The number of Americans leaving the United States to immigrate to Canada has increased even more under Joe Biden's presidency than it did during the term of Donald Trump. Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) website overloaded as "move to Canada" and "immigrate to Canada" surged following election night.
The term "immigration to Canada" briefly rose to the top of Google queries in Canada. During the four years of Trump's presidency, 37,205 Americans became new permanent residents of Canada, on average 771 per month.
During Biden's term in office, 16,385 people made the move to Canada permanently with an average of about 1,024 every month.
#US, #Biden, #Trump, #IRCC
July 27, 2022
The Government of Canada is denying rumours that it is abruptly terminating a special pathway that allows Afghans to flee the Taliban to Canada.
According to Emilie Simard, director of issues management and parliamentary affairs at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), there is no discussion to stop the pathway for Afghan nationals.
Canada aimed to bring at least 40,000 vulnerable Afghans to Canada under one of the largest immigration programs around the world. So far, only 16,645 Afghans have been welcomed to Canada under this pathway.
#IRCC, #Afghanistan, #Taliban, #Afghan_refugees, #refugees
July 27, 2022
On July 18, 2022, the Government of Canada updated instructions and guidelines for residential summer camp counsellors coming to Canada under the International Mobility Program (IMP).
Since all applications for residential camp counsellors are being processed under the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption code C20, even for applicants going to religious camps,
all the guidelines have been consolidated. In addition, instructions regarding the unique work situations have been deleted for camp counsellors in training arriving in Canada under the IMP.
#IMP, LMIA, #Residential_Summer_Camp_Counsellors
July 27, 2022
Last year, ten times more new permanent residents moved to small Canadian towns under the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), which was created as a one-time pilot program than did during its first year in operation.
In 2020, 50 permanent residents were admitted to Canada through the RNIP in its inaugural year.
Last year, that increased by 1,010 percent, with 555 new permanent residents. Within the first four months of 2022, another 625 permanent immigrants arrived under the RNIP.
If the current rate of immigration under the RNIP is maintained throughout the year, Canada will receive 1,875 new permanent residents this year, a 237.8 percent increase over last year's figures.
#RNIP, #PR, #Statistics_Canada, #Rural_immigration
July 13, 2022
