Canada will grant visa-on-arrival status for citizens of the United Arab Emirates from June 5, 2018. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen made the announcement in a meeting with UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday. The move comes following ‘a comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of the UAE against Canada’s visa policy criteria’, a…
Prince Edward Island immigration authorities have conducted a new draw under the province’s Expression of Interest system, launched in 2018. The latest draw, conducted on May 17, 2018 saw 78 Invitations to Apply issued under the province’s Labour Impact/Express Entry category. The number included 56 invites issued under the Labour Impact Category. The remaining…
Manitoba immigration officials have conducted a new Expression of Interest draw under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The May 11 2018 MPNP draw saw 626 candidates invited to apply across four Manitoba streams Of the invites, 151 went to candidates for the province’s new Express Entry Pathway, part of the Skilled Workers Overseas stream,…
British Columbia immigration officials conducted a new draw under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program on May 9, 2018. The B.C. PNP draw saw 34 candidates invited to apply under the province’s technology-only stream. The minimum score for Express Entry skilled workers and international graduates, plus the provincial international graduate stream, was 91 points. The score for…
Quebec was the biggest mover in an otherwise stable set of Canada jobs figures in the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey for April. The French-speaking province saw unemployment fall to 5.4 per cent, enough to leave it second behind British Columbia for the lowest provincial unemployment. Canada wide, unemployment remained unchanged at 5.8 per…
A new round of Notifications of Interest under Ontario’s Express Entry stream for French Speaking Skilled Workers took place on May 17, 2018. The draw saw 30 NOIs issued to candidates who submitted their Canada Express Entry profiles between January 1 and May 17, 2018. There is no minimum score for the French Speaking Skilled…
Ontario immigration officials have conducted a new draw aimed at Skilled Trades candidates, the 13th of 2018 under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program stream. The draw saw 45 candidates issued Notifications of Interest under the province’s Express Entry Skilled Trades stream, bringing the total for 2018 to 697. Read More Priority Occupations Under Canada Express…
Canada is battling a shrinking labour force caused by an aging population and high out-migration among qualified graduates. One of the ways it is trying to plug this gap is through skilled worker Canada immigration, with Engineering Project Managers among the top in-demand occupations through the Express Entry system. When a construction project runs smoothly,…
Canada is looking to plug crucial workforce gaps as its economy expands and skilled worker jobs become available. Through Express Entry, it is able to target the occupations that businesses are struggling to find through immigration. Accountants are one of the key in-demand occupations. The bigger the business, the more important the Accountant becomes, which…
By the end of Q4 2017, Canadian job vacancies reached a new high of 399,000 jobs in the private sector alone. According to a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), this high figure is the result of a lack of skilled workers and a rapidly growing economy. It is also the highest…