Canada speeding up family reunion visas
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19:55 04/01/2005
Canada is fast tracking existing Family Class applications under the Immigration and Refugee Act for people affected by the Asian tsunami disaster, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced...
Canada and US tighten refugee rules
14:03 03/01/2005
Canada and the U.S. will increase their cooperation on processing applications for asylum, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Under the Safe Third Country agreement that entered into...
Canadian Government sets immigrant limit for 2005
9:40 20/10/2004
Canada plans to admit 225,000 immigrants in 2005, including 60 percent skilled workers and their families and 40 percent family unification and refugee immigrants. In 2003, 221,352 immigrants went to...
Canada - Labour shortages identified in Toronto
10:06 20/02/2004
A study funded by Human Resources Development Canada has found that growth in the Ontario city of Toronto will be halted unless gaps in the labour market are filled by the year 2010. The study claims...
Amendments to Canadian Transitional Arrangements Announced
15:54 09/12/2003
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Denis Coderre, announced on December 3rd that various amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) would come into effect today...
Canada Immigration: Points requirement goes down to 67
12:46 18/09/2003
The Honourable Denis Coderre, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canadaannounces that with immediateeffect the points requirement under the skilled worker category goes down to67 points. The new...
