News updates

Canada will invest $90m in credential recognition of immigrant healthcare workers

On December 5, 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Canada would invest up to $90 million in projects designed to help foreign-educated immigrants obtain credential recognition.

The minister launched a call for proposals for these initiatives, each of which could receive between $500,000 and $10 million.

Canada is facing an extreme shortage of well-trained medical personnel such as doctors, nurses, paramedics and therapists. According to a study by Statistics Canada two years ago,

many newcomers who possess the necessary skills for these positions are unemployed or working below their skill level in non-healthcare jobs that only require a high school education.

#Fraser, #Healthcare_workers, #labour_shortage, #credential_recognition

December 8, 2022

IRCC introduced program delivery updates for two pilot programs

On December 7, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced new updates for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot programs.

According to the latest update, categories under these pilot programs are now identified as the Gaining experience category (Category A) and the Direct to permanent residence category (Category B).

Additionally, IRCC provided additional information added to assessing admissibility and updates to evaluating the genuineness of job offers and introduced clarification on language and educational requirements, as well as on completeness checks, incomplete applications and mandatory forms.

The government also updated the National Occupation Code (NOC) 2016 edition to the NOC 2021.

#IRCC, #NOC_2021, #NOC_change, #PDI, #PDU, #Home_Child_Care_Provider_Pilot, #Home_Support_Worker_Pilot

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-pilot-exempt-family-sclpc.html

December 8, 2022

MPNP announced expression of interest system notices

On December 2, 2022, the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) published Expression of Interest system notices. Every year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) allocates a quota of nominations to the MPNP. The MPNP uses these nominations to issue Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) through Expression of Interest draws. However, the MPNP can only approve as many applications for a specific year as nominations are available. For example, in 2022, the MPNP can approve 6,367 applications. As of now, the Federal Government has yet to announce a quota of nominations for 2023. #MPNP, #EOI, #nomination_allocation, #IRCC, #provincial_nominations

December 5, 2022

The new NOC 2021 made truck drivers eligible for Express Entry

Express Entry is now available to truck drivers following the implementation of the new National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021.

The update was announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser in August, and 16 new jobs were added to the Federal Skilled Worker Program with the launch of the new NOC system on November 16.

Transport Truck Drivers take NOC code 73300 under this classification.

It is still uncertain how truck drivers will be chosen through Express Entry. Canada might start conducting draws based on certain industries and occupations next year, so it is possible that truck drivers will be targeted then.

#Express_Entry, #NOC_change, #NOC_2021, #truck_drivers

 

December 2, 2022