3,264 Candidates Invited on August 2 Express Entry Draw

WWICS : The August 2^nd Express Entry draw has happened after a gap of three weeks. A total of 3,264 candidates were picked up from the pool and were sent the Invitation to Apply (ITA). These people will now be in a position to apply for permanent residency of Canada.

The cut-off for the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score stood at 441 points. The invited candidates have now moved a step closer to become the permanent resident of Canada, along with their spouse or common-law-partner as well as dependent children.

It is expected that complete applications that are submitted will be processed by IRCC within the next six months.

The difference in CRS cut-off threshold between August 2^nd and the previous draw that took place on July 12^th is just of 1 point. The latest Express Entry draw closing at one point higher than the previous one.

It is worth noting here that the gap of three weeks between these two draws has been longer than on numerous occasions previously.

This gave longer than usual time to candidates who are already in the pool to update their profile and increase their points total and more candidates entered the Express Entry pool than before.

This gap surely must have created an upward pressure on the cut-off threshold of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).

When the gap between two Express Entry draws decreases, there is also a decrease in the cut-off threshold of the CRS.

The lowest cut-off threshold on CRS till now has been at 413 points.

The total number of ITAs that have been issued till now since the Express Entry system was first launched has reached to 122,596. Nearly, half of these ITAs have been issued in the current year 2017.

The reason for this increase is that Express Entry has become the main component for economic immigration to Canada.

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Canada Ranks 2nd in Best Country for Immigrants to Live Finds US Study

Canada has been placed at the number 2 spot among the list of countries that are best for immigrants to live in. The number one spot has been taken by Sweden.

The report has been compiled by US News and World Report and it assessed 80 countries on the factors of their income equality, economic stability and labor markets for creating this list.

The ranking has been compiled after consulting with thousands of members of the public and business leaders.

In this latest list of the best countries to live in for immigrants, United States of American has been put at the seventh place, just behind Norway.

Sweden has pushed back Canada to take up the number 1 position, this study was carried out by the US News and World Report as part of an effort to find out the best countries in the world based on a number of social and economic attributes.

When it comes to overall ranking, the position of Canada remains the same, but Sweden slides down to the sixth position. This shows the strength of Canada across a wide range of assessment factors.

US News and World Report created the ranking on immigration after looking at the share of immigrants in a country's population, the amount of money that is sent abroad by these immigrants and the rankings of integration policies in various country by United Nations.

Canada scored high numbers not only in the field of healthy economy but also in the field of integration measures for immigrants, for example in language training.

When we consider the education factor, Canada takes up the first position. The report also states that the primary and secondary education is compulsory in Canada and it is available free.

The de-centralized federation of Canada enables provinces to provide a structured education system at the local level. Students who have studied in Canada score more than average for International Student Assessment on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Bill C-6 Becomes Law, Path to Citizenship Made Easy for New Immigrants

At a recent press conference in Toronto, Canada's immigration minister Ahmed Hussen wants all permanent residents to become citizens of Canada. This process of becoming citizen has become simpler and faster for the immigrants of the country.

The Bill C-6 has made many things simpler, and among them is the reduction of the time required to become eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship. This bill has finally received the Royal assent.

This new law will benefit thousands of immigrants and their families. It should, however, be noted here that many of the measures listed in this new law will not become effective till later this year or early 2018.

Some of the measures in the act will come into force immediately.

Changes that are Immediately Effective

Changes that have come into force from June 19^th are:

1.      Dual Citizens living in Canada who are convicted of spying, treason and terrorism offences, will face the Canadian justice system, just like any other Canadian citizen who breaks the law.

2.      Applicants are no longer required to intend to live in Canada once they have been granted the citizenship. This will provide flexibility to Canadian who want to live outside due to work and other requirements.

3.      Minors can also apply for Canadian citizenship without a parent, as the requirement for age has been removed as per subsection 5(1).

4.      Individuals who are serving conditional sentence will not be given citizenship or will be allowed to take oath of citizenship. This time spent by them will not be counted towards their physical presence in the country

5.      Statelessness has been added as a stand-alone ground that can be considered for a discretionary grant of citizenship.

