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Business leaders in Thunder Bay are delighted as the rural and northern immigration pilot program extended

Author: Admin | February 21, 2025 | Categories: Uncategorized, Work in Canada

Business leaders in Thunder Bay are delighted as the rural and northern immigration pilot programs extended The recent extension of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has excited Thunder Bay's business leaders and economic development officers. Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder...

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Canada Improved Requirements for Healthcare Workers

Author: Admin | February 21, 2025 | Categories: Permanent Residence, Work in Canada

As healthcare workers in Canada, it's important to stay up-to-date on the latest changes to the requirements for your profession. Recently, the Canadian government has made some improvements to the requirements for healthcare workers in order to better protect patients and ensure high-quality care. Some of the new requirements...

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Canada Keeps Temporary Foreign Workers in the Country by Lengthening the Validity Period of work Permits.

Author: Admin | February 21, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

Candidates from the High-Wage and Global Talent Stream, which is run via Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), can now work in Canada for three years instead of two to assist businesses caught in labor scarcity bind. In addition, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) doubled the validity of a...

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Employers in Canada face labor shortages in certain sectors

Author: Admin | February 21, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

Employers in Canada face labor shortages in many sectors. However, healthcare, construction, and the restaurant and hospitality sectors experience the most Canadian labor shortage when compared to other sectors. According to a Statistics Canada report published on January 27, 2022, in November 2021, the healthcare sector had 119,600 vacancies with...

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Meeting the language requirement does not guarantee a visa approval

Author: Admin | February 21, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

Meeting the minimum language requirement does not guarantee a visa approval

Applying for a permanent residency or a work permit in Canada, applicants must prove their language skills by meeting minimum language requirements. However, even if an applicant meets the requirement, visa officers can reject applications. The application of an Indian citizen who applied for temporary residence and a work permit...

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Minimum wage increases coming to BC and Ontario in 2025 A Positive Step for Workers

Author: Rizwan | February 19, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

As part of continuous efforts to raise wage standards and protect employees, Ontario and British Columbia have introduced impending minimum wage increases that will be implemented in 2025. These changes serve to demonstrate provinces' dedication to fair wages in conformity with cost-of-living factors. For British Columbia, an increase of $0.45...

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IRCC Invites 3,300 Canadian Experience Class Candidates in the Latest Express Entry Draw

Author: Admin | February 16, 2025 | Categories: Express Entry, Work in Canada

The fifth Express Entry draw for the Canadian Experience Class for the year 2024 was conducted by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on 27-Aug, for which 3,300 candidates were invited to apply for Canadian immigration. The latest draw of invitations was in Round #312; the cut-off CRS score was...

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Immigrants drive Ontario’s labor force growth

Author: Admin | February 16, 2025 | Categories: Ontario, Work in Canada

The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) report highlights that international immigrants increasingly drive Ontario's labor force growth. Based on 2021 Statistics Canada data, the study focuses on immigrants with permanent residence status in Canada. With immigration to Ontario reaching 227,424 in 2022, these new residents play a "significant role"...

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Canada Plans a new Immigration Pathway for TEER 4 and TEER 5 workers

Author: John Black | February 16, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

The Canadian government is on the brink of unveiling a groundbreaking immigration pathway specifically tailored for workers in TEER 4 and TEER 5 occupations. This new initiative, set to be revealed by the Fall of 2024, could reshape the landscape for thousands of workers who currently rely heavily on...

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ESDC updated processing times for LMIA applications

Author: Admin | February 16, 2025 | Categories: Work in Canada

On December 14, 2023, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) updated the processing times for the LMIA applications under various streams. Based on statistics from all processing centers, the current average LMIA processing times have decreased only for the Global Talent Stream. Global Talent Stream - 6 business days (-3...

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