Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has reported a dramatic increase in demand for study permits from foreign students.
The sudden surge in applications for study permits was a topic of conversation at a recent virtual symposium organized by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CIBE).
IRCC officials were on hand to discuss the number of applications they have received as students return to classrooms in Canada after completing online programs abroad.
As of July 17, almost 200,000 people were waiting for their study permit application to be completed.
#IRCC, #Study_permit, #international_student, #CIBE, #backlog
August 12, 2022
According to Statistics Canada, tourism is gaining steam in Canada, as both Canadians and foreign visitors from abroad boost the hospitality industry and aid a much-needed recovery back to pre-pandemic activity.
Statistics Canada's report on international tourists to Canada, released in July, revealed that travel into the nation has increased to levels comparable to those seen in 2019.
However, tourism activity in Canada was still 21.2% lower than it had been in May 2019, the previous full year before COVID-19.
#Statistics_Canada, #Tourism, #COVID_19, #tourism_industry
August 11, 2022
Nova Scotia's Health Minister Michelle Thompson has said that immigration will be the solution to its acute healthcare worker shortage.
Nova Scotia's intention to speed up credential recognition and licensing for foreign-trained healthcare professionals follows Ontario's lead.
In its most recent Labour Force Survey, released in July 2022, Statistics Canada noted that an acute labour scarcity in the healthcare system is being exacerbated by a large number of employees off sick as a result of the latest stage of Covid-19.
#Nova_Scotia, #healthcare_workers, #labour_shortages, #nursing, #nurses
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-skilled-trades-shortage-1.6484170
August 11, 2022
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
August 10, 2022