6.      The new citizenship act now includes consideration to accommodate the requirement of disabled person who apply for citizenship.

Changes that will be effective from Early 2018:

1.      The Federal court will make all the decisions in case of revocations, unless a request has been made by an individual that decision be taken by a minister.

2.      Citizenship officers have the full authority to seize suspected fraudulent or fraudulent documents that are provided as per the citizenship act.

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A Brief Overview of Future Express Entry Draws

The Express Entry draws that have taken place in the recent months have shown a consistent trend. The first thing to notice here is that they have happened after every two weeks and that on Wednesday morning.

Looking at the past trend, candidates in the Express Entry pool might have expected another draw to happen on June 14^th, 2017, as the last draw happened on May 31^st, 2017.

Till the time of writing this article, no such draw had taken place. The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has given an explanation for the delay in the Express Entry draw and candidates in the pool will encouraged to hear it.

IRCC made further improvements in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) on June 6^th, 2017. It was announced that additional point will be given to candidates in the Express Entry pool who have a sibling in Canada, and also for candidates who have proficiency in French language.

At the time of making these changes, it was announced by IRCC that the CRS points scored by all the candidates in the pool will be updated automatically as per the new changes and before the next round of Express Entry draw takes place. This can take up to two weeks.

It is because of this reason there has been some delay in the Express Entry draw this time, as the CRS points of all the candidates are being updated in the pool. Candidates who are sure that their CRS points will increase as a result of the June 5 change, will have a better chance of being picked up in the next Express Entry draw.

Furthermore, it should be noted here that the recent changes that have taken place on June 6^th, has not effected negatively any candidate that is there in the Express Entry pool.

It has been confirmed by IRCC that the profiles of candidates will be updated automatically that are already entered in the pool. In case a candidates has not disclosed the he or she has a sibling in Canada, or the results of a recognized French test, they are being encouraged to update their information so as to receive the additional points.

It is expected that the next Express Entry draw will happen anytime soon, as and when the update of all profiles has been completed by the IRCC.

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Global Skills Strategy Launched by the Government of Canada

Companies in Canada will be able to create new jobs only when they are able to thrive and grow. The new Global Skills strategy from the Government of Canada will enable employers to use a faster and more predictable process to attract talent from across the globe. It will also allow to create more middle-class jobs and boost the economic growth in turn.

According to the announcement made by Ahmed Hussen, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister, Navdeep Bains (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister) and Rodger Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), the Global Skills Strategy will benefit all the highly-skilled workers from across the globe.

Some of the key elements of this strategy include the four pillars, highly-skilled workers that are coming on a temporary basis to Canada will be able to benefit from the two-week period for processing the application for granting the work permit. As and when required study permits for dependants and open work permits for spouses will also be processed within a period of two weeks time.

The new Global Talent Stream and the new dedicated service channel from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will benefit the employers. This will enable them to access highly-skilled, temporary, global talent, expand or scale up their knowledge of specialized skills so that they can build their expertise or be more innovative.

Two new exemptions to work permit have also been brought into effect today. A work permit will not be required researchers who are taking part in the research projects for short-duration being conducted in Canada and highly-skilled workers who will come to Canada for a very short term assignment.

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Canada Wants to Hire Specialized Foreign Talent, Launches a New Visa Program

Canadian innovation organizations are welcome another government plan for procuring remote ability with open arms – and mindful confidence.

The Canadian government's worldwide aptitudes visa program – part of its Global Skills Strategy – authoritatively opens for business June 12. The $7.8-million, 24-month test case program is intended to permit high-development firms to get universal ability inside two weeks, as opposed to up to a year, which is to what extent it now takes.

"What organizations have let us know is that, if it's a truly long process, they lose that chance to contract that individual," government Labor Minister Patty Hajdu disclosed to The Globe and Mail.

Vancouver tech firm Unbounce knows the procedure great. "There have been a few events at Unbounce in which we've met talented designers anxious to move to Canada and work for our group, just to hold up six months or longer with no indication of a visa," said Sascha Williams, the organization's head working officer. By and large, the applicant couldn't bear to sit tight and started searching for work somewhere else.

