Government of Canada Launches Innovative Program to Help Newcomer Youth
LONDON, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Nov. 17, 2010) – The Government of Canada is investing more than $1.6 million to help newcomer youth and their families in London, Ed Holder, Member of Parliament for London West announced today, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. The Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) […]
Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants
As waves of immigrants from the developing world remade Canada a decade ago, the famously friendly people of Manitoba could not contain their pique. What irked them was not the Babel of tongues, the billions spent on health care and social services, or the explosion of ethnic identities. The rub was the newcomers’ preference for […]
INVESTOR CATEGORY MORATORIUM TO BE LIFTED DECEMBER 1. PERSONAL NET WORTH REQUIREMENT AND INVESTMENT AMOUNT DOUBLED.
The Canadian Immigrant Investor Program supports the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act objective to support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy, in which the benefits of immigration are shared across all regions of Canada by attracting experienced business people and their economic resources to Canada. Candidates for the Immigrant Investor Program must […]
Total complete Federal Skilled Worker applications received since June 26, 2010
On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced major changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Class with no advance notice. Unless an applicant has arranged employment, he/she must now have at least 1 year of continuous full-time paid work experience or 2 years of continuous half-time paid work experience in at least 1 […]
Kenney to learn about human smuggling in Australia
OTTAWA – Canada’s immigration minister is travelling to Australia to see what can be learned about dealing with boatloads of illegal immigrants and refugee claimants. Jason Kenney is currently on a 10-day trip through India, China and the Philippines to deal with the issue of overseas immigration fraud. On a conference call with reporters on […]
Illegal Migrant Ship Heading for British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Immigration Officials are monitoring a ship that may be headed to British Columbia. According to a Sri Lanka newspaper the ship is carrying Tamil migrants. According to the newspaper, the Colombo Observer, the ship is carrying 200 migrants, some of them Tamil Tigers. The Colombo Observer reported that the ship was last spotted in […]