U.S. – 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=6.6.5 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg U.S. – 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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]]> Canadian Open Work Permits for U.S. H-1B Specialty Occupations Visa Holders https://www.akcanada.com/open-work-permits-for-u-s-h-1b-visa-holders/ Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:27:00 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1490 Starting today, Sunday, July 16, 2023, Canada will offer open work permits to any individuals in the United States on an H-1B Specialty Occupations visa.  Canada’s strategy is to lure away highly-educated foreign nationals in the United States who are frustrated by the U.S. immigration process.  In essence, Canada is capitalizing on a growing sense from international students and […]

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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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