Express Entry Draw Monitoring 2021
Even at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Canada kept its doors cautiously open to new permanent residents. Travel was, of course, restricted to temporary resident visa applications such as visitors and international students. However, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC, selected profiles from the Express Entry pool in 2020. For 2021, […]
How Internationally Educated Nurses can practice Nursing in Canada
How to Become a Registered Nurse in Canada This post summarizes the procedure on nursing registration in Canada for foreign-trained Registered Nurses. Application as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) are not covered here. Unlike the National Council of State Boards of Nursing of the U.S., each province and […]
Changes to New Zealand’s Essential Skills Work Visa
If you are working in New Zealand on an Essential Skills Work Visa, take note of the latest changes to the program. “Your salary defines you.” This statement describes the New Zealand government’s standard on how long a skilled worker can remain with an Essential Skills visa. In the recent past, Immigration New Zealand (or […]
August and July 2020 Visa Bulletin
Have you been waiting for the August 2020 Visa Bulletin? To 3,620,240 visa applicants all over the world who are at the crossroads of their immigrant journey to the United States, the monthly Visa Bulletin is stuck at the traffic light. On Monday, the 20th of July 2020, about 8 PM GMT, the August Visa […]
Increase in Canada Permanent Residence Processing Fees
Be prepared to tender higher Canada permanent residence processing fees if you intend to immigrate to that country. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC published the announcement on March 16, 2020. With the new protocol, IRCC is shifting the cost of managing permanent resident programs to the applicants themselves. Implementing the New Fee Schedules […]
The June 2020 Visa Bulletin and the 60-Day Immigration Ban
The Visa Office released the June 2020 Visa Bulletin around May 22, 2020. In the past, the Visa Office would publish the report between the 11th and 20th of each month. This Visa Bulletin report informs applicants of one of two things. That they can start processing their immigrant visa applications or that they should […]
The SINP Saskatchewan Work Experience Category
The SINP Saskatchewan Work Experience Category is for foreign workers living in Saskatchewan on a valid work permit, who want to apply for permanent residence in the province. It is the Canadian federal government that sets the number of nominees to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program or SINP. Hence the SINP may close categories once […]
The SINP International Skilled Worker Category
The International Skilled Worker SINP (Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program) category uses a points-based grid to qualify applicants. To be an eligible SINP Nominee in this category, you must meet the criteria of the SINP and the factors that will help you settle successfully in Saskatchewan. These factors include English or French language ability, education, skilled […]
Overview of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
Immigrate to Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program or SINP. The SINP has several streams offering competitive process times for their chosen candidates. As Saskatchewan is not part of the Atlantic provinces, it is not a beneficiary of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Project or AIPP. The SINP, though, has fine-tuned its program pathways through […]
How to Read the Visa Bulletin
To ensure that admitting huge numbers of new permanent residents will not overwhelm the economy of the United States, the U.S. government follows a strict visa allocation system. The U.S. Department of State reports the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly report, the “Visa Bulletin.” Monitoring the Visa Bulletin is, therefore, useful if you are […]
