Immigration News
Effective immediately, and for the first time, these international students would be able to obtain an open work permit under the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program, with no restrictions on the type of employment and no requirement for a job offer. In addition, the duration of the work permit has been extended to three years across the country. Previously, the program only allowed international students to work for one or two years, depending on location.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Government of Canada admits highest number of newcomers in Canada’s
history
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Government of Canada announces funding to help immigrants settle in the
Ottawa Area
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced funding for six organizations to deliver settlement services to newcomers in Ottawa and the surrounding area.
The new funding, totalling more than $10 million, will help more than 1,300 newcomers access settlement services, including language training, counselling and help finding a job.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada lifts visa requirements for travellers from Poland, Slovakia,
Lithuania and Hungary
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship
and Immigration, announced today that citizens of Poland, Slovakia,
Lithuania and Hungary no longer require a temporary resident visa to
visit Canada.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Proposal for
legislative amendment to protect trafficked persons
Source:
Canadian Council or Refugees
Immigrants born in Southeast Asia, particularly those from the Philippines, had the strongest labour market performance of all immigrants to Canada in 2006, regardless of when they landed in the country, according to the new study.
Source: Statistics Canada
Rushing
Injustice through the Senate
With the support of the Liberals, the Harper government is trying to rush a bill through the Senate that would put security certificates back into Canada's anti-terror lexicon as a legitimate means of apprehending and deporting people suspected of being threats to national security.
The security certificate is a citizenship and immigration process that was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada on Feb. 23, 2007, because it involves secret hearings and because it denies the suspects the ability to know and to meet the cases against them.
Source: The Star
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Minister Finley celebrates Chinese new year, announces funding for the
Chinese community in Ottawa
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Immigration program no quick fix
Source:
The Star
Court puts hold on refugee pact ruling
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has put a freeze on a recent ruling that overturned a controversial refugee pact between Canada and the United States.
In a decision Thursday, Chief Justice John Richard said there should be a full airing of arguments before the Safe Third Country Agreement is suspended.
Source: Canada East Online
Contrary to conventional wisdom, immigrants in smaller Canadian cities and rural areas fare better financially than those who flock to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
Newcomers to small towns earned on average 14 per cent less than native-born residents during their first three years in Canada, a Statistics Canada study released yesterday found. But their big-city peers earned 37 per cent less.
The small-town advantage became more pronounced over time. Not only did the income gap narrow in small urban centres, by the fourth year immigrants earned slightly more on average than the native-born population. By the 11th year, their earnings were 18 per cent above the median.
Big-city immigrants earned 22 per cent less than Canadian-born workers after four years, and almost 10 per cent less after 12 years.
Source: The Star
'Tireless'
Afghan women's activist, 26 others to receive Order of Ontario
She deals with Afghan women who come to Canada after experiencing the trauma of war, the loss of loved ones and who are in the throes of culture shock.
And Thursday in Toronto, 54-year-old Adeena Niazi will receive the Order of Ontario for what Lieutenant Governor David Onley calls "her tireless efforts" to help those women adjust and settle in their new country.
Source:
National Post
New Threats of Prosecution for Helping Refugees
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Canadian Council for Refugees
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Minister Finley announces new federal commitments to help newcomers
settle in Canada
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Immigrants make up 20% of population: Census
Source: National Post
Court strikes down 'safe third country' pact
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Montreal Gazette
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada accepts 661 Iraqi refugees
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Minister Finley announces overseas expansion of Foreign Credentials
Referral Services
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced the expansion of services to help immigrants from India and China get their professional credentials assessed and recognized in Canada as quickly as possible with the assistance of the Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO).
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, 2007
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada lifts visa requirements for the Czech Republic and Republic of
Latvia
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada to accept up to 265,000 new immigrants in 2008
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced today that Canada expects to welcome between 240,000 and 265,000 newcomers in 2008.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Foreign credentials referral services now offered in over 75 centres
across Ontario
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced that more than 75 Service Canada Centres across Ontario are now providing in-person foreign credential information and referral services through the new Foreign Credentials Referral Office.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
New full-service centre to help immigrants in Ottawa
Parliamentary Secretary Ed Komarnicki, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, municipal leaders and representatives of the National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA today opened the Newcomer Information Centre in Ottawa, the first one outside of the Greater Toronto Area.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Federal judge rejects request to lift conditions on Adil Charkaoui
Source: CBC News
UNHCR annual refugee protection report highlights security concerns
Source: UNHCR News
Source: The
Canada and Nova Scotia Sign New Immigration Agreement
Wednesday, 19
September 2007
A new immigration agreement between the federal government and Nova Scotia will make it easier to attract more skilled international workers to the province.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Off-campus work program for international students extended to private
institutions
Thursday, 13
September 2007
Parliamentary Secretary Ed Komarnicki, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Diane McGifford, Manitoba Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy, and Nancy Allan, Manitoba Minister of Labour and Immigration, today announced the implementation of a pilot project that expands the Off-Campus Work Permit Program for international students to include selected private institutions in Manitoba.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
Canada’s new government extends off-campus work program for
international students to private institutions
Wednesday, 12
September 2007
Parliamentary Secretary Ed Komarnicki, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Diane McGifford, Manitoba Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy, and Nancy Allan, Manitoba Minister of Labour and Immigration, today announced the implementation of a pilot project that expands the Off-Campus Work Permit Program for international students to include selected private institutions in Manitoba.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada ’s new government announces expansion to mentorship program to
help newcomers to Kitchener-Waterloo
Tuesday, 4
September 2007
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced $1.4 million in funding for mentorship programs to help immigrants in Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canada’s
Unemployment Rate Lowest in 33 Years
Source: The National Post
Minister Finley announces revised selection process for appointments to
the IRB
Monday, 9 July 2007
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, today announced changes to the selection process for Governor in Council (GIC) appointment of members to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
$12.5 Million in Funding Announced for English-Language Training for
Newcomers in Hamilton
Thursday, 9 August 2007
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration,
announced $12.5 million in funding for the Language Instruction for
Newcomers to Canada (LINC).
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
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Ontario Launches Pilot Provincial Nominee Program
In its first year, the Ontario Pilot Provincial Nominee Program
will nominate 500 individuals to settle in the province.
Source: Government of Ontario