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On July 6, 2018, Manitoba held a new draw from the Expression of Interest pool of candidates. In the Manitoba Skilled Workers Overseas – Express Entry substream, the cut-off score has dropped to 519. Ranking score of lowest-ranked candidate invited in this round is 26 points lower than the previous lowest score of 545 as ...

The unpopular system for reuniting recent immigrants with their parents based on lottery principle has been canceled. Ahmed Hussen, Immigration Minister of Canada on August 20th, 2018, has announced the important changes to the sponsorship program for parents and grandparents. The system now will have increased set quota for the year and will be based ...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has cut the permanent resident application window to 60 days after receiving an Express Entry Invitation to Apply. Candidates previously had 90 days to submit their application. The window was increased from 60 to 90 days as part of changes to the Express Entry system in November 2016. However, ...

What to do if you don’t get enough CRS to get the Invitation to Apply for a permanent residency in Canada through the Express Entry system? Evgeny Blumin, the President of Green Light Immigration, gives a few recommendations that may become game-changers in your case. “All my tips, Blumin says, may seem obvious; however, as ...

Pavel Lifanov, the vice-president of Green Light Immigration, recommends to all those who are not eligible for Federal immigration programs to look at the provincial programs. Most economic immigrants apply for immigration using one of the Federal programs such as Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class, or Canadian Experience Class. However, in addition to ...

Statistics Canada says that Canada’s population has exceeded 37 million in the first four months of this year. It took two years and two months for the Canadian population to rise from 36 million to 37 million. Immigration is the main source for that increase since most of the newcomers arrive in Canada through the ...

The Conference Board of Canada has published a new study analyzing how would Canada look like without immigration in 2040. Obviously, Canada will not stop the immigration, however, this study helped the public to better understand the importance of immigration for the Canadian economy. Without immigrants, Canada would suffer from a serious shortage in labour ...

The Government of Canada held a new Express Entry draw on May 23, issuing 3,500 invitations to apply for permanent residence. The Comprehensive Ranking System cut-off score for this draw was 440. The score is a new low for 2018, surpassing the previous low of 441 that was established in the invitation round on April ...