Canada immigration numbers meet target range
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11:34 08/03/2005
Canada accepted 235,808 people as new permanent residents in 2004 according to preliminary figures released on March 7 by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). According to Canada's Immigration...
Canada immigration: More funds for newcomers
9:11 25/02/2005
Canada's federal budget announced on February 23 includes increased funding to help immigrants settle into the country, reports The Globe and Mail newspaper. The budget released yesterday by Finance...
Online payments introduced for Canada immigration applications
19:30 04/02/2005
People using Canadian immigration services will be able to pay for them using a credit card over the Internet, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) reports. From now on applicants for citizenship...
Canada to strengthen language training for immigrants
15:03 25/01/2005
The Federal Government and the Province of Ontario will jointly invest C$3.4 million to improve English-language training for immigrants , Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) reported on January...
New Canadian immigration minister - faster refugee processing
19:49 18/01/2005
Following the January 13 resignation of Judy Sgro, newly-appointed Canadian Immigration Minister Joe Volpe will seek to speed up the process of determining who is a refugee, the website Cnews reports...
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...
