Although Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) increased hiring significantly, the processing of applications continues to be slow.
Canada has received an unprecedented number of temporary and permanent resident applications in only the first eight months of 2022.
Such a situation is nearly as many applications as Canada received in all of 2019, increasing the operational capacity of IRCC by 45 percent from pre-pandemic levels.
The country's immigration system has been overloaded for the past two years.
The number of permanent and temporary residence applications is expected to be even higher this year, surpassing last year's 3.2 million applications.
#IRCC, #processing_delays, #immigration_backlog, #PR_applications, #IRCC_hiring
November 16, 2022
Currently, international students in Canada can work full-time during the academic year.
Last month, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced this temporary measure allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week between November 15, 2022, and December 31, 2023.
IRCC introduced this measure to help with Canada's severe labour shortages in retail, hospitality, food services, etc. Around 500,000 international students already in Canada are expected to work more hours with no restrictions on the type of employment.
#IRCC, #international_students, #work_permit, #study_in_Canada
November 16, 2022
91.2% of Canada’s population consists of citizens
Statistics Canada's new report, - “A portrait of citizenship in Canada from the 2021 census,” pointed out that out of a population of 33.1 million in Canada, 91.2% were citizens by birth or naturalization.
The remaining 8.8% of the population included non-Canadians, such as permanent or temporary residents.
The share of Canadian citizens by birth has decreased significantly since 1991, while the share of naturalized Canadians and the number of non-Canadians in Canada have increased.
According to the report, 80% of eligible immigrants obtained Canadian citizenship in 2021.
#Statistics_Canada, #Statistics, #Census_2021, #Canadian_Citizens, #citizenship
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221109/dq221109a-eng.htm
November 15, 2022
On November 14, 2022, the Government of Manitoba published a notice regarding the Expression of Interest draws using the NOC 2021.
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program will begin using the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) for all applications received after November 16, 2022.
The MPNP will hold an Expression of Interest draw for profiles using NOC 2021 on November 17, 2022.
Applicants wishing to be considered in any draw held on that date must submit their Expression of Interest profile by 11:59 PM the day before, on November 16, 2022.
After November 16, 2022, the MPNP will still accept new Expression of Interest profiles and continue to have regular draws based on the MPNP's needs.
#MPNP, #NOC_2021, #EOI, #Manitoba, #NOC_change
November 15, 2022
