The Government of Canada is organizing the annual Destination Canada Mobility Forum for French-speaking and bilingual individuals to learn more about Canada’s Francophone immigration programs.
On March 14, 2023, the government will hold a recruitment fair for Destination Canada Information and Communication Technologies (ITC) to hire candidates working in in-demand occupations.
On March 20 and 21, the Canadian Government will recruit qualified candidates working in the hospitality sector via the Destination Canada Tourism-Hospitality-Culinary forum.
The Destination Canada Mobility Forum will be online, and eligible individuals must register until March 5 to attend the fair.
#Destination_Canada_Mobility_Forum, #fair, #Francophone_immigration, #Bilingual
February 28, 2023
On February 17, 2023, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced that the number of refugees that sponsorship agreement holders (SAHs) have increased to 13,500 in 2023.
Since introducing a cap in 2012, this figure has skyrocketed tenfold, with 12,150 additional spaces for SAHs. With the additional cap spaces, new SAHs can get their operations up and running while existing organizations can further expand.
SAHs cover all aspects of a sponsorship project, from identifying refugees in need to submitting applications on their behalf and providing them with essential support when they arrive.
#IRCC, #SAH, #refugees, #Sponsorship, #refugee_sponsorship, #Fraser, #Sponsorship_agreement_holders
February 22, 2023
On February 16, 2023, Cold Lake City announced that the City Council approved a letter of support for the City’s application to the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program’s Rural Renewal Stream.
This letter of support was the last requirement for a community designation application in this program,
which provides foreign nationals with an alternate pathway to immigration other than through a labour market impact assessment (LIMA), given they have gained employment from one of the employers accepted into the program.
The Rural Renewal Stream initiative is a pilot project that enables designated organizations from local communities to select qualified businesses for participation.
#AAIP, #Cold_Lake_City, #LMIA, #Rural_immigration
February 18, 2023
On February 15, 2023, Statistics Canada published a new report on international students in Canada. According to the report, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) approved applications of a record 551,405 international students in 2022.
On December 31, 2022, a record-breaking 807,750 international students held valid study permits in Canada - an unprecedented number.
These students were from 184 countries, mainly India, China, the Philippines, France, and Nigeria. Quality and cost of education, work opportunities, and immigration possibilities were the main factors influencing student decisions to study abroad in Canada.
#Study_permit, #international_students, #Statistics_Canada, #IRCC
February 16, 2023
