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Under Express Entry most successful applicants were already living in Canada as temporary workers. This seems to show a move toward a "2-step" immigration system where individuals first come to Canada temporarily and then try to make the transition to permanent residence. This trend will not continue. Read why.

December 18, 2018 - Immigration.ca conducts periodic FaceBook live stream sessions each month. Join Managing Partner Colin Singer as he discusses how technology workers can gain fast access to Canada on a temporary and permanent basis.

Through December 18th, 2015, CIC conducted 23 draws, issuing 31,018 invitations to apply for permanent residence. There are continued flaws with the express entry system affecting temporary foreign workers, international students and with the job matching tool. Read more about how the system has fared during its first year and what to expect in 2016.

August 20, 2019 - The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score dropped by nine points to 457, as Canada immigration authorities conducted a second Express Entry draw in eight days.

March 16, 2019 - Canada's federal immigration authorities have introduced a number of special measures under all programs aimed at candidates affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.

January 2016 was a busy month in the Canadian immigration industry. Here is a summary of some of the important developments that took place under Federal Express Entry, the provincial skilled worker streams and the family class.

February 11, 2020 - Alberta immigration issued 351 Notification of Interest letters in two draws targeting Alberta Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 300.

September 18, 2019 - Immigration fraudsters have been targeting Canada's Atlantic Immigration Pilot to offer fast permanent residence to candidates willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to complicit employers who issue fake job letters for cash.

January 8, 2020 - Saskatchewan immigration issued 595 invites targeting 96 National Occupational Classification codes in the latest provincial Expression of Interest draw.

January 19, 2021 - Immigration to Canada rose to its highest level since June last year in November but is still woefully below the healthy flow of immigrants seen before the COVID-19 global pandemic.

October 12, 2018 - On April 6, 2016, Quebec government tabled new legislation "Quebec Immigration Act". On July 18, 2018, it tabled new regulations "Quebec Immigration Regulation" providing for a significant overhaul of its immigration programs (skilled workers, Quebec experience program, investors, entrepreneurs, self employed), which are both now in force.

September 24, 2018 - British Columbia immigration has conducted its largest draw of 2018 targeting skilled workers and international graduates. The latest draw saw 409 candidates receive invitations to apply, the fourth time the province has broken the 400 barrier this year.

April 26, 2017 – Just one in 10 sponsors who expressed an interest in Canada immigration's Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program will get the chance to submit a full application.

The federal government is making it clear that businesses violating the rules of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will have action taken against them.

July 21, 2020 - Ontario immigration opened applications for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream on Tuesday July 21, before closing the stream again a few hours later.

October 2, 2020 - Canada immigration authorities issued the second-most Express Entry Invitations to Apply on record in the third quarter of 2020, putting the system on track for a record year.

May 25, 2017 – The Saskatchewan immigration office has again closed its Canada Express Entry category after reaching the target number of applications.