The 2021 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration has been published
On February 14, 2022, the Government of Canada has published the 2021 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration.
The report highlights the immigration tendencies of 2020, as well as makes comparisons with previous years’ statistics.
According to the report, immigration numbers were considerably lower than in pre-pandemic years.
Despite Canada being one of the top countries accepted immigrants, the number of Economic Class immigrants, refugees, and protected persons admitted into the country was very low when compared to the previous years.
#Annual_report, #IRCC, #statistics
https://www.myconsultant.ca/EN/Highlights-from-the-2021-Annual-Report-to-Parliament-on-Immigration
February 28, 2022
On February 24, 2022, the Government of Quebec introduced a new list of in-demand occupations for employers who plan to hire temporary foreign workers under the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process.
This year, 228 occupations are eligible for processing to meet the labour needs of Quebec’s all regions.
The new list is effective immediately and gives a 30-day transition period to employers to submit applications under last year’s list.
This process allows more temporary foreign workers in the province to work in sectors that face labour shortages and helps employers to fill their job vacancies.
#Quebec, #LMIA, #in_demand_occupations, #labour_shortage
February 28, 2022
Ottawa introduced measures for those affected by the situation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced new measures for individuals affected by the situation in Ukraine. As of now, Canada will prioritize applications of immediate family members of Ukrainian-Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Their applications will urgently be processed so they can travel to Canada at any time.
The Government also extended the temporary public policy that allows some visitors in Canada, including Ukrainians, to apply for a work permit and stay in Canada while their work permit application is processed.
#IRCC, #Ukraine, #Ukrainian_applicants
February 25, 2022
From 2015-2016 to 2020-2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has increased the spending budget to $3.16 billion.
Considering that in 2015-2016, the spending was only $1.54 billion, this is a 105% increase.
During this period, IRCC has increased the number of employees by 36% to 8,413 to solve the immigration backlogs and decrease the application processing times.
The spending budget does not include locally engaged staff and funding that IRCC permanently transferred to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) for operations abroad.
#IRCC, #budget, #GAC, #immigration_backlog, #processing_times
February 23, 2022
