CanadaVisa News Briefs for Late July, 2017
The following is a summary of developments concerning Canadian immigration and citizenship that have taken place over the past couple of weeks.
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July 25, 2017
A draft version of a new study guide for the聽Canadian Citizenship聽exam shows that the government plans on overhauling the book used by prospective Canadians in preparation for the exam.聽The new guide, a working copy of which was obtained by聽The Canadian Press, breaks the responsibilities of citizenship into two categories: mandatory and voluntary.聽
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July 25, 2017
The government of Ontario has placed a hold on intake for the Express Entry-aligned聽Human Capital Priorities聽stream of the聽Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program聽(OINP) following a recent surge in applications.聽
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July 21, 2017
The latest draw for Saskatchewan's聽Entrepreneur stream, an important component of聽the聽Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program聽(SINP), has resulted in聽98 international entrepreneurs being invited to apply to the program. Candidates in the unique 'Expression of Interest' pool for this program who had 80 or more points on July 19 were invited to apply. This cut-off threshold is the joint-lowest in the history of the program.聽
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July 20, 2017
On July 20, the government of Ontario announced that applications for the Employer Job Offer Stream -聽听补苍诲听聽are now being accepted.聽
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July 17, 2017
The government of Ontario has cautioned applicants to the聽Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program聽(OINP) that some people have received emails claiming to be sent by the OINP. In these emails, the receiver is sent a false Ontario Certificate of Nomination and is asked to pay a 鈥淩ight of Permanent Residence Fee.鈥澛
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July 12, 2017
A total of 3,202 candidates have been issued an聽Invitation to Apply (ITA)聽in the second聽Express Entry聽draw to occur since recent changes to the聽Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)聽were聽introduced on June 6, 2017. The latest draw, which took place on July 12, 2017, saw a minimum CRS score requirement of 440. Consequently, candidates in the Express Entry pool with a score of 440 or above at the time of the draw are now in a position to apply for Canadian permanent resident status.聽
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