World Education Services (WES) introduced a new study comparing a series of surveys of individuals planning to immigrate to Canada in August 2020 and August 2021.
According to the analysis, interest in immigrating to Canada remains high since the share of respondents who indicated that the pandemic has not impacted their immigration plans increased from 48.3% to 51.5%.
In addition, respondents anticipate a positive impact on the availability of jobs in their occupation in Canada and have a positive perception of the ability of the Canadian Government and health care system to manage the pandemic.
Despite the comparative analysis stating that the pandemic has not been a significant factor in delaying respondents’ immigration plans, there was a significant increase in the number of interviewees who are interested in immigrating to a country other than Canada.
#WES, #COVID_19, #immigration_to_Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19.html
February 1, 2022
On January 28, 2022, the Ministry of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills of Newfoundland and Labrador published a Joint Statement on Remembrance Day for the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia.
In the statement, Ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador remembered the victims of the attack in the Quebec City Mosque, where six Muslims were killed and 19 more were injured.
The province continues to seek solutions to Islamophobia and all forms of racism in society and in institutions.
#Newfoundland_and_Labrador, #Rememberance_Day
https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2022/exec/0128n03/
January 31, 2022
On January 28, 2022, the Government of Canada updated instructions on the use of representatives for the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) which has officially become the regulator of immigration and citizenship consultants across Canada.
New instructions reflect changes in the guidelines for application intake and processing and other procedures.
They also include an update regarding who can act as a representative, compensated and uncompensated representatives, as well as guidelines for other stakeholders.
The new instructions are applicable to both citizenship and immigration applications and proceedings.
#CICC, #ICCRC, #RCIC, #consultants, #college_of_immigration_consultants
January 31, 2022
Under Canada’s commitment to welcome up to 40,000 refugees and vulnerable Afghans to Canada, the Government is currently working to increase the number of eligible Afghans.
As of today, Canada welcomed 7,140 Afghan refugees under all streams since August 2021.
The Government of Canada received 14,740 applications from Afghan nationals for immigration under the special immigration program for Afghans who assisted the Government in Afghanistan.
9,815 applications have been approved so far, and 4,290 Afghans arrived in Canada under this program. In addition, Canada also accepted 2,850 Afghan refugees under the humanitarian program.
#Afghanistan, #Afghan_refugees, #refugees, #Afghans, #Taliban
January 27, 2022
