Breaking borders and opening doors, Canada recently made a remarkable stride in its immigration policy. The country has unveiled a new visa-free travel policy for visitors hailing from 13 countries. This exciting development underscores Canada's identity as a multicultural epicenter, further cementing its commitment to diversity and global collaboration. With the beneficiary countries ranging from Africa, Asia, South America, to Eastern Europe, the promise of more accessible opportunities in Canada is indeed a beacon of hope and prospect for many.   The 13 Countries Welcomed: Philippines Morocco Panama Antigua and Barbuda St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Argentina Costa Rica Uruguay Seychelles Thailand   Implications for You: With this groundbreaking…

The OINP, Ontario's provincial program, reopens Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Another Province updated their Provincial Nominee Program. Ontario is reopening its well-known OINP with good news for skilled foreign workers and international students. Focusing on the Province's future economy, the Government of ON updates the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. The updates will give more opportunities to foreign workers, international students, in-demand skilled workers, masters graduates and Ph.D. graduates. But more than that, the level and field of education, where it was completed, intentions of settling outside of the Great Toronto and even earnings history are attributes that will add to applications. The system works…

Created By Stephanie Ford | Updated By Bruno Guerra On November 16, 2022, the NOC 2016 was replaced by NOC 2021. A 6-category system will represent the training, education, experience and responsibilities (TEER) needed to work in an occupation. In the 4-digit occupation category codes, a 5-digit will take place. What does it mean? The program used to call and divide its categories by NOC Skill Type and/or Levels; now, it will use TEER categories. Skill type 0 are now TEER 0 Skill type A is now TEER 1 Skill type B is now TEER 2 & 3 Skill type C is now TEER 4 Skill type D is…

The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, has announced improvements to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program to address Labour shortage in Canada. These changes are part of the initiative called Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Workforce Solutions Road Map, an effort to continue meeting the labour market needs as well as improving worker protections and building workforce for the long term in Canada. Five key changes were announced today, three are effective immediately and two will be in force as of April 30th: What has been implemented today: Limit to the number of low-wage seasonal positions has been waived…

Foreign workers have played a vital role in the Canadian job market for decades – and the role immigrants play in advancing the Canadian economy is only growing more important. Over the past years, the growth in the number of jobs available in Canada has been outpacing the number of working age Canadians available to fill those roles. The pandemic has exacerbated this issue, since the typical flow of temporary workers slowed to a trickle with the increased border restrictions. As a result, there were 896,000 job vacancies in December 2021. This figure is 87.9% higher than the number of job…