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A New Humanitarian Pathway to PR for Colombian, Haitian, and Venezuelan Nationals to Canada

Immigration Canada (IRCC) Minister Marc Miller announced on Friday that applications for a new humanitarian pathway to permanent residence are now open for certain citizens of the Americas. This instruction is specifically directed towards migrants who are foreign nationals from Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela.

In this context, the rise in irregular migration has led to an increase in migrant smuggling, physical insecurity, and exploitation of those who cross through the region in question.

The program’s qualification requirements state that the principal applicant must have one of the following relationships to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who agrees to support them and their family members as an anchor for a year:

  1. child(regardless of age)
  2. grandchild
  3. Spouse
  4. Parents
  5. Grandparents
  6. Siblings

Pre-arrival services, such as an employment skills assessment and a referral to a settlement service provider organization in their community, are provided to immigrants arriving in Canada through this pathway.

Applications are made through the IRCC portal, and the anchor must sign a statutory declaration attesting to their support for the immigrant.

New IN-Demand Occupations For Express Entry Candidates in New Brunswick, Canada.

New Brunswick (NBPNP) has a stream, called NB Express Entry, that accepts applications from candidates without a job offer, but that must have French proficiency (at least CLB7) and score at least 67 points on the Express Entry self-assessment grid.

The In-demand occupations list is as follows:​​​​
NOC 0013: Senior Managers: Financial, communications and other business services
NOC 0311: Managers in health care
NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers
NOC 1112: Financial and investment analysts
NOC 1121: Human resources professionals
NOC 1222: Executive assistants
NOC 1225: Purchasing agents and officers
NOC 1241: Administrative assistants

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NOC 1311 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
NOC 2171 – Information systems analysts and consultants
NOC 2172 – Database analysts and data administrators
NOC 2173 – Software engineers and designers
NOC 2174 – Computer programmers and interactive media developers
NOC 2281 – Computer network technician
NOC 4214 – Early childhood educators and assistants
NOC 5125 – Translators, terminologists and interpreters
NOC 6211 – Retail sales supervisors
NOC 6222 – Retail and wholesale buyers
NOC 6322 – Cooks

Canada provides more assistance to people seeking asylum.

Brampton, Ontario

The world is seeing unprecedented levels of displacement, and like many other nations, Canada is seeing an increase in asylum claims.

This has put a great deal of strain on Canada’s shelter systems, and as winter draws near, the need becomes more pressing. All levels of government must collaborate to address these issues and find solutions. Today, the Region of Peel will receive $7 million from the Government of Canada for the establishment of a new reception center. This initiative will provide more shelter as well as more streamlined services and supports for asylum seekers.

The facility will function as a temporary shelter as well as a reception area, and it will be run in conjunction with community organizations that have the expertise, resources, and ability to assist this demographic.

The Government of Canada is dedicated to collaborating with other governmental levels to find solutions to meet the needs of asylum seekers.

The latest British Columbia PNP draw invited 161 candidates for PR.

161 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) were sent out in the most recent BC PNP draw of 2023 on November 21, 2023.

Of those invitations, 93 were issued in the BC PNP draw that targeted 35 tech occupations under both the BC PNP Skills Immigration streams and the Express Entry streams.

The cutoff score is still the same as it was in the previous targeted round of invitations by BC PNP.

Furthermore, British Columbia implemented a new category-based draw, inviting only 24 applicants with experience in 25 construction occupations; the cutoff score was 75.

Additionally, invitations were sent to 27 profiles with experience as early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202). and other invitations were sent to 17 profiles with experience in 39 healthcare-related occupations.

The latest IRCC Express Entry draw invited 3600 candidates for PR in 36 healthcare occupations.

The most recent IRCC Express Entry draw, held on October 26, 2023, distributed 3,600 PR invitations to 35 healthcare occupations. At 431, the CRS cutoff score was one of the lowest.

IRCC also awarded 300 permanent residency invites in a Francophile lottery on October 25, 2023. The CRS cutoff score is 486.

Previously, on October 24, 2023, IRCC issued 1,548 invitations to apply for PR in a ‘PNP only’ batch of invitations.

In total, Canada has given 95,221 invitations to apply in 35 Express Entry draws.

In the ‘no programme stated’ rounds of invitations, 70,625 ITAs were issued.

In the following weeks, IRCC is scheduled to issue STEM invitation rounds.