Canada immigration

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IRCC has approved new language test for Canadian immigration (Canada Immigration News)

IRCC says despite some initial challenges during the pandemic, the number of designated testing organizations continues to meet the demand of immigration and ...

A dedicated program would help IRCC expand its policy while maintaining the current open intake approach to language testing designation. This role has been delegated to the Director of Economic Immigration Programs and Policies. The language designation team at IRCC, part of the Immigration Branch, has to balance file management work with advancing the new policy priorities. “While organizations delivering the TEF and TCF are prepared to meet growing demand, this work will better position the Department for any potential increase in demand, including through a more efficient process for designation of additional French language tests.” Currently, there is no limit on the potential number of language testing providers and contractual agreements that IRCC can enter into. However, an increasing number of language test provider organizations seeking designation is cause for IRCC to seek improvements.

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Canada has approved a new language test for immigration (Economic Times)

Barring some exceptions – such as spousal sponsorship and temporary immigration programs like International Experience Canada (IEC) – most Canadian economic ...

- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Everything you need to know about the IELTS exam - The language tests you need to sit for if you want to move to Canada with a job

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Canada must grant permanent immigration status to undocumented ... (The Conversation CA)

Regularization programs that help refugees and migrants become permanent residents have tremendous positive outcomes for both migrants and society.

The “guardian angels” initiative — a program that provided a pathway to permanent residency to a few asylum-seekers who worked in very specific health-care jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic — has taught us that such an approach risks imposing restrictive professional criteria that would disqualify many workers. A 2002 program that provided status to only 900 Algerians is a good example of the Canadian government’s lack of ambition. Our immigration system is geared towards temporary and conditional permits, many of them lacking a clear pathway to permanent residency and citizenship. Under Pierre Trudeau’s government in 1973, some 39,000 people were regularized as part of the Adjustment of Status Program. If planned and executed correctly, these programs could be a historic opportunity to improve the lives of up to 1.7 million people who live in Canada without a secure status. It’s an institutionally produced phenomenon that occurs when migrants travelling in search of safety, work, love or community encounter immigration and refugee policies that provide only limited protection to asylum-seekers and precarious and temporary permits to immigrants.

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IRCC to anticipate add a new language test for Canada immigration (Y-Axis)

Currently Canada has few designated language competencies for testing language proficiency. By mid-2023, Canada is planning to add a new language test for ...

This process of proving the language’s ability to make sure it is a fair and transparent process. There is more demand for French-designated organizations to enhance their testing capacity. The memo provides a memo that talks about the research on the CLB levels to make sure that the currently approved language tests must be equivalent in terms of the level of difficulty and also the purpose of the test.

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STEM Immigrants Start More Businesses In Canada, Studies Reveal ... (Immigration News Canada)

Canada immigration news: Middle-aged immigrant men with education in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) are among the most likely people ...

It is up to the immigrant investor to develop a viable business plan that will meet the due diligence requirements of these government-approved designated entities. - STEM grads who immigrants are more likely to start businesses in Canada than similar grads who are second-gen immigrants or native-born Canadians; - the more education an immigrant has, the more likely he or she is to start a business in Canada; - immigrants in the 45-to-54 age range are more likely to own a business than immigrants in other age groups; - immigrant men are about twice as likely to own a business as immigrant women; In Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Canada: Highlights from Recent Studies, Statistics Canada’s Garnett Picot and Yuri Ostrovsky revealed based on data from 2016 that immigrants are 41.7 per cent more likely than Canadians who were born in Canada to either start a business or be self-employed.

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