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NBPNP temporarily halted the New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream
The New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) has temporarily paused the New Brunswick Skilled Worker stream for any Expression of Interest (EOI) submitted after May 17th, 2024. This pause is necessary for the province to manage this stream’s high volume of candidates. The NBPNP recommended that foreign nationals and employers with jobs or job offers in NOC TEERs 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 consider the Atlantic Immigration Program as an alternative. Invitations will still be issued to all eligible French-speaking candidates, as evidenced by TEF or TCF language test results, meeting the NCLC 4 proficiency level in all four language competencies, and with a qualifying job or job offer in a TEER 0,1,2,3 or 4 position. The NBPNP Skilled Worker stream will still accept EOIs, which could lead to an invitation when the program reopens.
#NBPNP, #NB_Skilled_Worker_Stream, #New_Brunswick, #skilled_workers
Questions remain as the Federal Government gets ready to change the Citizenship Act
The Canadian Federal Government is reportedly preparing a bill to amend the Citizenship Act, which could impact more than 3,500 stateless individuals currently residing in Canada. These individuals, known as “Lost Canadians,” include former citizens who had their citizenship revoked due to provisions of the act that have since been repealed. Despite a court order to amend the act by June 19, specifics about the proposed changes remain unclear. Concerns persist about a potential “substantial connection test,” which could require parents to prove their ties to Canada to pass citizenship to children born abroad.
#Canadian_citizenship, #citizenship_act, #citizenship, #lost_Canadians
Sudbury held a new draw under the RNIP
On May 10, 2024, the City of Greater Sudbury held a new round of invitations in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) Program. In this round, the city considered 32 candidates under the Conventional Stream of the RNIP. The minimum score for this draw was 145, 30 points fewer than in the previous draw. This year, Sudbury invited a total of 416 applicants. So far, the city has recommended around 800 individuals under the RNIP since the program’s launch.
#Sudbury, #RNIP, #Ontario, #community_recommendation, #rural_immigration
The International Experience Canada invited more candidates over the last week
Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From May 13 to May 19, Canada invited 2,374 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of May 19, 33,990 candidates were registered in the pool and waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 239 ITAs for Australia, 5 ITAs for Austria, 29 ITAs for Belgium, 2 ITAs for Chile, 1 ITA for Costa Rica, 2 ITAs for Croatia, 22 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 14 ITAs for Denmark, 2 ITAs for Finland, 197 ITAs for France, 89 ITAs for Germany, 10 ITAs for Greece, 8 ITAs for Hong Kong, 2 ITAs for Iceland, 92 ITAs for Ireland, 64 ITAs for Italy, 190 ITAs for Japan, 817 ITAs for Korea, 1 ITA for Latvia, 5 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 67 ITAs for New Zealand, 4 ITAs for Norway, 5 ITAs for Poland, 21 ITAs for Portugal, 8 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 59 for Spain, 13 ITAs for Sweden, 6 ITAs for Switzerland, 42 ITAs for Taiwan, and 355 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2024, Canada issued 78,769 ITAs under the IEC Program.
#IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada