The province of Quebec has signed an agreement with the Swiss government to recognize five groups of healthcare workers who received their training in Switzerland.
Under the mutual recognition agreement for foreign credentials signed June 14, Quebec and Switzerland will each recognize the professional qualifications of one another's dental hygienists,
midwives, social workers, and family therapists, as well as dental appliance and prosthesis technicians. Quebec has one of the most severe labour shortages in Canada. Despite the fact that the
country is presently experiencing a tight job market with an all-time low unemployment rate of 5.1%, Quebec's unemployment rate is even lower, at 3.9 percent.
#Quebec, #healthcare_workers, #unemployment, #Switzerland
June 20, 2022
The immigration backlog in Canada has increased by 257,499 people in the previous month, owing to a large rise in temporary residence applications.
As of June 1, 2022, the citizenship inventory stands at 394,664 submissions.
As of June 6, the permanent residence inventory stands at 522,047 people, and the temporary residence inventory has gone up to 1,471,173 individuals.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) implemented a draw freeze on FSWP and FSTP applicants in December 2020, as well as CEC candidates in September 2021, during the epidemic.
It has recently focused on finalizing Express Entry applications so it can resume invitations to all three programs' candidates in early July.
#IRCC, #Immigration_backlog
June 17, 2022
Quebec's technology companies argue that it is unreasonable to expect newcomers to Quebec to learn French in just six months, and they urge Premier Francois Legault to put a halt to his Bill 96, which requires people to learn the language.
“The requirement under Bill 96 to learn French within six months imposes an unrealistic deadline, as newcomers struggle with multiple challenges related to a life-changing move to a new home
in Quebec,” 37 tech companies argued in an open letter to Quebec's premier.
#Quebec, #French, #Tech, #Bill_96
June 16, 2022
In 2021, more than 64,000 spouses, common-law partners, and conjugal partners were able to immigrate to Canada. The majority of these came from India.
According to the figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Canadians sponsored around 10,715 family members from India last year.
The US was the second most popular origin country, with about 4,810 spouses and partners immigrating there. Philippines, China, Pakistan, Vietnam, UK, Mexico, Jamaica, and France completed
the list of the top ten countries for spousal sponsorship applications.
#Spousal_sponsorship, #sponsorship, #IRCC
June 16, 2022
