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Newfoundland and Labrador arranges Information Sessions on the Atlantic Immigration Program for employers and prospective newcomers

On January 5, 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism (OIM) announced that the province will hold a series of information sessions starting from January 11, 2022.

In total, four information sessions for employers will be conducted – two during the daytime hours and two during the evening hours.

The sessions are only for Newfoundland and Labrador-based employers and prospective newcomers to the province.

Due to the limited spaces available, those who are not considering Newfoundland and Labrador as the province of destination in Canada, have been asked not to register for the sessions.

#NewfoundlandandLabrador, #Informationsessions, #AIP, #OIM

https://www.gov.nl.ca/immigration/immigrating-to-newfoundland-and-labrador/atlantic-immigration-pilot-program/employers/

January 6, 2022

Ottawa updated definitions related to temporary resident permits

On January 5, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced a program delivery update related to temporary resident permits (TRP).

The term “implied status” has been replaced with “maintained status” on TRP web pages.

In addition, the Government provided new instructions clarifying the restoration process of temporary resident status.

Authorization to study or work can only be restored if an application is made before the expiration of that status, and the applicant remains in Canada until a decision is made on the application.

#Temporaryresidents, #impliedstatus, #maintainedstatus

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-changed-to-maintained-status.html

 

January 6, 2022

Canada welcomed around 11,500 newcomers under the TR to PR Pathway in 2021

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data revealed that 11,425 temporary residents in Canada acquired their permanent residency under the temporary resident to permanent resident (TR2PR) pathway by the end of October 2021, excluding many more who are still waiting for their applications to be processed. Pathway, launched on May 2, 2021, had received 84,177 applications under six streams, both for francophones and anglophones. Ontario and British Columbia accepted the most newcomers under this one-time pathway to permanent residency. #TR2PR, #PR, #IRCC, #temporaryresidents, #Ontario, #BritishColumbia https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/reports-statistics/statistics-open-data.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/04/new-pathway-to-permanent-residency-for-over-90000-essential-temporary-workers-and-international-graduates.html

January 5, 2022

Vancouver, Toronto, and Edmonton had the highest retention rate for newcomers

Statistics Canada recently published a study that revealed the retention rate of Canadian cities for immigrants.

The study used the data of immigrants who came to Canada in 2014 through tax file analysis from the 2020 Longitudinal Immigration Database.

According to the study, Vancouver, Toronto, and Edmonton had the highest retention rates among Canadian cities.

Immigrants who moved to Vancouver and Toronto in 2014 had the highest retention rate at 86% staying in the city in the next five years. Edmonton took third place at around 85%.

#Vancouver, #Toronto, #Edmonton, #retention_rates, #Statistics_Canada

 

January 4, 2022