Immigration Update
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On August 24, 2022, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced the Government’s efforts to improve the Canadian immigration system and reduce application backlogs, with a particular emphasis on labour shortages, client experience, and family reunification.
The Minister also announced that up to 1,250 new employees would be hired by the end of the fall to increase application processing capacity and reduce backlogs, and make the system more sustainable in both the short and long term.
IRCC is constantly managing over 1 million applications. In 2021, IRCC finalized 1.7 million applications from all lines of business.
#IRCC, #Fraser, #immigration_backlog, #labour_shortage, #Application_processing
On August 26, 2022, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the expansion of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
The Government of Canada expanded the geographic boundaries of some participating communities to encompass more employers.
North Bay (ON), Sudbury (ON), Timmins (ON), Thunder Bay (ON), Moose Jaw (SK), West Kootenay (BC), and Vernon (BC) are the expanded communities.
IRCC also expanded the range of job offers available to candidates and reduced the number of settlement funds participants is required to have.
#IRCC, #RNIP, #rural_immigration
https://www.northernnews.ca/news/rural-northern-immigration-pilot-program-extended-two-years
On August 8, 2022, the Government of Canada reorganized the web pages for the permanent residency program,
the permanent resident card, and related topics to improve information organization and accessibility.
Within the new layout for information migrated from manuals into program delivery instructions format, further updates on content will be available for the permanent resident program delivery
instructions. The permanent resident card (PR card) is the official confirmation of residency in Canada.
To travel to Canada as a permanent resident, all applicants need a valid PR card or permanent resident travel document (PRTD).
#PR, #PRTD, #PR_card, #PR_landing, #permanent_residency_Canada
On August 8, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) restarted the processing of expired refugee protection claimant documents (RPCDs),
starting with those that expired on or after January 1, 2020. Affected claimants can now mail in their RPCD request form and photographs to the IRCC office in Winnipeg.
Clients will receive their renewed document by mail or be asked to come into an office after a request has been processed. RPCDs that were due to expire before January 2020 will be renewed at a later date.
All the expired RPCDs, meanwhile, remain in force until further notice.
#IRCC, #RPCD, #Refugees, #refugee_protection_claimant_documents
