IRCC to approve a new language test for immigration purposes

According to an internal memo of the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the Department intends to add one more designated English test for economic class immigrants.

Currently, there are just four language tests for prospective immigrants allowed for immigration purposes: IELTS and CELPIP for English, followed by TEF and TCF for French.

Within the following 12 months, IRCC will look for potential initiatives and improvements to make the process of designation of the new language tests more transparent and streamlined.

Additionally, IRCC plans to align the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

The designation of the new tests will also require IRCC to update Ministerial Instructions, Program Delivery updates, Express Entry system, Global Case Management System (GCMS) and other Departmental tools. At this point, the IRCC did not release the name of the new test.

#IRCC, #Language_exam, #IELTS, #CELPIP, #TEF, #TCF #CLB, #CEFR, #English, #Express_Entry

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/canadian-visa-update-canada-to-introduce-new-language-test-for-immigration-11659864935626.html

August 10, 2022

Canadian provinces call on the Federal Government to increase the nomination allocations

All of Canada's provincial and territorial immigration ministers are urging the Federal Government to speed up visa applications and increase provincial and territorial immigration allocations so that businesses in all parts of the country may hire more immigrants.

As Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) worked to deal with a growing volume of applications that reached 2.62 million in mid-July, Canadian immigration ministers were demanding even more immigrants than are currently permitted under Canada's record-breaking immigration levels strategy.

The immigration ministers say this is needed to meet the country’s massive labour shortages.

#IRCC, #nomination_allocations, #labour_shortages, #immigration_backlog

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/works.html

August 3, 2022

Immigration Ministers discussed the future of Canada’s immigration system

On July 28, 2022, the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI) discussed ways to utilize the immigration system more effectively to satisfy economic and regional demands.

Ministers discussed strategies for maximizing the efficiency of the immigration system.

The FMRI also emphasized the importance of reducing immigration processing times and agreed that future short-term measures should be in line with longer-term objectives.

Additionally, the Ministers considered methods to meet regional demands and boost immigration to Canada's smaller and rural or remote regions by mapping economic and settlement resources across the country.

#FMRI, #IRCC, #immigration_ministers, #PNP

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/07/federal-provincial-and-territorial-immigration-ministers-meet-to-plan-for-the-future-of-canadas-immigration-system.html

August 1, 2022

Canada needs a large number of foreign workers

The Business Council of Canada (BCC) recently published a study that emphasizes the significance of immigration to businesses and the Canadian economy. The BCC's 80 member firms were polled for this research, which focused on increasing the use of Canada's immigration program. These organizations have about 1,650,000 employees across 20 different sectors. According to the report, almost two-thirds of firms using the immigration system have active hiring employees. The remaining businesses employ individuals who have already settled in Canada. Furthermore, two-thirds of companies that currently use the immigration system expect to do so for the next three years. #BCC, #Labour_demand, #foreign_workers https://www.talentcanada.ca/why-canada-needs-more-than-400000-immigrants-per-year/

July 27, 2022