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
According to an update from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is moving to online Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications starting from April 3, 2023.
The LMIA Online Portal, a dependable and secure digital platform, offers Canadian employers and their representatives the opportunity to submit an LMIA application directly to Service Canada.
To access the LMIA Online Portal, employers and third-party representatives (if applicable) must possess a valid Job Bank Account.
#TFWP, #LMIA, #IRCC, #foreign_workers, #Job_bank
February 14, 2023
