Mehta Immigration

There has been ongoing news circulating about the Canadian government considering imposing a cap on international students coming to Canada to deal with the housing crisis.

First things first, this is being blown out of context with the former IRCC Minister and new Canadian Immigration Minister saying they may (a big may) consider limiting the number of international students

The new International Experience Canada round of invitations sent out 996 work permit invites during the week ending August 25.

Out of these, 923 have been sent under the largest IEC category of Working Holiday Visa with the total number of invitations in 2023 now reaching 98,249.

New IRCC Backlog Update | Nearly 2.3 Million Files Under Processing

PGP helped 16.6 per cent more parents and grandparents immigrate to Canada in first half of this year

Latest Alberta PNP Draw: Three new Alberta Express Entry draws between August 15-22, 2023, sent out 403 Notification of Interest (NOI) letters offering provincial nomination.

The latest BC PNP draw of 2023 on August 15, 2023, sent out more than 225 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) in general and targeted draws.

169 invitations have been issued in general targeting all the occupations, including 35 Tech occupations under all the BC PNP Skills Immigration streams as well as Express Entry streams.

Additionally, 33 invitations have been sent targeted at profiles with experience as Early Childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202).

Moreover, 23 invitations are targeted at profiles in 39 healthcare-related occupations.

Getting your Social Insurance Number, or SIN number is one of the first things you should do upon arrival in Canada. You cannot legally work in Canada without a SIN.

It is required for international students, foreign workers, permanent residents, and citizens to work in Canada.

India continues to be the top source of new Canadian immigrants, followed by Nigeria, the Philippines, and China.

In total, Canada landed 263,180 new immigrants in the first two quarters of 2023, with more than 84,000 having Indian nationality.

Today, 2 Agri-Food Pilot changes come into effect that help address Canadian labour needs:

1⃣ We’re expanding open work permit access to family members of all participants in the Agri-Food Pilot.
2⃣ We’re accepting union reference letters to attest to a candidate’s work experience as an alternative to employer reference letters.

These changes will provide greater access to the Agri-Food Pilot and more opportunities for workers and their families.

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2 New Ontario-OINP Draws Invite 2,835 Express Entry Profiles.

The latest Saskatchewan-SINP draw of 2023 on August 16, 2023, sent out 642 invitations to apply (ITAs) under the 2 categories for permanent residency; Occupation in-demand and Express Entry.

This is the first-of-its-kind PNP draw in Canada that not only invited candidates based on their occupations or NOC codes but also based on their country of residence.