However, given the political atmosphere in the United States and Canada's notoriety for good personal satisfaction, it's maybe never been simpler to convince these gifted people – some of whom are among a modest bunch of individuals on the planet with those desired abilities – to come to Canada.

"The world is getting a whole lot littler, and to enable Canada to contend, we have to open our ways to the best and the brightest, and enable Canadian business to get the best individual for the position," said Shoshana Green, accomplice at Toronto movement law office Green and Spiegel LLP.

Ms. Green has worked with various quickly developing Canadian firms hoping to import remote ability, just to come up against a cumbersome bureaucratic migration prepare that relied on demonstrating both that nobody else in Canada could carry out the occupation, and that the Canadian economy would profit by that outside contract's nearness. Those two components together made noteworthy slacks all the while, Ms. Green said. "Organizations need to know [quickly]: Can I acquire this individual or would I be able to not?"

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Turkish Community on Edge as Canadian Government Crackdown Continues

Not long after the endeavored overthrow last July against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration, Inan Korkmaz discovered from an online government announce that his administration grant had been wiped out.

The Queen's University PC building understudy additionally took in his instructive qualifications would not be perceived in Turkey since he was "associated" with the FETO — another way to say "Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization," which is the way the Turkish government alludes to the development it cases was behind the July 15 overthrow.

With his postgraduate reviews and status in Canada in risk, Korkmaz went to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa for help. Rather, authorities there grabbed his visa, as per his refuge assert recorded in January.

"The legislature closed down my financial balance and my family couldn't send cash to help me," said Korkmaz, 29, who came to ponder in Canada in 2011 on the grant and was conceded shelter in March.

"They said my name was given by the knowledge benefit in Turkey. Tragically, they couldn't do anything for me and must take away my travel permit," he said. "I'm not political or hostile to government. I'm pure. Everybody is so anxious of this administration. I am so stressed for my family in Turkey."

In the fallout of the fizzled upset — and the ensuing cleanse of thousands of laborers blamed for being protesters — Canada has seen a spike in haven claims from Turkey. The 55,000-in number Turkish-Canadian people group has likewise turned out to be progressively energized, with doubt and allegations of witch chases against anybody esteemed to be a sympathizer and supporter of the purported Gulen Movement.

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Eligible Bulgarians, Brazilians, Romanians Can Travel to Canada without Visa

Certain citizens of Bulgaria, Brazil and Romania will now be able to travel to Canada without obtaining a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV, which is also known by the name 'visitor visa'). A quicker and cheaper process has been put in place for the travel of these people.

These individuals will now have to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) before they can board a flight for Canada. This new change in rule will be effective from May 1^st and will be applicable to citizens of these three countries who have traveled to Canada in the past 10 years and who are having a valid non-immigration (visitor) visa of United States (US).

Individuals who are not fulfilling these requirements or are coming to Canada by bus, car, boat or train, will still need to have a TRV.

Another news update has come out that the visa requirements for all Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will be uplifted by Canada starting from December 1, 2017. The Government of Canada has not announced as to when and will the same policy be implemented for citizens of Brazil.

This new system was launched back in August 1, 2015 and till now more than 3.6 million eTAs have already been issued to travelers who are exempted for applying for visa. This system was made mandatory in November 2016 for visa-exempt travelers.

Before the introduction of eTA system, visa-exempt foreign national traveling to Canada were not screened systematically at the time of admission till the time they are already at the Canadian Port of Entry.

The change in rules will make it easy for eligible visitors who are coming to Canada and for transiting through a Canadian airport. This will also increase the number of visits made by them. Ahmed Hussen, Canada's Immigration Minister, stated that the change in rules will increase the travel and tourism and will be economically beneficial for Canadians.

The Government of Canada is making changes from all corners to make traveling to Canada easier, be it as a visitor or to live here permanently.

In the recent past, Canada has made changes in its different permanent residency visa program as well. In case you want to settle in Canada permanently than you can take assistance from world's leading immigration consultant WWICS.

