Side by Side Canada Immigration Consulting Inc.

03/04/2025

IRCC has added a new Education Category under the Express Entry Selection (as of February 27, 2025).

Occupations include:
1. Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants;
2. Instructors of Persons with Disabilities;
3. Early Childhood Educators and Assistants;
4. Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers; and
5. Secondary School Teachers.

If you have at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in the past 3 years IN CANADA or ABROAD, aside from completing a Post-Secondary Degree (at least Bachelor’s Degree), this may be your chance to receive an Invitation to Apply for Permanent Residence in Canada.

If seriously interested, please send your inquiries via email at [email protected] (not on Facebook Messenger please).

My website is still inactive, but you can verify the status of my licence through:

Dearyll Gonzales, RCIC
https://college-ic.ca/protecting-the-public/find-an-immigration-consultant

02/12/2024

🇨🇦Agri-Food Pilot Immigration Update

Temporary workers in the Agri-Food Sector in Canada will greatly benefit from these changes. Their working conditions and their pay are not very attractive, but they have to stay, work, and survive in order to meet the requirement for permanent residency.

To all my clients who have been struggling to secure a Job Offer, I'm so happy that you now have the option to choose the educational requirement to be eligible to apply for PR.

⚠️ As of February 10, 2024, IRCC has introduced the following changes:

📌applicants who reside in Canada when they submit their application may now choose to meet EITHER the JOB OFFER requirement or the EDUCATIONAL requirement

📌IRCC now counts work experience gained under an open work permit for vulnerable foreign workers towards the work experience requirement

📌IRCC is accepting applications until May 14, 2025

If you know someone temporarily working in the Agri-Food Sector in Canada, and need any immigration guidance under the Agri-Food Pilot, I can be reached through [email protected].

Don't be a victim of fraud!
Please check if your immigration consultant is authorized:
👉 https://college-ic.ca/protecting-the-public/find-an-immigration-consultant?l=en-CA

Spring🌷💐🌸is almost here, but let's first celebrate February with all the LOVE ❤🥰🙏😍 in the world!

11/26/2021

International students: we’re extending the time you can study online from outside Canada and have it count towards PGWP eligibility.

You can:
-count the online study time from March 2020 to August 31, 2022
-complete up to 100% of your studies online and be eligible for a PGWP

Learn more about this final extension for students pursuing their program online: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation/about.html

11/23/2021

We are now the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) | https://college-ic.ca/

To verify a Canadian immigration consultant’s status as a licensee of the College, please use the online Public Register of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs) and Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors (RISIAs) - https://college-ic.ca/protecting-the-public/find-an-immigration-consultant

https://twitter.com/College_IC/status/1463160580290789388?s=20

We are working hard to provide a complete website experience. New content will be posted to the site as it is developed. Thank you for your patience.

06/22/2021

🇨🇦 As of June 21, 2021, any foreign national who holds a valid Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) is able to travel to Canada.
👉 https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/06/individuals-approved-for-permanent-residence-may-travel-to-canada-as-of-june-21.html?fbclid=IwAR3f47Vgybh53hAynyL1n3hwXfgVc6P7YlPoarX4irYvgBZ6Y2FvODOeh40

🇨🇦 If your COPR is about to expire, or has expired, IRCC will soon have instructions on their website about how to get reissued documents.
👉 https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/immigration-applicants.html

How the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is affecting immigration, refugees, citizenship and passport services: permanent residents and permanent residence applicants

05/09/2021

Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class in 2020

“Based on public policy considerations, delegated officers may grant permanent resident status to foreign nationals who meet the following conditions:

The foreign national..

1. Has submitted an application under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class that:
- was received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in 2020; and,
- was not reviewed in 2020 to ensure that the application met the requirements specified in section 10 of the Regulations and according to the application kit requirements in place at the time the application was received by the designated office;
2. Meets the eligibility criteria of the pilot class in which they had applied;
3. Is not inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations.”

Temporary public policy for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider class or Home Support Worker class in 2020

04/14/2021

🇨🇦 New Pathway to Permanent Residency for Essential Temporary Workers and International Graduates 🇨🇦

Effective May 6, 2021 until November 5, 2021, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will begin accepting applications under the following 3 streams:

👉 20,000 applications for temporary workers in health care (40 health-care occupations)
👉 30,000 applications for temporary workers in other selected essential occupations (95 other essential jobs across a range of fields, like caregiving and food production and distribution)
👉 40,000 applications for international students who graduated from a Canadian institution

Today Minister Mendicino announced a new pathway to permanent residence for over 90,000 essential workers and international student graduates who are actively contributing to Canada’s economy.

Starting May 6, 2021, this pathway will allow eligible international graduates, who studied in Canada, as well as temporary workers in health care and other essential occupations, to apply for permanent residence.

We will accept applications under these policies from May 6 - November 5 2021, or until a program stream has reached its limit:
• 20,000 temporary foreign workers in health care
• 30,000 temporary foreign workers in selected essential occupations
• 40,000 international graduates

Please note: to support the vitality of Francophone minority communities, 3 additional streams with no application limit have also been launched for French-speaking or bilingual candidates.

Learn more about the new pathway to permanent residency for over 90,000 essential temporary workers and international graduates: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/04/new-pathway-to-permanent-residency-for-over-90000-essential-temporary-workers-and-international-graduates.html

04/12/2021

❗UPDATE for Applications in Process

IRCC is starting to review applications delayed due to COVID-19 and to contact clients who need to provide additional information or supporting documents.

01/31/2021

The Government of Canada continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of Canadians by introducing measures to prevent further introduction and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants of the virus into Canada.

01/20/2021

Heading to Canada? A few steps to follow:

1. Get tested for 72 hours prior to boarding your flight;
2. Use the ArriveCAN app to provide mandatory travel information;
3. Plan for your 14-day mandatory quarantine.

For more information visit: https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/wizard-start

09/24/2020

Good News!

Today, the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, is announcing action to speed up spousal application processing and help families build their lives together in Canada.