Temporary residents seeking work permits or an extension of their visit in Canada can now apply online, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
“Extending our online services to more temporary residents will significantly facilitate the application process by providing faster, more accessible and efficient services,” said Minister Kenney.
Forms submitted by mail [...]
Canada’s announcement that it will impose visa requirements effective a minute after midnight Tuesday on the top two sources of refugee claimants — Mexico and the Czech Republic — prompted a quick and dissatisfied reaction from those countries.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Monday that many of the asylum requests are either rejected or abandoned, raising [...]
Victims of immigration scams or unethical/dishonest behaviour by immigration representatives are invited to participate in an on-line survey to provide input into the Government of Canada’s efforts to prevent fraud and other wrongdoing.
The survey, available on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website for the next two weeks, is part of a campaign to inform [...]
A new online resource to help newcomers and prospective immigrants put their skills to work in Canada faster was announced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.
“Each year, thousands of skilled newcomers arrive in Canada. It is in their interest, and in Canada’s interest, to do everything we can to help them put [...]
By Jason Buckland, Sympatico / MSN Finance
There’s a hotly-contested issue surrounding this recession that hasn’t seemed to draw much media attention, subsequently gliding a bit under the social radar.
And it’s a two-pronged matter, really: what impact is immigration having on the struggling Canadian economy, and – because of the downturn – should the federal [...]
Lured by the promise of a better life, hundreds of foreign-trained nannies have found themselves working illegally in menial jobs, without their passports and owing thousands to job agencies. ‘This is human trafficking’
“A Toronto Star investigation has found that the popular federal Live-In Caregiver Program has become a nanny trap. Hundreds, [...]
Canada will “substantially increase” the number of foreign students it admits this year, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
Australia brings in 10 times the students from India that Canada does, he said at a conference in downtown Toronto for more than 1,400 unemployed or underemployed internationally educated professionals keen to figure out the secrets to [...]
Source: The Globe and Mail.com
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the number of new arrivals to Canada could fall if labour markets contract and there are no jobs for them to fill.
“Obviously we will monitor the economic situation and, if it’s absolutely necessary, the government can always modify the targets. But it’s our [...]
Source: The Record.com
Skilled immigrants in Waterloo Region should have better access to their field of expertise, thanks to a new internship program.
A partnership between the Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network and Conestoga College, the program aims to create at least 30 four-month paid internships within the first year.
The plan was officially launched yesterday at the [...]
Really good article from Kaieteur News
—————————————–Visas cannot be guaranteed by Consultants
January 28, 2009 | By knews | Filed Under News
Canadian immigration website says…
Immigration representatives do not have special connections with Canadian government officials and cannot guarantee anyone a visa.
This is according to the official website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
Recently several persons have [...]
