Canada updated the Resettlement Assistance Program
On July 27, 2021, the Government of Canada made an update to the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP).
A number of instructions have been updated within the RAP Income Support program delivery instructions based on recommendations resulting from recent audits of the program.
The new updates clarify and enhance existing instructions for officers administering the program, specifically as related to secondary migration, One Year Window of Opportunity Program, overpayments, and file preparation.
The Government also updated the guidance to reflect the use of the Global Case Management System for the management of RAP Income support files.
#RAP, #resettlement, #GSMS, #settlement
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-rap.html
July 28, 2021
Ottawa announced a program delivery update for in-Canada temporary residence applications
On July 27, 2021, the Government of Canada announced a new program delivery update regarding file transfers to the Centre of Expertise in Security Cases for in-Canada temporary residence applications.
The new guidance instructs stage 2 decision-makers to transfer applications to the Domestic Network’s Centre of Expertise in Security Cases if an application has passed eligibility but results from partner agencies have raised admissibility concerns under the sections of A34, A35, and A37 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
These instructions are only applicable for applications submitted in Canada.
#TRV, #temporary_residents, #security, #IRPA, #centre_of_expertise
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-file-transfers-tr-applications.html
July 28, 2021
Ottawa published a temporary public policy on minimum income requirements in 2020
On July 26, 2021, the Government of Canada published a new public policy that exempts certain permanent residence (PR) applicants from the requirement that their sponsor meets all of the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for the 2020 taxation year.
A sponsor does not have to meet the minimum necessary income if they are sponsoring their spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent children, or a person under the age of 18 whom the sponsor is willing to adopt in Canada.
#MNI, #Income_requirements, #Sponsors
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/family-class-income-2020.html
July 27, 2021
New Brunswick will hold a virtual immigration fair this summer
This summer, New Brunswick is going to hold an online immigration fair for welders, millwrights, and machinists who are interested in immigration to the province.
Registration for the fair is open for the following Skilled Trades occupations in New Brunswick: welders and related machine operators – NOC 7237, machinists and machining and tooling
inspectors - NOC 7231, and construction millwrights and industrial mechanics - NOC 7311. Information about the virtual information session as well as the fair will be announced at a later date.
#New_Brunswick, #Job_fair, #welders, #machinists, #millwrights
https://www.welcomenb.ca/content/wel-bien/en/recruitment_events.html
