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Jul 20, 2021

The Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) will feature a lottery once again. The lottery will take place the week of September 20, 2021, after which invitations will be sent over the course of two weeks. Those invited will have 60 days to submit their sponsorship applications to the Canadian government. This and other details of .

Jul 20, 2021

Details of the 2021 Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) will be available at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) today. Note: This is a developing story that CIC News will update throughout the day. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is expected to outline the format and application period of this year’s PGP, under which some 30,000 candidates .

Jul 19, 2021

Fully-vaccinated tourists from the United States will be able to travel to Canada effective August 9, 2021. The exemption will apply to U.S. citizens and permanent residents currently living in the U.S. They must have been completed their vaccination at least two weeks before coming to Canada. Canada will not require all visitors to take .

Jul 19, 2021

Update: The details of the 2021 Parents and Grandparents Program have been released and are available here. The original story continues below: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has scheduled a press conference in Surrey British Columbia featuring immigration minister Marco Mendicino who will provide an overview of the format of the PGP 2021 and .

Jul 19, 2021

Canada is extending its flight ban on India. The restrictions will roll over for one more month until August 21. On April 22, 2021, Canada introduced a travel ban on both India and Pakistan due to concerns on rising cases of COVID-19 variants. All passenger and business flights from the two countries were suspended. The .

Jul 19, 2021

Canada’s government is holding a press conference today, Monday July 19 at 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Note: This is a developing story. CIC News will continue to update it throughout the day. The purpose of the press conference is for Canada’s ministers to provide an overview of the country’s new coronavirus travel rules. .

Jul 19, 2021

Canada is reopening the border to fully vaccinated tourists this summer. Summary of new policies: Fully vaccinated U.S. tourists can enter Canada starting August 9 Hotel quarantine policy ending August 9 Fully vaccinated children of Canadians, and other exempt travellers to have amended quarantine starting August 9 Fully vaccinated tourists from all countries can enter .

Jul 19, 2021

Canadian ministers are announcing updates to border measures today, July 19. Note: This story is developing. CIC News will update it throughout the day. A news conference with federal government officials is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Health Canada, lead by Health Minister Patty Hajdu, is expected to announce some border easing of border .

Jul 18, 2021

Canada could announce its new COVID-19 travel measures as soon as tomorrow. Canada introduced travel restrictions in March 2020 and has been extending them on a monthly basis throughout 2021. The country has taken a gradual approach to lifting restrictions. Generally speaking, those now allowed to travel into the country include Canadian citizens, permanent residents, .

Jul 17, 2021

Justin Trudeau’s government says the Canada-U.S. border will not open to tourism until at least 75 per cent of Canadians are fully vaccinated — and the majority of Canadians agree. Responses from a new Angus Reil poll suggest Canadians are still cautious about reopening the border. The majority say — if the choice was theirs .

Jul 16, 2021

Canada’s new immigration stream for English-speaking essential workers in non-healthcare-related positions has reached its limit of 30,000. The quota was met on July 16, more than two months after the program originally launched. It is the second of the six temporary residence to permanent residence (TR to PR) pathways to fill up before the programs .

Jul 16, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office is saying the Canada-U.S. border could start opening to fully vaccinated tourists in mid-August, and by early September for all other countries. On July 15, the prime minister spoke with provincial leaders and the minister of intergovernmental affairs on a number of topics. Among them were Canada’s vaccination rates and .

Jul 15, 2021

Ontario held its first-ever In-Demand Skills stream draw under its new intake system. Less than three weeks after introducing the In-Demand Skills stream to the new Expression of Interest (EOI) system, Ontario has invited immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. For the general draw, Ontario invited 54 candidates with scores of at least .

Jul 15, 2021

Quebec has launched a new points system to rank the profiles of immigration candidates in the Arrima expression of interest pool. Up to 1,320 points are available, of which 580 are for human capital factors and 740 for factors related to Quebec’s labour market needs. The human capital criteria include French language ability, bilingual ability, .

Jul 15, 2021

Québec a lancé un nouveau système de points pour classer les profils des candidats à l’immigration dans le bassin de déclaration d’intérêt d’Arrima. Jusqu’à 1 320 points peuvent etre obtenus par les candidats qui soumettent un profil dans Arrima, dont 580 pour les facteurs liés au capital humain et 740 pour les facteurs liés aux .