Canadian Immigration – Polaris Strategy

Canada Releases 2021-2023 Immigration levels plan

Polaris — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 20:00:59 +0000

Last week the Government of Canada released its 2021 – 2023 immigration levels plan. This is an important document that the government releases that describe its immigration targets for the next three years, both in terms of overall immigration numbers, and how many immigrants will be accepted through each of Canada’s immigration programs.

The new levels plan reconfirms Canada’s commitment to encouraging immigration. Canada’s previous levels plan indicated immigration levels increasing slightly each year, and in general remaining in the low 300 thousands per year. The recently announced levels plan anticipates total immigration levels over 400 thousand for each of 2021, 2022 and 2023. The government expects that approximately half those immigrating to Canada will do so under an economic program (including Express Entry and the Provincial Nominee Programs) the remainder will arrive as refugees, or as members of the family class.

There are several explanations for the increase in comparison to the previous levels plan. One factor is that the current government of Canada is supportive of immigration, viewing it as beneficial to Canada’s economy and society. Unlike some other countries the Canadian public also has a generally positive view of immigration and is therefore more likely to be accepting of higher immigration levels. Finally the new levels plan likely includes a certain amount of ‘catch-up’ from the unusual year that 2020 has been.

Although Canada has continued to invite, and to process immigration applications throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the numerous travel restrictions in place in Canada and around the world have meant that many applicants who have been approved to come to Canada have been unable to do so. As a result, although Canada has been inviting and accepting a record-high number of potential immigrants in 2020, actual arrivals have been dramatically less than in 2019. It is reasonable to expect that as the effects of the pandemic on global travel are lessened immigrants previously approved will arrive in greater numbers.

Ultimately the new levels plan serves to confirm two things about Canadian immigration: Canada remains committed to welcoming large and increasing numbers of immigrants in the years to come, and Canada’s economic immigration pathways will continue to be a substantial contributor of Canada’s overall immigration totals.

Team Polaris scores a big win for Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) Client!

Polaris — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 01:15:43 +0000

On August 18, the Ontario Immigration Bureau announced that a handful provincial nominees for international students would be opened on August 19^th. As the province with the most international students in Canada, the degree of competition for provincial nomination places for international students in Ontario is imaginable.

From the 18th to the morning of the 19th, all Polaris employees were actively involved and finally helped multiple clients successfully grab valuable places in the program.

Today, more than two months later, the client Xiao Liu received the provincial nomination confirmation letter, and immediately shared his joy with team Polaris.

“I have been studying in Toronto for four years. I really like the life here and I hope to stay here forever,” said Mr. Liu s. “My major is a bit unpopular. After graduation, I submitted a few resumes, but the results were not ideal. After discussing with my family, I found Polaris and entrusted them with work and immigration. Hence proved, it was a right decision.”

Our consultant communicated with Mr. Liu many times and after understanding his situation in detail, he used his employer resources to quickly match him with a suitable employer.

Although the requirements for the Ontario Immigration Nominee program are not too high as compared to other programs, as long as you can meet the conditions, you can apply for a provincial nomination to complete your immigration process. It can be said that most international students in Ontario can apply for this program.

Because of the lower requirements and fast speed of this program, it has become very popular. There are a large number of immigration agencies and individual applicants who will participate in the competition at the same time. If you don’t pay attention, you will miss the opportunity.

“I heard from my classmates a long time ago that the provincial nomination for international students in Ontario is particularly difficult to grab. Some seniors have not grabbed it for two years, so they have to apply for other projects.” Xiao Liu said with a smile: “There are so many students in Ontario, if I rely on myself, I might not get it at all. Fortunately, I have the foresight and asked Polaris to help me grab it.”

Polaris did not disappoint Mr. Liu. Although the provincial nomination for international students in Ontario was only open for less than an hour on the 19th, in the end Polaris still successfully grabbed the

OINP announces its intention to enact regulatory amendments for Employer Job Offer Stream

Polaris — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:20:55 +0000

Today the OINP announced it’s intention to enact regulatory amendments that will alter the application procedure to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream, the Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream, the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills Stream, the Master’s Graduate Stream, and the PhD Graduate Stream. The proposed change will introduce an Expression of Interest (EOI) system to these streams. Under the current system applicants apply on a first-come first-served basis to these streams. These programs are now so popular however that it is often very difficult for even well qualified applicants to get a slot to apply. In addition, because it is first-come, first-served a marginally qualified applicant who registers quickly, will be able to apply when a much better qualified, but slower to act applicant will be shut out.

Under the new proposal the OINP will establish a points system, and applicants will register and receive a score based on their qualifications and characteristics. The OINP would then be able to select the highest scoring applicants from all those who have registered and invite them to submit an application. The OINP has not yet released details of the scoring system it will use. This proposal represents a major change to the way the OINP works. The job-offer streams in particular were among the most attractive in Canada for less qualified applicants, since those streams did not compare applicants against each other at any point. This change, if enacted, will bring these streams more into line with programs offered by other provinces, and will change the competition for spaces from a test of speed, to a test of qualification.