With the tabling of a new Immigration Levels Plan, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has clarified its objectives and priorities for immigration targets in 2022.
A significant change in the plan is the reduction of the quota for Express Entry immigrants to only 55,900. IRCC also reserved a quota of 40,000 newcomers under the TR2PR program. This means the likelihood of the all-program draws renewal in the coming months is not high.
Moreover, given the recent internal memo from the IRCC, we got proof that candidates in the Federal Skilled Workers (FSW) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) have been temporarily deprioritized by the government.
IRCC switched their priorities in order to eliminate the backlog of the applications in those programs already in the inventory.
At the same time, the quota for the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has been increased to 83,500, which in turn gives more chances to candidates with job offers from the provinces or international graduates, who completed their studies in Canada.
All-program draws in the Express Entry may return in late 2022 or in the beginning of 2023.
#IRCC, #immigration_policy, #immigration_levels, #Express_Entry, #FSW, #CEC, #PNP
February 15, 2022
On February 11, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that over the past week, around 460 Afghan refugees arrived in Canada on 20 different commercial flights.
Together with the last batch of Afghan refugees, the total number of Afghan nationals who arrived in Canada reached 7,550.
In addition, on February 3, British Columbia admitted 90 government-assisted refugees. These refugees were welcomed by Musqueam elders and accepted to their territory.
In the past week, Afghan newcomers have been resettled in more than 90 communities across Canada, mainly in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver.
#Afghan_refugees, #Afghanistan, #refugees, #Afghans
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-continues-welcome-more-afghan-224200255.html
February 14, 2022
On February 7, 2022, the Federal Court of Appeal denied the request of an applicant who was rejected by the Federal Court of Canada.
The applicant disagreed with the 2013 amendments to section 25 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and found it unacceptable with the fairness obligation.
The Federal Court of Appeal concluded that Canadian immigration legislation allows some applicants to immigrate and settle in Canada under humanitarian and compassionate considerations, however, this should be considered as a privilege rather than a right.
#Federal_Court, #Federal_Court_of_Appeal, #humanitarian_and_compassionate_reasons
February 10, 2022
On February 8, 2022, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updated instructions for the Employer Job Offer (EJO) streams.
Both nominees and employers have to comply with all conditions as failure to do so may result in the cancellation of the approval.
Applicants, who have been nominated under the EJO streams must continue to demonstrate their intention to reside in Ontario, be employed in the approved employment position as of the date of nomination,
apply for a work permit within six months and start working within ten months, inform the OINP in case the applicant has not begun working within ten months,
continue to be employed in the approved employment position until receiving permanent residence, and notify the OINP if there is a change in the nature of employment.
#Ontario, #OINP, #EJO, #Employer_Job_Offer
https://www.ontario.ca/page/oinp-employer-job-offer-foreign-worker-stream
February 9, 2022
