The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Sean Fraser, is working on a new permanent residency pathway for undocumented persons in Canada.
In December 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the Immigration Minister a charge letter instructing him to develop pilot programs to look for more solutions for regularizing the status of undocumented workers who contribute to Canadian society.
The details of the program, such as the skills and educational levels of employees or the number of applications to be permitted, are not revealed.
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On September 8, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced a new COVID-19 program delivery update regarding Canadian education credentials for Express Entry applicants.
According to the update, as of July 26, 2022, Express Entry applicants who have claimed points for Canadian education credentials and completed any part of their program of study or training between March 1, 2020, and August 31, 2022,
are eligible for Canadian education credential points even if they completed the program entirely through distance learning from outside of Canada through part-time studies.
#Education, #International_Students, #Canadian_education_credentials, #COVID_1
On September 6, 2022, the Government of Canada made a new update regarding the Afghan refugees arriving in the country.
According to the last update, Canada has accepted 120 more Afghan refugees since August 26, 2022. As of now, Canada has welcomed a total of 18,075 Afghan refugees.
The Government of Canada aimed to bring at least 40,000 Afghan nationals to Canada through special programs for Afghan refugees, as well as via the special immigration program for Afghan nationals who assisted Canadian forces in Afghanistan.
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This year, Canada's Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) is on track to hit a record high.
The number of new permanent residents under this program is expected to be 27.4% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
In the first six months of this year, just under 14,000 new permanent residents came to Canada through the PGP.
That is already 2,280 more people than the 11,740 new permanent residents Canada received through the PGP last year.
Based on current trends, by the end of 2022, 28,040 additional permanent residents to Canada would come under this program, nearly doubling the amount from last year.
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