations. The main cause is loss of habitat, climate change and pollution which are the main factors that cause species to go extinct. When you turn off your lights, you show that you care about the decline of wildlife.

Most Canadians View New Immigrants Positively

Global study finds Canadians share most favourable view of immigrants

Canadians have the most favourable view of immigrants among the world’s top migrant destination countries, viewing newcomers as a strength rather than a burden, says a new international survey. The report by Washington-based Pew Research Center also found Canadians are the least likely to blame immigrants for crime or an increased risk of terrorism, among the respondents in 18 countries that together host half of the world’s migrants. “Canada is at the top of the list in believing immigration is a plus to the country,” said Jeffrey Reitz, director of ethnic, immigration and pluralism studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, who is not involved in the survey. 68% of Canadian respondents in the survey believed immigrants make the country stronger while only 27% said newcomers are a liability because they take jobs and social benefits, said the report.

British Colombia - Regional Pilot Open

The two-year immigrant entrepreneurs pilot opened on March 14th and it is primarily focused to help small communities that have less than 75,000 people and are situated 30 kilometers away from large urban cities.

Approved entrepreneurs will obtain a Temporary Work Permit to start their business and can apply for provincial nominations for permanent residence upon meeting the terms of the agreement.

World Water Day

Today is World Water Day...many people all over the world don't have access to clean drinking water. Let's conserve water.

Express Entry Milestone

Call us today to improve your CRS score!

Canada Passes 20,000 Invitations For 2019 In New Express Entry Draw today – March 20, 2019.