In its continuous efforts to attract skilled foreign workers, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) recently conducted consecutive draws under the Employer Job Offer’s Foreign Worker and In-demand Skills Stream. On June 20, 2023, the latest draw in Ontario witnessed the extension of invitations to a total of 1,000 candidates from the pool. Let’s delve...
In a significant move that has garnered widespread attention, the province of Ontario in Canada has taken a bold step towards supporting the engineering community by removing the Canadian work experience requirement for engineers. This new development aims to facilitate the entry and integration of skilled engineers into the Ontario job market, fostering a more...
The International Mobility Program Plus (IMP+) is a new open work permit for international skilled workers with CSQ. A new pathway to reduce the waiting time before candidates and their families can arrive in Canada for approximately two-and-a-half years. The International Mobility Program Plus offers a new work permit for candidates shortlisted by Quebec. It...
Canada extends its immigration agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador- what does this mean? Why does the federal government sign immigration agreements with provinces? Understanding this unique feature of Canada immigration and why it makes Canada the best place for skilled immigrants. Recently, Canada’s Immigration Minister announced that the immigration agreement between Canada’s Federal government and...
For a skilled worker seeking immigration opportunities, the world can be easily divided into two categories—Canada and the rest of the world. Canada has a stable and functional immigration system where the provinces and the Federal government work together to attract skilled workers and entrepreneurs in large numbers. In the rest of the world, immigration is a...
Why hire a foreign worker? It’s completely natural to have doubts about hiring a foreign skilled worker for your Canadian business. So many legal procedures and formalities along with ongoing immigration compliances. Plus, there will be the cultural challenges of having somebody from another country working with your team. Yet, it doesn’t make sense to avoid hiring...
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...
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...
Why is Canada’s immigration system described as a merit-centric, transparent, and efficient immigration system? Even the OECD described the Express Entry system as the role model for the entire globe. The key factor that makes Canada’s immigration system so effective is its Expression of Interest system. First-Come-First-Served—the Conventional Approach The traditional immigration system involves Countries set up...
