medical examination – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:42:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg medical examination – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 New pathway to permanent residency for essential temporary workers and international graduates already in Canada https://www.akcanada.com/new-pathway-to-permanent-residency-for-essential-temporary-workers-and-international-graduates-already-in-canada/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:11:58 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1426 Today, the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced a new pathway to permanent residence for over 90,000 essential workers and international graduates who are currently actively contributing to Canada’s economy. These special public policies will grant permanent status to temporary workers and international graduates who are already in […]

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]]> Canada plans to bring in more than 1.2 Million immigrants in next 3 years https://www.akcanada.com/canada-plans-to-bring-in-more-than-1-2m-immigrants-in-next-3-years/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:50:26 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1421 The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tabled the 2021‒2023 Immigration Levels Plan, today. The 2021 to 2023 Levels Plan aims to continue welcoming immigrants at a rate of about 1% of the population of Canada, including 401,000 permanent residents in 2021, 411,000 in 2022 and 421,000 in 2023.  Of those, the […]

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]]> U.S.A. Extending Ban on Green Cards and Non-Immigrant Visas Also Affected https://www.akcanada.com/u-s-a-extending-ban-on-green-cards-and-non-immigrant-visas-also-affected/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:43:34 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1405 On Monday, June 22, 2020, the Trump administration announced that it was extending a ban on Green Cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and adding many temporary work visas to the freeze, including those used heavily by technology companies and multinational corporations. The policy behind the freeze is to […]

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]]> Canada Remains Open to Immigration while U.S. Threatens to Suspend Immigration https://www.akcanada.com/canada-remains-open-to-immigration-while-u-s-threatens-to-suspend-immigration/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:06:01 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1359 On Monday, April 20, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending Immigration to the United States as the nation battles the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet sent out late Monday night, President Trump wrote:  “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, […]

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]]> IRCC Permanent Residence Processing Will Continue Despite COVID-19 https://www.akcanada.com/ircc-permanent-residence-processing-will-continue-despite-covid-19/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:28:09 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1346 On Sunday, March 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released new instructions for those affected by COVID-19. Like other countries, Canada is working diligently to halt the spread of the virus; however, IRCC is adopting new policies and procedures to minimize any disruption to Immigration processing and to help applicants who are affected […]

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]]> Canadian Immigration – Medical Inadmissibility Rules Relaxed https://www.akcanada.com/medical-inadmissibility-rules-relaxed/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:29:59 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1305 On April 16, 2018, The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced changes to the medical inadmissibility provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The changes will loosen the rules than deem some prospective immigrants inadmissible on medical grounds. The Minister said the medical inadmissibility policy, which has been in place for more than […]

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]]> Immigration consultant arrested https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/ https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:28:29 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=933 The RCMP has arrested a Quebec immigration consultant accused of providing Canadian citizenship and immigration documents to hundreds of residents of Middle East countries who then collected tax benefits from Ottawa. Ahmad El-Akhal, 62, was arrested in Montreal on Thursday following a 2½-year investigation by the RCMP’s Immigration and Passport and Commercial Crimes sections. His […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/feed/ 114 New arrivals push up immigration levels in Canada to their highest since 1971 https://www.akcanada.com/new-arrivals-push-up-immigration-levels-in-canada-to-their-highest-since-1971/ https://www.akcanada.com/new-arrivals-push-up-immigration-levels-in-canada-to-their-highest-since-1971/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=926 Most of parts of Canada have recorded their highest immigration levels since figures began in their present form in 1971. Data from Statistics Canada for the third quarter of 2010 put Canada’s population at 34,238,000, an increase of 129,300, some 0.4%, since July. During the third quarter, 84,200 immigrants arrived in Canada, 8,800 more than in the same quarter of 2009. Despite the […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/new-arrivals-push-up-immigration-levels-in-canada-to-their-highest-since-1971/feed/ 1 Canada’s new immigration test https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/ https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:59:16 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=914 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 […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/feed/ 2 New Canadian act targets ‘Ghost’ immigration agents https://www.akcanada.com/new-canadian-act-targets-ghost-immigration-agents/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:10:39 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=905 (IANS) ‘Ghost’ immigration consultants in India, who dupe people desperate to migrate to Canada, will be put out of business with the passing of new legislation by the Canadian parliament. Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the legislation to crack down on crooked immigration consultants has received final approval Tuesday in the House of Commons. […]

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