While reviewing an application of a refugee from Ghana, the Federal Court of Canada stated that it is not consistent with Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) “to process applications from Western countries while applications in Ghana were left to languish.”
The Judge agreed that the epidemic disrupted a wide range of government operations, including spousal sponsorship applications' evaluation, especially in regions where there was no
infrastructure or resources available to keep services running online and through virtual conversations, as occurred in many developing countries.
However, cases, where virtual interviews were not available, require adaptability, and it would be appropriate to proceed with the interviews over the phone.
#Federal_Court, #Ghana, #Spousal_sponsorships
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/FullText.html
May 4, 2022
On May 2, 2022, the Government of British Columbia announced that the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) will reopen the Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Base category in July 2022.
The province will post an updated EI Base Program Guide in the upcoming weeks.
New intake under the BCPNP EI Base category has temporarily been stopped since July 2021.
During this period, all submitted applications have been processed. However, the province has left the Regional Pilot and the Strategic Projects categories open to accept applications from candidates interested in investing and opening a business in British Columbia.
#British_Columbia, #Entrepreneur, #BCPNP, #business_immigration, #BCPNP_EI
https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/Invitations-to-Apply
May 4, 2022
Due to the huge number of applications submitted during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the francophone province of Quebec experienced massive delays in the processing of applications of foreign nationals hoping to work in the province.
Foreign skilled workers living in the province who has already been pre-selected by Quebec have to wait an average of 31 months to acquire their permanent residency (PR).
This is four months more when compared to the average 27 months of processing times in other Canadian provinces.
#Quebec, #PR, #Skilled_Workers, #processing_times
https://www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/legislation/quebec-looks-to-fix-immigration-delays/283700
May 3, 2022
In recent years, newcomers from India have dominated Canada's immigration numbers for spouses and partners, but that was not always the case.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) revealed that more spouses and partners from the Philippines were granted permanent residency in 2015 than Indians.
Over the last several years, Indians have dominated the statistics, with 10,705 Indian spouses and partners becoming permanent residents in 2021 or 17% of the overall 64,340.
Last year, candidates from the Philippines, the US, and China were among the most numerous group of spouse and partner permanent residents.
#India, #Spouses, #Spousal_sponsorship, #IRCC, #PR
https://oyestudent.com/articles/news/BLjOnBJMdkbKRjwUDWpo/
May 3, 2022
