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The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program invited a total of 200 Express Entry candidates to apply for the Alberta Express Entry stream. Invited candidates only needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 301. In order to receive an invitation in this particular Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw, candidates needed to have a profile in the Express Entry system. Express Entry is …

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International students who complete their entire postsecondary program online will now be eligible for the three-year open work permit after graduation. Canada is making it easier for international student graduates to be eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) during the pandemic. Before, online learning could not count towards a PGWP application, but that has all changed. …

International students with 100% online studies? You may still get PGWP Read More »

Canada invited 27,332 candidates to apply for permanent residence in its latest Express Entry draw— you read that right. Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited candidates from the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) on February 13. This unprecedented Express Entry invitation round only required candidates to have a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 75— the lowest CRS …

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Since May 2019, candidates under Canada’s Express Entry system have tended to need a Comprehensive Ranking Score above 460 points to obtain an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence. In recent months, this has climbed even further to around 470 or higher.   Up until then, the Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) cut-offs hovered between 430 and …

Canada now operates more than 80 economic class immigration programs—the most in its history Read More »

For the fifth year in a row, people from around the world named Canada as the top country for quality of life. Out of the countries surveyed, Canada ranked number one overall for being politically stable, number two for having a good job market, and number four for having a well-developed public education system. Global …

Canada rated top country for quality of life in 2020 Read More »

Countries across the western world, whether Japan or Germany, Australia or Austria, need more immigrants to help offset the negative economic impacts of their aging populations and low birth rates. Anti-immigrant sentiment, however, has grown in prominence throughout much of the western world in recent years. There are concerns that welcoming immigrants hurts the economy …

Why Canada’s immigration system stands above the rest Read More »