Canada’s new immigration test
Canadian immigrants pass current testing with a rate of 97% because of widespread access to the tests on the Internet and an underground market selling the (only) 5 standard tests to would-be citizens. According to media reports across the country, failure rates of up to 30% since March can be attributed to new, tougher questions […]
Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants
As waves of immigrants from the developing world remade Canada a decade ago, the famously friendly people of Manitoba could not contain their pique. What irked them was not the Babel of tongues, the billions spent on health care and social services, or the explosion of ethnic identities. The rub was the newcomers’ preference for […]
Kenney to learn about human smuggling in Australia
OTTAWA – Canada’s immigration minister is travelling to Australia to see what can be learned about dealing with boatloads of illegal immigrants and refugee claimants. Jason Kenney is currently on a 10-day trip through India, China and the Philippines to deal with the issue of overseas immigration fraud. On a conference call with reporters on […]
Need A Job? Try Canada, Where Hiring Is Booming
Stubbornly high unemployment rates got you down? Not sold on the economic recovery? Look no further than America’s polite neighbor to the north, where jobs numbers are surging and home prices have been rising steadily for nearly a year. Last month, Canada, a nation with roughly one tenth of our population, created about 10,000 more […]
Major Canadian Immigration Rule Changes
MAJOR CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RULE CHANGES MAJOR CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RULE CHANGES On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced major changes to the Independent/Skilled Worker Class and to the Investor Category of the Business Class with no advance notice. A. INDEPENDENT/SKILLED WORKER CLASS 1. Changes a. As of June 26, 2010, to be eligible […]
Toronto, Canada is proud to welcome all members of the G20 Summit June 26 & 27
The Canadian economy grew an astounding amount in 2009 and that pace of growth is the strongest in more than a decade and twice the 3% growth reported by the U.S. With so much uncertainty in the air in the U.S., President Obama would be smart take a long moment during his Toronto visit to […]