Ontario opened the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream
On August 27, 2019, the Government of Ontario announced the opening of the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). Applicants may apply now using the OINP e-Filing Portal. On April 26, 2019, Ontario paused the intake to the Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream and Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream. The International Student Stream will remain paused to intake. In 2018, OINP issued 934 invitations in the Foreign Worker Stream. In total, Ontario invited 2,223 candidates in the Employer Job Offer category in 2018.
#OINP, #Ontario, #Employer_Job_Offer
Manitoba announced when all draw updates will be posted
On August 27, 2019, the official website of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) published a short announcement. The statement informed that the MPNP continues to conduct the MPNP Expression of Interest (EOI) draws. All draw updates will be posted on September 11, 2019. The last EOI round took place on July 18, 2019, when Manitoba invited 173 candidates. In total, Manitoba invited 5,453 candidates under all streams of MPNP in 2019.
#Manitoba, #MPNP, #EOI
63 candidates have been invited in the new BC’s Tech Pilot draw
On August 27, 2019, British Columbia conducted a new draw for the Tech Pilot candidates of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). This time, the Province invited 63 registrants in four categories: Skills Immigration – Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration – International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia – Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia – International Graduate. The lowest score in all four categories was 90 points. Since the draw on April 16, the lowest score in Tech Pilot is always 90 points. British Columbia has already invited 964 Tech Pilot registrants in 2019. In total, BCPNP issued 5,280 invitations under all of its streams this year.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot
The federal government has unveiled its five-year international educational strategy
The main goal of the new $148 million-worth strategy is to increase the diversity of countries of origin of international students. Canada will focus on countries with a growing middle class, in which there is no opportunity to educate everyone and countries where the prospect of receiving an education in English or French will be attractive. Canadian authorities will focus on students from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Morocco, Ukraine, Turkey and France. The other key goal of the strategy aims to diversify the locations of study of foreign students by attracting international students to rural and less populated areas where there are fewer immigrants. As of December 31, 2018, there were above 570,000 study permit holders in the country.
#international_students, #study_permit, #study_in_canada
