In January 2014, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released Operational Bulletin: PRG-2013-59, which states that the CBSA has committed to referring a minimum of 875 refugee vacation or cessation cases per year to the Refugee Protection Division (RPD). News of this bulletin, and the apparent resolve of CBSA to reach its quota, puts many […]
Continue reading …The longer an immigrant is in Canada, the more likely they are to fail their citizenship test, a government report says. According to the internal Immigration Department report, applicants who have been in Canada fewer than five years consistently have the highest success rates on the mandatory knowledge test, compared to counterparts who have been […]
Continue reading …The federal government announced a plan that it hopes will attract more international students to Canadian post-secondary campuses. The International Education Strategy aims to double the number of international students and researchers — to 450,000 — in Canada by 2022 in an effort to create jobs and stimulate the domestic economy. Canadian full-time undergraduate students pay an average of $5,700 in […]
Continue reading …Immigration Minister Chris Alexander unveiled changes to Canada’s Citizenship Act in Toronto on February 6, 2014. (Michael Peake/QMI Agency) 10 Change text size for the story Print this story Report an error Related Stories Proposed law aims for stricter Canadian citizenship requirements Canada aims to open doors to 265,000 immigrants in 2014 Immigration selection […]
Continue reading …Immigrants are less likely to have a job than their Canadian-born counterparts, according to Statistics Canada. The data agency says the employment rate for what it calls core-aged immigrants (those between the ages of 25 and 54) was 75.6 per cent last year. That lags behind the employment rate of 82.9 per cent for people born in […]
Continue reading …Tuesday, February 11, 2014 According to a February announcement by Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, the cap of 5000 on applications for the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship program has been filled after only a month since it was re-opened on January 2, 2014. This is the maximum number of applications for the program […]
Continue reading …Canada Unveils the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act Wednesday, February 12, 2014 The Canadian government on 6 February 2014 introduced the first comprehensive reforms to the Citizenship Act since 1977 which reinforce the value of Canadian citizenship while continuing to move toward a faster and more efficient system. “I am pleased to bring forward the first […]
Continue reading …Tuesday, February 26, 2014 A recent study by Statistics Canada showed that children of immigrants to Canada who attended universities were double to students whose parents were born in the country. The report revealed students who immigrated to Canada with their families would continue to attend university. This number makes up 50 percent of the […]
Continue reading …Canadians are the most happy with their jobs, according to a recent study. The study reported that approximately two thirds, of 64 percent, of Canadians said that they loved their job or ‘like it a lot’. A full 24 per cent of Canadians love their jobs so much that they said they would even work […]
Continue reading …Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced yesterday that Canadians living abroad will receive improved passport services. These improvements are effective as of December 9, 2013. Moving forward, Canadians living and working outside of Canada may choose as a guarantor: An adult with a valid or recently expired Canadian passport (less than a year), […]
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