IRCC announced on 7th December that the cost of living requirement for study permit applications is to increase starting 1st Jan, 2024. Previously, the requirement threshold was at $10,000, which will become $20,635 for a single study permit application. This huge change in cost of living requirements hasn’t happened since the…
The latest Express Entry Draw 273 was a category-based selection exclusively for French Language Proficiency. This was the second consecutive draw after a month-long pause by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Date of Draw: 07th December 2023 Day of Draw: Thursday Time of Draw: 16:35:25 UTC CRS score cut-off: 470 …
British Columbia and Ontario have recently conducted PNP draws. The latest PNP draws have sent out almost 2,900 invitations to apply for Canada PR . Read This: Live PNP Draw Tracker British Columbia latest PNP draw British Columbia has issued invitations on 05 December, 2023, to various occupations under the Skilled…
Canada is on the way to create about 250,000 new childcare spaces across the country. It is expected that Canada will achieve this accomplishment by March of 2026. The creation of more childcare spaces which are also affordable in nature will drastically help parents in raising their children amidst the ongoing…
The international student community of Canada is anxiously awaiting for a decision on whether IRCC will continue the temporary policy it put in place back in October of 2022. The policy helped foreign students to work off – campus, full-time. But the temporary measure is about to reach its expiry on…
Quebec has taken initiatives in battling workforce shortages by re-opening certain economic pilot programs. These pilot programs will help in addressing labor shortages in essential industries of Quebec. These measures became effective on 23rd November, 2023 and will remain so till 31st December, 2024. Let’s see which immigration pilot programs re-opened…
Express Entry draws have been more unpredictable than ever. This has been mostly observed since after the pandemic. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the draws would be held at a frequency of every 2 weeks or so. However, lately, mostly since the introduction of Category-based Express Entry draws , they have become…
Recently, 4 provinces of Canada conducted PNP draws and we are here with the latest update. The provinces that conducted recent draws are Ontario, British Columbia, PEI, and Manitoba. All in all, these provinces sent out more than 1500 candidates, and the lowest score considered all together was just 60 points. …
In the most recent draw conducted by Quebec, over 1200 immigrants received invitations to apply for permanent residency. Before this draw, Quebec conducted a single draw on 26th October and sent invitations to over 1200 immigrants even then. Since the year is almost about to end, we can see that the…
The draw conducted by British Columbia on 21st November 2023 invited about 160 candidates. Out of the total 161 candidates nominated, 24 nominations were for workers in construction occupations. This is the second draw in which construction workers have received invitations since British Columbia added this particular occupation to the priority…
The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) is one of the three Express Entry pathways exclusively for skilled workers with Canadian or foreign work experience. Work Experience Requirements for FSW To be eligible for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), you must have at least one year of continuous work within the…
FMRI, short for Federation of Ministers Responsible for Immigration, meets twice a year to discuss how to improve the immigration system of Canada. Last time, this meeting was held in March 2023, and this time, on 17th November, 2023. Marc Miller, the current Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Minister attended this…
