On November 25, 2021, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a new pilot under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) to tackle the hard-to-fill positions in the province.
Hard-To-Fill Skills Pilot Program (HTFSPP) is scheduled to launch in December 2021.
The Pilot will allow Saskatchewan employers to hire workers through overseas missions, or other international recruitment activities, into jobs that have low recruitment chances in the province.
To be eligible, applicants must have a full-time, permanent job offer and SINP job approval letter for an eligible occupation; meet minimum language proficiency level, and meet the educational and work experience requirements.
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On November 23, 2021, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) was replaced by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC).
The Government gave the College increased regulatory powers such as the ability to investigate professional misconduct, take disciplinary measures against fraudulent licensees, and obtain court injunctions against unauthorized immigration practitioners (UAP).
These expanded powers will be directed to the protection of both the public and the consultants.
The Government announced that the complete transition of the ICCRC into the CICC will probably take at least one year.
#CICC, #ICCRC, #consultants, #college_of_immigration_consultants
On November 23, 2021, the Government of Canada introduced a new delivery update for the Immigration Loans Program (ILP).
The new instructions include the new immigration loan cap that does not exceed CAN$15,000 when travel is booked through the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Before the update, the loan cap was CAN$10,000.
The Government also referred to the new Resettlement and Asylum Strategic Operations Branch (RASO) and updated the information regarding the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) contributions as well as transportation loan procedures.
#ILP, #IOM, #RASO, #RAP, #Immigration_Loans_Program
In his recent interviews, Canadian Immigration Minister, Sean Fraser told that he is ready to increase immigration levels if there will be such a demand to address labour shortages.
Currently, Canada is experiencing extensive job shortages in many spheres of the economy since fewer immigrants arriving from overseas due to the pandemic.
The Immigrations Levels Plan 2022-2024 is going to be announced by February 10, 2022. In 2022, Canada should admit 411,000 new immigrants but the Minister said that he is “very much open to” inviting even more candidates.
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