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Two Doctors in Houston Who Received Removal Orders from Immigration Officials Granted Temporary Stay

Two conspicuous Houston specialists confronting expulsion by movement authorities to their local India have been conceded an impermanent, 90-day respite while they attempt to sort the printed material that will permit them to keep living and working legitimately in the United States.

The wedded couple are both neurologists and confronted expulsion Thursday after migration authorities denied at last to extend their impermanent consent to remain in the U.S., conceivably risking the care of many patients who have particular surgeries planned with the two specialists in coming weeks.

It's the most recent case of the administration taking a strangely hard line on migration and declining to consider cases on an individual premise.

"I have 50 patients today and 40 patients tomorrow," said Dr. Pankaj Satija, a neurologist who helped found the Pain and Headache Centers of Texas. "I'm quite recently concerned they'll be left in a sway. They could arrive up in the crisis room."

The couple has been here lawfully for over 10 years in the wake of coming here from India to do investigate and finish their therapeutic residencies. The Houston Methodist Hospital System supported Satija for his green card around 2008 and the Labor Department confirmed that no Americans could play out his occupation in 2010.

But since of principles restricting what number of migrants can really get changeless residency every year and an enormous excess simultaneously, the couple was given a temporary status until their green cards end up plainly accessible. The class for India is right now so behind that lone outsiders who connected for the work accreditation before June 2008 are accepting their green cards.

Satija and his better half, Dr. Monika Ummat, who is likewise a neurologist gaining practical experience in epilepsy at Texas Children's Hospital, restored their impermanent work approvals and their travel records at regular intervals as required. They purchased a house in West University Place and had two kids, Ralph, who is 7, and 4-year-old Zooey.

The issue started a year ago when for reasons unknown their travel record was issued for just a single year, not at all like the run of the mill time of two years like their business approval.

Additionally befuddling the issue was that Customs and Border Protection authorities stamped their travel report saying that it lapsed in June this year, when in actuality U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services noticed that their archive really lapsed in June 2016.

The specialists did not see the error. They had a strangely bustling year and were not arranging universal travel. At that point last October, Satija's sibling called from Delhi and said that their dad was amazingly sick and had been admitted to concentrated care. The family expected to go immediately.

They instantly purchased plane tickets and gathered their sacks. After coming back to the United States about seven days after the fact, a Customs and Border Protection official at the air terminal noticed the inconsistency on their travel report and that in truth it had effectively lapsed four months already.

"The officer took a gander at it and said it's a typical slip-up, that it was no major ordeal," Satija said.

They were permitted in through a program known as conceded examination, which permits certain explorers without the right printed material to enter the nation so they can settle the mistake.

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WWICS ---- Ottawa Announce Programs To Boost Immigration

The federal government of Canada and the four Atlantic premieres has made the decision to launch a program to dramatically increase the number of immigration intake. These measures have been taken to counter the slumping economy and aging population. It has been proposed the number of intake will be doubled from its present state.

The new immigration plans will also look into creation of new jobs and boosting innovation. It is planned that the federal government will bring in 2,000 more immigrants apart from the apart from the number of immigrants a province is allowed to take through the provincial nominee program.

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In case the new program turns out to be fruitful, it is expected that the number of working hands will increase considerably in the next two years. All the four provinces will get equal number of immigrants and the skills of immigrants will be matched closely with the requirement of the employers and local businesses.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison made a statement that the region should start framing a welcoming culture where they can attract new faces in the form of immigrants. In case the program started here is successful than other provinces will follow the same.

The government of the region is making effort not only to boost immigration, but efforts are being made to improve the infrastructure, provide better broadband connectivity, create an international market for the food products produced in the region and to promote tourism as well.

This program goes on to show that co-operation has increased between the four Atlantic Provinces and Ottawa. This wave of boosting the economy and to bring in new immigrants who can work towards the growth of country has caught up in other provinces as well.

Not everyone, however, is in support of increasing immigration. A group of politician believes that slow down in economy cannot be countered alone by increasing the immigration, particularly, when we are not able to provide sufficient work to these people.

Moreover, the government also needs to take care of local workforce that remains largely unemployed. A proper balance need to be maintained between the local workforce and the number of immigrants that are being called.