Latest Immigration News

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is on a path to incorporate 13 more manufacturing jobs to the occupations eligibility list under the popular Employer Job Offer Category. The candidates for the new NOC (National Occupation Classification) codes will only be eligible if the job is outside the Greater Toronto Area.

On this January 9th, the province of Ontario has conducted its first Express Entry aligned French-speaking candidates’ invitation round. A total of 242 Notification of Interest (NOIs) were issued in this draw round.

Province of Ontario requests to Double the provincial Immigration allocation to 13,300 by 2021.

Ontario has announced the launch of a new Regional Immigration Pilot Program by the end of third week of December. This program is designed to attract newcomers to less populated communities.

The province of Alberta has issued a total of 148 Notification of Interest (NOI) letters to candidates in the Express Entry pool with a minimum CRS score of 400. The NOIs were issued under the Express Entry stream of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program. Under the AINP, candidates will be able to apply only if […]

The province of Saskatchewan has increased the total volume of candidate intake in its recent PNP draws – the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). SINP is an Express Entry aligned provincial immigration program. This means that all the candidates in the Express Entry pool stands a chance to receive a Notification of Interest (NOI) through […]

In the last Express Entry draw that took place on 30 October 2019, the CRS score of lowest ranked candidate invited was 475. A total of 3,900 invitations were issued on this 129th Express Entry draw. Seasoned Canadian immigration lawyers, as well as Owlspriority Immigration’s director and Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) Dr. Joe Greenholtz, opine that the hike in […]

The Provinces’ participation in selecting candidates from the Express Entry pool has seen a sudden steep rise in this fourth quarter of 2019. Experts opine that this could be because IRCC is trying to fill its intake gap before the year ends – the multiyear immigration target. Q4 2019 has seen Ontario, Saskatchewan and New […]

The Province of Nova Scotia has broken its record in inviting the highest number of entrepreneurs through its Business/Entrepreneur category. Along with Prince Edward Island (PEI), New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador, the province of Nova Scotia is a culturally and historically vibrant Atlantic (Maritime) province of Canada. The first record in this category was […]

Statistics show that in the current quarter of 2019, job vacancies throughout territorial (all provinces and territories) Canada crosses record high. With over 592,000 new job vacancies throughout the country (see quarter-wise chart below), the steep increase in available jobs is attracting huge volumes of work permit seekers, permanent residence aspirants and working holiday seekers […]