Canada has multiple immigration pilot programs covering specific regions, occupations, and communities. The four Atlantic provinces have the Atlantic Immigration pilot. And then there is the Rural and Northern pilot focusing on boosting rural immigration. Occupation-specific pilots include the BC Tech pilot, the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots, and the...
209,000 people in over 190 countries were asked to name the foreign country where they would most like to work and the unequivocal answer is—Canada. Traditionally, the US has been the preferred foreign work destination for skilled workers across the globe. However, four years of Trump’s anti-immigrant policies combined with the country’s ham-handed response to...
Who is a skilled worker? The phrase is often equated with white-collar workers in middle and upper management positions doing executive and management tasks. However, Canada’s focus on attracting skilled workers from across the world goes extends to blue-collar workers specializing in ‘skilled trades’. This is why the Express Entry application system for skilled...
Life would be so easy if it were all about top-3 lists, right? Unfortunately, that’s not how immigration works. More than half of Canada’s recent immigrants live in three cities—Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver. This statistic may make you feel that you too should focus on these cities for your immigration plans. But here is...
How to find a job in Canada? From contacting employers directly to working with job hunters and recruitment agencies, there are many ways to search for a job in Canada. However, choosing the right recruitment agency or job-search service provider is very important. The last thing you want is for your Canada immigration plans...
2020 was a tough year for immigration but Ontario continued to remain the top destination for foreign immigrants seeking to settle in Canada. Against its Federal quota of 7,350 nominations, Ontario issued a total of 8,054 provincial nominations including 300 low-skilled workers under its NOC C pilot program. Here are five actionable takeaways from...
Hit hard by the disruptions caused by the pandemic, international students in the US received a double whammy when the US President announced that international students choosing online classes over in-person classroom instructions will be stripped of their study visas. Following intense criticism, this rule was withdrawn but only for those already studying in the...
How to choose the right Canadian province for immigration? This is a bit of a chicken-or-egg dilemma for most people seeking to immigrate to Canada. Should you choose the province first and then search for job and PR opportunities there? Or, is it the other way round with the job coming first and choice...
Canada is a very immigrant-friendly country with a transparent and stable system, high immigration targets, and lots of programs and streams. But, how long will it last? Will Canada continue to set immigration targets of more than a million immigrants per year? Is it just a matter of time before these programs are shut...
