On 14 April 2025, the Provincial Nominee Class in BC is essentially closed. The BC government just announced that they had about 10,000 applicants on 1 January 2025 when the new quota of 4,000 openings were assigned to the BC government. Their priority is the 1,100...
From March 27, 2025, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program will require all applicants to be existing temporary resident of Canada. Therefore, the foreign nationals will require a LMIA or an open work permit, unless being recruited by an employer in the...
Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (IRCC) removes points from its Express Entry system that were in the past awarded to immigrants with job offers. This action punishes immigrants working for Canadian employers and will inevitably make it harder for them to obtain...
521,935 people will not qualify for permanent residence, according to this chart from IRCC Ontario. We suspect the majority are those on Post Graduate work permits. However, many foreign workers working under the authority of positive LMIA's will also not qualify for...
The rural community immigration class is for foreign nationals who have the ability to become economically established in a designated rural community. The requirements for the program are: Permanent Job offer (in an occupation listed on the priority occupation list -...
Many South African applicants with any military service are being sent for “background checks” that can take 18 months. This has result in some applicants loosing their job offers in Canada as a result. Since March 2024 (and onwards), Matrixvisa has written to senior...
Many South African applicants with any military service are being sent for “background checks” that can take 18 months. This has result in some applicants loosing their job offers in Canada as a result. Since March 2024 (and onwards), Matrixvisa has written to senior...
Mr. Nir Babani the previous owner of UIS Canada (https://www.uiscanada.com) are now being investigated after several complaints have been received.
The regulator, ICCRC reported the following: “We are writing to advise that ICCRC has formally initiated a disciplinary proceeding against Nir Babani, R407271. The first step in the proceeding is a motion to seek an interim suspension of Nir Babani’s membership with ICCRC pending the final adjudication of the merits of misconduct alleged in the complaints. If ICCRC is successful on this motion Nir Babani will not be able to legally offer immigration services in Canada until the Disciplinary Committee makes a final decision on the merits of the complaints. Not all the complaints we have received against Nir Babani are identified in the interim motion proceeding.”
Open the link to see a list of theCurrent Proceedings of Disciplinary Actions against Mr. Nir Babani.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited certain candidates to apply to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream. It is the programs first round of invitations in this stream after releasing their new Expression of Interest System that allows applicants to enter a profile with their personal information. After answering a few questions, the applicant is presented a score.
The criteria for this selection was at least 31 points and work experience in the following occupations:
Health care occupations
3012 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
3112 – General practitioners and family physicians
3121 – Optometrists
3122 – Chiropractors
3124 – Allied primary health practitioners
3125 – Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
3131 – Pharmacists
3132 – Dietitians and nutritionists
3141 – Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
3213 – Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians
3214 – Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
3215 – Medical radiation technologists
3216 – Medical sonographers
3232 – Practitioners of natural healing
3236 – Massage therapists
Skilled trades occupations
7241 – Electricians (except industrial and power system)
7271 – Carpenters
7291 – Roofers and shinglers
7302 – Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
7312 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics…
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada just released the application guide for the “Temporary Residence to Permanent Residence Pathway” stream (TR to PR for short) that outline the required documents and forms to have ready for submission.
This new pathway is designed to help the following persons obtain permanent residence in the following categories.
The program will accept applicants until 5 November 2021 unless the quota is filled before that date for the categories above.
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