| Program delivery update | | Elimination of the payment receipt form [IMM 5401] Summary As part of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) modernization of payment processing, the payment receipt form [IMM 5401] (previously called an HPM receipt) is being eliminated as an accepted fee payment option as of April 1, 2016. |
| Express Entry statistics for 2015 | | At Canadian Immigration Summit 2016 organized by the Conference Board of Canada, IRCC presented some statistics on the Express Entry. |
| Canadian immigration in news | Ontario’s Skills Gap Widens By 9%: Ontario Chamber of Commerce Report Points to Immigration Reform As Part Of The Solution
Canada NewsWire, April 4, 2016
Download the report: Passport to ProsperityFrancophone group travelling to attract immigrants to P.E.I.
Journal Pioneer, April 3, 2016
Syrian refugee greeted with mistrust in online search for Canadian sponsors
By Stephanie Levitz, The Star, April 3, 2016 Retired Canadian diplomat speaks on Canadian immigration and refugee systems and the total lack of debate
vladtepesblog.com, April 2, 2016 Consultancy firm penalised for deficiency in service
The Tribune, April 2, 2016 Certified Questions After Kanthasamy
By Steven Meurrens, April 1, 2016 Suspect in intensive care after trying to flee Montreal police during raid
By Michelle Lalonde, Montreal Gazette, April 1, 2016 Trudeau adopting wrong immigration approach
by Candice Malcolm, Toronto Sun, April 1, 2016 Refugee health reversal an important step toward coverage for all
By Faria Kamal, Marcella Jones, Melanie Spence, Ritika Goel, The Star, April 1, 2016
Ottawa reverses changes for intake of privately sponsored Syrian refugees
the Star, March 31, 2016 Royal rejection: naturalised Canadians recant oath of allegiance to Queen
By Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian, March 31, 2016 DEPORTATION COSTS PREVENT THE REUNIFICATION OF A MONTREAL FAMILY SEPARATED BY CANADIAN BORDER POLICIES
Montreal Newswire, March 30, 2016 Immigration minister to pledge Canada will expand and export Liberal refugee programs at UN conference
By Stephanie Levitz, National Post, March 30, 2016 These borders kill: Canada’s lethal immigration system
By Azeezah Kanji, rabble.ca, March 30, 2016 Small disappointments can trip a prime minister
By Carol Goar, The Star, March 30, 2016 Citizenship and Immigration Canada finds passport lost for 13 years
By Maryse Zeidler, CBC News, March 29, 2016 German immigrant and children get to stay another year in P.E.I.
Journal Pioneer, March 29, 2016 Coke dealer gets lower sentence due to possible deportation order
The Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2016 The Immigration Question: A reporter’s quest to make sense of shifting immigration policy
By Alia Dharssi, Calgary Herald, March 29, 2016 Canada’s border agency ignored most recommendations by coroner’s jury
By Tara Carmen, Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2016 |
| World immigration in news | Capitol Hill Buzz: Joining immigration fight against Obama
Tulsa World, April 4, 2016Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surge
By Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, April 4, 2016 Migrants arrive in Turkey under EU deal
NT News, April 4, 2016 UPDATE: Indonesian Government Won’t Ban Leonardo DiCaprio After All
By Brent Furdyk, ET Canada, April 3, 2016 Immigration Definition News: ‘Illegal Alien’ Swapped For ‘Noncitizen’ By Library Of Congress
By Jess McHugh, IB Times, April 3, 2016 All children freed from Australian detention centres
The Australian, April 3, 2016 Germany can take that smug look off its face
The Guardian, April 1, 2016 Europe gets ready to ship refugees stuck in Greece back to Turkey
By William Booth, Washington Post, April 1, 2016 Cuban migration to US continues to swell on fears of losing privileges
The Guardian, April 1, 2016 Indonesia ‘may blacklist Leonardo DiCaprio over palm oil comments’
BBC News, April 1, 2016 Immigrants MUST sign contract to say that they will RESPECT law
By Laura Mowat, Sunday Express, April 1, 2016 Ann Coulter: It’s Only Trump
Breitbart.com, March 30, 2016 Mexico turning child migrants back to face violence in Central America
By Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, March 31, 2016 ITALIAN COAST GAURD RESCUES OVER 1400 IMMIGRANTS OFF LIBYA COAST
World Immigration News, March 29, 2016 Immigration Reform 2016: Arizona Debates Tough New Law Targeting Undocumented Immigrants
By Cristina Silva, IB Times, March 30, 2016 Haiti migrants no longer stranded on desolate border
The Daily Astorian, March 30, 2016 America Needs More Skilled Immigrant Workers, Study Says
By Andrew Soergel, US News, March 29, 2016 UK visa about to get a lot harder for many ‘experienced’ Kiwi workers
By Stacey Kirk, stuff.co.nz, March 30, 2016 Revealed: 1.6 million migrants moved to Britain from EU in nine years
By Chris Graham, Telegraph (UK), March 30, 2016 |
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