September 18 Express Entry draw issues 3,600 invitations to apply (ITAs) for PR

The Express Entry draw of today, September 18th, issued 3,600 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residence (PR) to candidates who had a comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 462. The score in this draw was lower by 1 point from the last draw on September 4th.

Prince Edward Island issues 143 invitations in its latest draw

Prince Edward Island (PEI) launched its expression of interest in January 2018, and since then has made regular draws every month.

On August 15th, the PEI provincial nominee program (PNP) issued 10 invitations to applicants in the Business Impact stream, and 133 invitations to the Labour Impact Express Entry stream.

The total number of invitations that have been issued in 2019 stands at 1,065.

As the PEI PNP is linked to the federal Express Entry system, it enables the province to nominate applicants for PR through the FSWC, FSTC and CEC.

World Humanitarian Day - 19 August

"From supporting civilians caught up in crisis to addressing disease outbreaks, women humanitarians are on the front lines."

— UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

Celebrated every year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day is directed towards honoring humanitarian efforts worldwide and propagating the idea of supporting people in crisis. On this day, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OPCA) advocates on behalf of the entire humanitarian community.

Read the article here

Happy World Humanitarian Day!

If each of us reaches out in our own little way in helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people, the world will be a better place.

OINP August 15, 2019, Draw Invites 997 Candidates in the HCP Stream

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) opens a draw on August 15, 2019 in the Human Capital Priorities Stream (HCP) and issues Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to 997 Express Entry candidates. The CRS score was between 439 and 464.

The OINP targeted candidates with work experience in the following priority occupations:

• 0114 Other administrative services managers

• 0601 Corporate sales managers

• 1122 Professional occupations in business management consulting

• 0124 Advertising, marketing and public relations managers

• 0621 Retail and wholesale trade managers

• 1111 Financial auditors and accountants

• 3012 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

• 0111 Financial managers

• 1114 Other financial officers

• 0651 Managers in customer and personal services, n.e.c

IRCC launches Agri-Food Immigration Pilot

IRCC is launching a new 3-year economic immigration pilot that will fill labour shortages mainly in meat processing and mushroom production, within the agri-food sector.

The agriculture and agri-food industry are an important contributor to Canada’s economic growth and supports 1 in 8 jobs in Canada.
Meat processing and mushroom production industries have experienced constant difficulty in finding and keeping new employees over the past several years.
This new pilot aims to attract and retain workers by providing them with an opportunity to become permanent residents.
Temporary foreign workers with more than 12 months of Canadian work experience in some occupations be able to apply under this pilot program as of 2020.
The Agri-Food Immigration Pilot complements the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, the Provincial Nominee Program and the recently launched Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot.

Independence Day - India

Wishing all Indians a Happy Independence Day 2019! – May you always have the freedom to choose, freedom to dream and freedom to live.

New Brunswick - 10-year strategy to fix nurse shortage in province

New Brunswick has a bold new vision to add 130 nurses a year over the next 10 years to resolve the nursing shortage currently facing the province.

The province has 8,000 nurses; however, the acute shortage has led to the closure of hospitals in Bathurst, Perth-Andover, Saint John and Dr. Georges L-Dumount University Hospital centre.

The main focus is to give better education incentives for students to make it affordable in the province and on attracting internationally trained nurses.

The province is looking into having a bridging program for students to enable licensed practical nurses to obtain a nursing degree and thus help them become a registered nursed in 2 years.

The province is also planning to identify countries which have similar nursing programs and grant them accreditation. The province is looking at all options to streamline the accreditation process.

Also, being considered is giving nurses bonuses to work in rural areas for areas for a few years.