| Program delivery updates | | November 2, 2016 New information is available on how to deactivate a permanent resident card (PRC) in the Global Case Management System (GCMS) in cases of positive decision concerning voluntary renunciation of permanent resident status. |
| Ontario PNP news | Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Important Update Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program, now named the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), is improving to meet the needs of foreign businesses and entrepreneurs, and to reflect Ontario’s evolving economic and labour market needs. As a follow-up to the February 10 and 11, 2015 stakeholder consultations, the Ministry is pleased to introduce two new OINP business streams (Corporate and Entrepreneur) to be launched in fall 2015 to attract foreign investment and talent, create jobs for Ontarians and strengthen Ontario’s linkages to global markets. More information on these streams can be found here: These new streams are replacing the Investor Component. Effective today, the Investor Component is closed and new applications will not be accepted. All applications received on or before October 29, 2015 will be processed under the Investor Component criteria as it applied at the date of application. |
| Canadian immigration in news | Citing police racism, African-American man seeks refugee status in Canada
By Scott Sutton, National Sun Times, November 2, 2015Administrative Monetary Penalties for employer non-compliance effective as of December 1, 2015
By Blaney McMurtry, Lexology, November 1, 2015Decision to proceed with two sponsorships of refugees from Syria
By John Kurry, Ottawa Community News, November 2, 2015Somali refugee family gets green light to emigrate, could arrive in Kentville in December
By Jennifer Vardy Little, Kings County News, November 2, 2015 Immigration policy shift may disappoint
By Alia Dharssi, The Star Phoenix, November 2, 2015 Helping immigrant nurses a ‘win-win’ for Canada: Study
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, October 31, 2015 How migration shaped Canada’s election and will test the Liberals
The Vancouver Sun, October 31, 2015 Canadian volunteers secretly interview migrants in Jordan. A lucky few will make it to Canada
By Marina Jimenez, The Star, October 31, 2015 Cracks emerge in Liberals’ refugee plan
By Joseph Brean, The Star Phoenix, October 30, 2015 Stalled immigration applications leaving skilled workers in limbo
By Simona Chiose, The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2015 Elderly Canadian man died needlessly in chains at British airport, report finds
Toronto Sun, October 30, 2015 Migration issues will test Liberals
By Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun, October 30, 2015 Instead Of Debt Trudeau Should Use Investor Immigrant Money To Pay For Canadian Infrastructure
By Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, October 30, 2015 Ottawa woman’s family told they must flee Syrian home to get chance to come to Canada
CBC News, October 30, 2015 U.S. lawmakers calling for Homeland Security to conduct threat analysis of Canadian border
By Tristin Hopper, National Post, October 29, 2015 Canadian Forces to draft plan to help resettle Syrian refugees
By Steven Chase & Daniel LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2015 Businessman headed to trial on charges involving foreign workers
By Steve Bruce, Herald News, October 29, 2015 Abused spouses trapped by residency rules
By Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International, October 29, 2015 Trudeau urged by workers to drop stringent migrant rules so they aren’t trapped with one employer
By Alia Dharssi, National Post, October 29, 2015
Advocacy group urges Trudeau to protect temporary foreign workers
By Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail, October 28, 2015 The case for taking ‘temporary’ out of ‘Temporary Foreign Worker’
By Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News, October 28, 2015 |
| World immigration in news | Libya warns it could flood Europe with migrants if EU does not recognise new Islamist government
By Colin Freeman, The Telegraph, November 2, 2015Erdoğan’s election win means he can dictate terms to EU on refugees
By Ian Traynor, The Guardian, November 2, 2015Paul Ryan refuses to work with Obama on immigration reform
The Australian, November 3, 2015After escaping war, asylum seekers in Sweden now face arson attacks
By John Ahlander, Reuters, November 2, 2015 Immigration stalemate’s surprise winner
By Pierre Pettigrew, CNBC, November 2, 2015 Australia has a greater percentage of foreigners but less xenophobia. What is its secret?
By Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post, November 1, 2015 Smuggled humans more profitable than drugs
By Charles Kong Soo, Guardian TT, November 1, 2015 Bodies of 11 refugees, most of them infants, recovered off Greece
By Helena Smith, The Guardian, November 1, 2015 |
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