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Saskatchewan updated application processing times in the SINP

On April 23, 2021, Saskatchewan has updated the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) processing times. The new data is based on average times from January 1 to March 31, 2021. In the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time in the Employment Offer stream is 4 weeks, the Express Entry Stream is processed in 37 weeks and the Occupation In-Demand Stream in 35 weeks. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time in the Existing Work Permit Stream is 2 weeks; the International Students Stream, Health Professionals Stream, Hospitality Workers Stream, and the Truck Drivers Streams are processed in only 1 week. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneurs Nominations and Farmers Stream is 14 weeks. The Job Approval Process, the authorization for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP, takes 8 weeks. The processing times show the average time for 80% of applications to be processed within the last quarter. #Saskatchewan, #SINP, #processing_times

April 26, 2021

IRCC invited 1,022 invitations under the International Experience Canada

Over the last week, the Department of Immigration conducted new invitation rounds in the pools of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. From April 19 to April 23, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 1,022 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for an IEC open work permit. As of April 23, there are 15,214 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 31 ITAs for Australia, 6 ITAs for Belgium, 243 ITAs for Chile, 10 ITAs for Costa Rica, 40 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 5 ITAs for Denmark, 202 ITAs for France, 9 ITAs for Greece, 16 ITAs for Hong Kong, 231 ITAs for Ireland, 5 ITAs for Italy, 12 ITAs for Japan, 32 ITAs for South Korea, 11 ITAs for the Netherlands, 2 ITAs for New Zealand, 1 ITA for Norway, 19 ITAs for Portugal, 24 ITAs for Slovakia, 19 ITAs for Spain, 3 ITAs for Sweden, 3 ITAs for Switzerland, 19 ITAs for Taiwan, and 82 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 6,058 ITAs under the IEC in 2021. #IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada

April 26, 2021

Language requirements for the temporary pathway to permanent residence

International students and essential workers who are going to apply for the temporary pathway to permanent residence will have to provide proof of their adequate knowledge of the language. In order to be eligible, international students who graduated from Canadian institutions must have a language proficiency of at least CLB level 5, while for essential workers, this criterion is CLB level 4. If applicants already have a language test result from a designated organization approved by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRRC), they can use it, as soon as the test result is less than 2 years old when the application is received. IRCC will accept language test results received by applicants through email or from the testing organization’s online portal. To recall, IRCC accepts test results from IELTS General and CELPIP English tests and TEF and TCF French tests. #IRCC, #language_requirements, #English, #French, #PR, #IELTS, #CELPIP, #TEF, #TCF

April 23, 2021

Canada cancelled flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

In response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in India and concerns about new strains of coronavirus, the federal government decided to cancelled flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days. The Department of Transport stated that due to the fact that an increasing number of Indian and Pakistani travellers entered Canada with COVID-19, all commercial and private passenger flights from these countries are cancelled as of 11:30 PM April 22, 2021 and will remain in full effect until May 21. Passengers, who will come from India or Pakistan to Canada via a third country, must be able to demonstrate a negative COVID-19 test result from their point of departure before they can travel to Canada. In turn, this policy may affect many international students and foreign workers from the above two countries. #COVID_19, #travel_restrictions, #India, #Pakistan

April 23, 2021