Immigration opportunities, vaccinations for work and other news of the week
Canada's top news stories for the week of September 13-19.
Immigration selections
The past week has been pleasing with a lot of immigration shenanigans.
Canada has held two consecutive Express Entry selections. One included 2000 professionals with Canadian experience and the second included 521 participants from provincial immigration programs. The selection for candidates with Canadian experience was the smallest all year. This may be due to the fact that Canada met the annual goal for the number of invitations to Express Entry.
The Province of Ontario sent 621 invitations to candidates. The drawing was held for two streams at once: graduates with a master's degree and a doctoral degree. British Columbia selected 464 people among skilled professionals, lower and mid-level workers, and Canadian graduates. Prince Edward Island called 143 candidates in streams for professionals and entrepreneurs.
Alberta shared the results of the drawing that took place a week earlier. There were 500 candidates invited — the fourth consecutive record selection by the province. In addition, drawings began to take place every week.
Immigration to Canada
The lottery for the family sponsorship program, which allows Canadian citizens and residents to relocate their parents and grandparents, begins Sept. 20. The Department of Immigration will randomly select 30,000 applicants.
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