On December 24, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC
) extended the temporary public policy announced in June 2021 that exempts some foreign nationals from having to complete an additional immigration medical exam as part of their application for permanent residence (PR) or a permanent resident visa (PRV).
The policy that is set to expire on December 28, 2021, has been extended until March 31, 2022.
This policy will support faster application processing and help in-Canada applicants with the transition to permanent resident status more quickly.
#IRCC, #Medical_exam, #Medical_examination
December 27, 2021
On December 23, 2021, the Government announced that in 2021,
Canada has already reached the target of 401,000 new permanent residents as part of the 2021–2023 Immigration Levels Plan, breaking the previous record from 1913.
Considering the pandemic’s many challenges, this historic achievement becomes particularly significant.
Around 75% of Canada’s population growth and almost 100% of Canada’s labour force growth comes from immigration. In 2011, immigrants represented 20.7% of Canada’s population which is estimated to increase up to 30% by 2036.
#Immigration_Levels_plan, #population_growth, #labour_force, #target_2021
https://www.poandpo.com/news/canada-welcomes-the-most-immigrants-in-a-single-year-in-its-history/
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/canada-welcomes-record-401000-immigrants-3586619
December 24, 2021
The immigration growth is helping Canada’s Maritime province Nova Scotia to reach its goal of one million people.
From January 2021 to November 2021, 6,170 new permanent residents settled in Nova Scotia most of whom arrived from India, China, the Philippines, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.
The province is preparing to launch a new $2.5-million marketing initiative to support provincial immigration and migration targets as well as to attract newcomers from across Canada and double the amount of population by 2060.
#NovaScotia, #populationgrowth, #labourforce, #immigration
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-nears-milestone-as-population-will-soon-hit-one-million-1.5654879
December 24, 2021
The Government of Canada advised Canadians not to travel for non-essential travel
. At a press conference, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos alongside other federal ministers announced that the government was planning to continue to increase testing passengers at the borders.
The Minister said that as the number of Omicron cases increases,
the Government gets more “concerned that Canadians will be stranded abroad because of the rapidly evolving measures that other countries may put in place, and also because of the significant risk of catching this variant, this virus while travelling abroad.”
#Omicron, #travel, #non_essential_travel, #COVID_19, #travel_measures
December 22, 2021
