Ontario – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg Ontario – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Ontario Expediting Process for U.S. Doctors, Nurses to Work in Province https://www.akcanada.com/ontario-expediting-process-for-u-s-doctors-nurses-to-work-in-province/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:23:20 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/?p=3784 Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced on June 5, 2025 by the minister of health. According to the minister, the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province. The province is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed physicians, nurse […]

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]]> Updated Settlement Fund Requirements for Federal Skilled Worker Programs https://www.akcanada.com/updated-settlement-fund-requirements-for-federal-skilled-worker-programs/ Mon, 06 May 2024 16:03:45 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/?p=2953 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) has updated the table that shows how much money you need to settle in Canada if you are applying in either the Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades Programs.  IRCC updates these numbers every year, based on 50% of the low income cut-off totals.  The changes take effect […]

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]]> Ontario Removes Canadian Work Experience Requirement for Licensing of Foreign-Trained Engineers https://www.akcanada.com/ontario-removes-canadian-work-experience-requirement-for-licensing-of-foreign-trained-engineers/ Wed, 24 May 2023 09:26:23 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1470 There is good news for foreign-trained engineers who wish to immigrate to Canada with Ontario as their province of intended destination.  They will no longer be required to have Canadian work experience to become licensed in Ontario.  The province is adopting a new law to remove the barriers keeping skilled immigrants from working in their […]

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]]> Ontario to make it easier for immigrants to work in their professions https://www.akcanada.com/ontario-to-make-it-easier-for-immigrants-to-work-in-their-professions/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:01:52 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1439 [REPRODUCED FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS] Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would make it easier for immigrants to get licensed to work in professions that match their areas of expertise. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the proposed legislation would, if passed, prevent many regulatory bodies from requiring immigrants to have Canadian work experience to […]

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]]> Ottawa Announces New Immigration Pilot Program – Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot https://www.akcanada.com/ottawa-announces-new-immigration-pilot-program-rural-and-northern-immigration-pilot/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:40:25 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1329 The Canadian Immigration Department has launched a new pilot program to fill labour shortages and fuel economic growth in small rural communities by matching them with prospective immigrants interested in settling outside of Canada’s major urban areas. The new five-year Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot will require remote communities to submit a thorough plan identifying available […]

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]]> Refugee claimants suckered at border https://www.akcanada.com/refugee-claimants-suckered-at-border/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:17:19 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/refugee-claimants-suckered-at-border/ https://www.akcanada.com/ Unscrupulous immigration consultants at the U.S. border are preying on asylum seekers heading to Canada by selling them bogus application forms for use in making refugee claims, officials say. Refugee groups in both countries warn claimants they are not required to purchase or bring application forms when they show up at border crossings to […]

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