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BREAKING!

There will be a draw for Parents/Grandparents Sponsorship afterall.
Same as the previous years, IRCC will be selecting from the sponsors in Year 2020 Intake.
Stay tuned for further announcement!

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/update-2025-parents-grandparents-program.html?utm_source=IRCCSM&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawI4M7xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcf-zf6QnR55VKjw_8p4dJDYokGteidxBZnWaTvaOUqUsjBBicrJiU9cSA_aem_xj8y6z-lwgK6DFIwJHBQvw

NEW!!!

In Canada and Looking for a PR Pathway? Do you have Caregiver Experience?

Well, Home Care Worker Immigration pilot could be for you.

Key highlights of the the program are below:

---will open on March 31, 2025 and has two streams. IRCC will start with Workers in Canada stream. Outside application will be announced at a later date.

---this a direct to PR Application

---Reduced language and education requirements. You now only need to have CLB 4 and minimum of Canadian high school education equivalency

---No in-Canada work experience needed. Applicants won’t need prior Canadian work experience. However, they will need to have recent, relevant work experience or have completed a credential of at least 6 months of related home care training. They will also need to have a full-time job offer in home care within Canada, outside Quebec.

---Flexible work options with a job offer.
Home care workers can work where they are needed. Your job offer can be from

private households
organizations that directly hire full-time workers to provide short-term or occasional home care for those who are semi-independent or recovering from an injury or illness, for example
home health care service providers
home care support service providers
direct care agencies
personal care services in residential settings
pediatric home health care service providers
This will not include recruitment or placement agencies.

So, if you think you meet those requirements, contact us now for consultation!

ANOTHER BREAKING NEWS!

Today, Minister Boissonnault is announcing next steps and further details of the following changes that will become effective on September 26, 2024. Specifically:

---The 10% employer cap on temporary foreign workers under the Low-wage Stream of the TFW Program will apply across Canada, including occupations that fall under the Traitement Simplifié in Quebec. An exception will be made for employers seeking to fill labour shortages in the healthcare, construction, and food processing sectors, which will be permitted to keep a 20% cap.

---All Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) approved for Low-wage Stream positions will be limited to a work duration of a maximum of one year, including those processed under the Traitement Simplifié, except for occupations under the Primary Agriculture Stream.

---The Refusal to Process (RTP) policy will apply to all Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) with an unemployment rate of over 6%. An exception will be made for employers seeking to fill labour shortages in the healthcare, construction, and food processing sectors. The CMA unemployment rate information will be updated four times a year, when the first Labour Force Survey of each financial quarter is published. The list will be updated on the same day that the data is published.

BREAKING!

IRCC made another overhaul to the International Student Program. Below are the main bullet points:

---announcing a further reduction in the intake cap on international student study permits for 2025 based on a 10% reduction from the 2024 target of 485,000 new study permits issued, and then stabilizing the intake cap for 2026 such that the number of study permits issued remains the same as 2025
For 2025, this means reducing study permits issued to 437,000
---updating the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program this fall to better align with immigration goals and labour market needs
---limiting work permit eligibility, later this year, to spouses of master’s degree students to only those whose program is at least 16 months in duration
---limiting work permit eligibility later this year to spouses of foreign workers in management or professional occupations or in sectors with labour shortages—under Canada’s work permit programs (TFWP and IMP)