Quota – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg Quota – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Canada to Cap Number of International Study Permits by 35% https://www.akcanada.com/canada-to-cap-the-number-of-international-study-permits-by-35-per-cent/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:42:09 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/?p=2386 The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, announced today that Canada will reduce the number of international student permits by 35 per cent next year as part of a temporary two-year cap on foreign enrollment. The cap will cut the number of approved study permits in 2024 to 364,000. The 2025 […]

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]]> Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program to Reopen https://www.akcanada.com/parentgrandparent-sponsorship-program-to-reopen/ Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:11:39 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1087 Citizenship and Immigration Canada will resume accepting applications of Canadian citizens/permanent residents, wishing to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada, on January 2, 2015. Application forms, guides and information on how to apply to the Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program became available this week. Highlights of the Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program include: 1. The sponsorship […]

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]]> New Federal Skilled Worker General Occupations (Demand) List and Quotas https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-general-occupations-demand-list-and-quotas/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1065 On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced new eligibility criteria for the Federal Skilled Worker Class. A maximum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) Federal Skilled Worker Applications will be considered for processing from May 1, 2014 until April 30, 2015. Within the twenty-five thousand (25,000) cap, a maximum of one thousand (1,000) Federal […]

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]]> Quota for 2014 Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program Full https://www.akcanada.com/quota-for-2014-parentgrandparent-sponsorship-program-full/ Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:56:22 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1041 On February 3, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that the 2014 quota of 5,000 new Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Applications had been met. No new Applications will be accepted for processing until January 2015, at which time it is anticipated that the quota will be raised from 5,000 new Applications to 20,000 new Applications. Further details […]

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]]> Parent Grandparent Sponsorship Program Relaunched https://www.akcanada.com/parent-grandparent-sponsorship-program-relaunched/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:40:45 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1037 After a more than two (2) year moratorium on new Applications, which took effect on November 5, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will resume accepting applications of Canadian citizens/permanent residents, wishing to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada, on January 2, 2014. Application forms, guides and information on how to apply to […]

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]]> New Federal Skilled Worker Class Eligibility Criteria Announced https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-class-eligibility-criteria-announced-2/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=1016 On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada made a major announcement, concerning the Federal Skilled Worker Class. Once again, there will be a General Occupations (Demand) List for the Federal Skilled Worker Class; however, the jobs on the List, the number of jobs on the List, the overall quota for the category and […]

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]]> New Federal Skilled Worker Program to take effect May 3, 2013-Now is the time for interested applicants to get started! https://www.akcanada.com/new-federal-skilled-worker-program-to-take-effect-may-4-2013-now-is-the-time-for-interested-applicants-to-get-started/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:31:44 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=998 On July 1, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada placed a temporary pause on accepting new Federal Skilled Worker Applications for Permanent Residence in Canada for processing. On December 19, 2012, Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, announced that the Government of Canada will start accepting Federal Skilled Worker Applications, again, on May […]

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]]> Federal Skilled Trades Class Launch Date Formally Announced https://www.akcanada.com/federal-skilled-trades-class-launch-date-formally-announced/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:53:04 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=995 On Monday, December 10, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced the January 2, 2013 launch of a new Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP). In order to qualify under the FSTP, applicants will need to: 1. have an offer of employment in Canada or a certificate of qualification from a province or territory […]

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]]> CIC Not Accepting Federal Skilled Worker Applications Until January 2013; Moratorium on Investor and Entrepreneur Applications Continues https://www.akcanada.com/cic-not-accepting-federal-skilled-worker-applications-until-january-2013/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:50:09 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=971 Today, Thursday, June 28, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney made a major announcement in a speech he gave to the C.D. Howe Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Prior to today’s announcement, Citizenship and Immigration Canada had indicated that if a new General Occupations (Demand) List for the Federal Skilled Worker Class was […]

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]]> Canadian Immigration News Update https://www.akcanada.com/canadian-immigration-news-update-2/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:53:33 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=962 AKCANADA IMMIGRATION NEWS 2011 is finally at an end. It was a year full of changes and new developments with respect to Canada’s Immigration system. This newsletter is a synopsis of all of those changes/new developments, which will continue to have an impact, well into 2012. I. PARENTAL/GRANDPARENT SPONSORSHIPS – NEW “SUPER VISA” Effective November […]

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