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Canada lifted travel restrictions for direct flights from India
On September 21, 2021, the Government of Canada announced that Transport Canada will lift travel restrictions for all direct passenger and business flights from India on September 26, 2021. Once the restriction is lifted, eligible travellers will have to follow additional measures to enter Canada. Travellers will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test from the approved Genestrings Laboratory at the Delhi airport taken within 18 hours prior to departure. In addition, before boarding, travellers’ test results will be checked again to ensure their eligibility. On September 22, 2021, Canada accepted three direct flights from India to check whether the new measures were working.
#Covid_19, #Travel_restrictions, #India, #Travel_ban
Canada introduced delivery updates for temporary resident program and new LMIA exemption codes
On September 22, 2021, the Government of Canada updated the table of contents for temporary residence program delivery instructions (PDIs) that now, reflect some name changes of the PDIs as well as include recently developed new PDIs. In addition, the Government updated Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption code table that has been created to capture the different eligibilities or criteria for specific situations. New LMIA exemption codes that were developed within the last year have also been added to the table.
#LMIA, #PDI, #Temporary_residence_program, #TRV
Ontario invited 72 candidates under the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills Stream
On September 22, 2021, the Government of Ontario held a new draw in the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream (EJO IDS) of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The province issued 65 invitations to apply (ITAs) to candidates with job offers from the healthcare, agricultural, and manufacturing sectors, and 7 candidates were invited under the targeted draw for Regional Immigration Pilot. All invited candidates work in one of the following occupations:
Health and agricultural occupations:
- NOC 3413 – nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- NOC 4412 – home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers
- NOC 8431 – general farmworkers
- NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers
- NOC 8611 – harvesting labourers
- NOC 9462 – industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
- Manufacturing (outside the GTA only):
- NOC 9411 – machine operators, mineral and metal processing
- NOC 9416 – metalworking and forging machine operators
- NOC 9417 – machining tool operators
- NOC 9418 – other metal products machine operators
- NOC 9421 – chemical plant machine operators
- NOC 9422 – plastics processing machine operators
- NOC 9437 – woodworking machine operators
- NOC 9446 – industrial sewing machine operators
- NOC 9461 – process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing
- NOC 9523 – electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
- NOC 9526 – mechanical assemblers and inspectors
- NOC 9536 – industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
- NOC 9537 – other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
So far, OINP has issued invitations to 11,953 candidates under all streams of the OINP in 2021.
#Ontario, #OINP, #PNP, #Employer_Job_Offer, #International_students, #Foreign_workers
Nova Scotia held new draws in the Entrepreneur and the International Graduate Entrepreneur Streams
On September 13, 2021, Nova Scotia held new draws in the Entrepreneur and the International Graduate Entrepreneur Streams of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP). In this round, Nova Scotia invited 28 entrepreneurs and the lowest score was 120 points. As for the International Graduate Entrepreneurs, NSNP issued only two invitations to candidates with scores of a minimum of 74 points. In 2021, Nova Scotia has already invited 71 Entrepreneurs in four invitation rounds and 4 International Graduate Entrepreneurs in two draws.
#Nova_Scotia, #Entrepreneurs, #International_Graduate_Entrepreneur