Category Archives: News & Updates

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited more candidates in the latest Express Entry draw of 2023. The department issued invitations to apply to 2000 candidates in an all-program Express Entry draw. The minimum required Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score was 517. Overview of the most recent Express Entry results July 11-12 IRCC invited 3,800 candidates to apply […]

Canada’s immigration landscape has been largely transformed by the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), according to a new Statistics Canada study. The PNP was introduced in all provinces, except for Quebec and the Yukon, between 1998 and 2009. Its purpose was to spread the settlement of economic immigrants outside major Canadian cities and to address the labour […]

Canada welcomes millions of tourists, visitors, immigrants, foreign workers, and students each year. However, before coming to Canada, whatever the reason, it’s important to know that a past criminal record can make you inadmissible. If you have been convicted of a crime in the past, your admissibility to Canada is calculated based on the equivalency […]

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) now has a processing time of 30 days for Temporary Resident Visas (TRVs) for spousal applicants. The measure applies to spousal applicants who have already applied for permanent residency in Canada. Rather than require applicants to remain in their home countries while awaiting IRCC’s decision, they can now come to Canada while they wait […]

In 2023, Canada aims to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents. By 2025, this target is increased to 500,000. Pakistan is one of the top source countries of new immigrants to Canada, which is currently home to over 300,000 Pakistani people. The largest share of Pakistani people live in Ontario, especially in Toronto, Mississauga and Milton. Pakistan remains […]

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has held its latest round of Express Entry invitations. On July 12th the department invited 3,800 candidates in a French language category-based draw with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 375.  Here is an overview of the most recent Express Entry results:  July 11  On July 11 IRCC invited 800 candidates […]

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has held its latest round of Express Entry invitations. The department invited 800 candidates in an all-program draw with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 505. IRCC held draws on four consecutive days last week, between July 4-7. The invitations issued on July 4 were from an unexpected all-program draw in […]

On May 31st, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) was launching category-based selection draws for Express Entry candidates. IRCC will give preference to Express Entry candidates who have a strong French language proficiency or work experience in the following fields: Healthcare Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions Trades, such as carpenters, plumbers, and […]

IRCC has invited 700 candidates in the most recent Express Entry draw.   It was an all-program draw and candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 511.  This draw comes as a surprise as Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has said it will invite 1,500 healthcare workers via category-based selection tomorrow, July 5. In addition, […]

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced the first STEM round for category-based selection will open the week of July 5th. The draw will prioritize sending invitations to candidates with Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) expertise, which includes data scientists, software developers and programmers, mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries, and electrical and electronic engineers. […]