Canada is home to hundreds of thousands of international students, with the country housing one of the biggest in-flows of student migration in the world.International students in Canada can receive an internationally recognised standard of education, in an overwhelmingly immigrant friendly country. However, they can simultaneously face more barriers to entry, due to higher premiums they […]
Certain occupations that Quebec employers hire for are exempt from the requirement to advertise the position for which they are hiring foreign workers.Typically, the process for temporarily hiring a foreign national to work in Canada involves the submission of a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). LMIAs are documents that employers seek from the government to verify that […]
Once an individual has applied for permanent residence (PR) and received a confirmation of permanent residence (COPR), they are still required to do a landing and receive a PR card to fully complete the process, in becoming a confirmed permanent resident of Canada. to the country—or as “soft landings”, where new PRs simply land in Canada to complete the process of […]
Coming to Canada as an international student is a big step for many people and this article will outline a few of the key steps that a newcomer pursuing their education must take in their first week in this country.Many international students come to this country with the intention of staying in Canada long-term. This […]
The end of the year is often a time for travel, with many international students, workers, and permanent residents leaving Canada for the first time since arriving to the country.While these individuals are allowed to return to Canada provided that their status is valid, there are often finer details to keep in mind when returning […]
Three Canadian provinces have nominated candidates in the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) this week.Because immigration is shared between the federal and provincial governments, provinces are able to select the economic immigration candidates that they feel will integrate easily into the local economy and labour force. A nomination makes a candidate’s application for permanent residence much stronger when […]
Meteorologists say that a warm weather phenomenon, known as El Nino, is expected to have a varying impact on temperatures and weather patterns around Canada this winter. El Nino is a weather pattern that causes “warm water [to be] pushed back east, toward the west coast of the Americas”. This is according to the United States […]
Nigerian international student numbers in Canada are increasing at a significant rate.In 2019, the Canadian government issued just over 3,000 student visas to Nigerian nationals. By 2021, that number doubled and in 2022, it doubled again. With record numbers of international students coming to study in Canada, Nigerians have become the country’s fastest-growing student population. ApplyBoard has published […]
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that they will be extending a policy that allows certain international students to work beyond the usual 20-hour-per-week limit imposed on off-campus employment outside of scheduled academic breaks. In response to growing labour shortages across Canada, the country’s immigration department implemented a temporary policy in 2022, allowing certain international students to […]
This year, Canada will welcome 465,000 new permanent residents —a record-breaking annual immigrant intake that is only likely to increase in coming years, as the country’s immigration levels plan indicates. Furthermore, data from 2021 indicates that nearly four out of five eligible permanent residents will pursue Canadian citizenship. With such a sizeable influx of new immigrants and future Canadians, […]
