CICS

27/05/2017

The lowest score draw is out for express entry... The score is now 199.. 400 invitations are issued...

01/03/2017

Express Entry CRS Point Requirement Decreases Yet Again in March 1 Draw

The largest ever Express Entry draw for immigration to Canada has taken place, and the number of Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points required in order for a candidate to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence has decreased yet again. Candidates in the Express Entry pool with 434 CRS points were issued an ITA in the March 1 draw.

A total of 3,884 ITAs were issued in this draw.

25/01/2017

19/01/2017

About 1400 immigrants a year ordered removed from canada...

https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/01/18/about-1400-immigrants-a-year-ordered-removed-from-canada-for-residency-non-compliance.html

The number of permanent residents issued removal orders at port of entry has risen from 605 in 2008 to 1,413 in 2014.

12/01/2017

January 11 Express Entry Draw for Immigration to Canada is the Largest Yet (459)

Two years after the Express Entry system was first introduced, the number of candidates being invited to apply to immigrate to Canada through the system continues to rise. The latest draw, which took place on January 11, was the first time the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) passed the 3,000 mark — indeed, it passed that threshold comfortably, with a total of 3,334 candidates having been invited this time around. Each of these candidates had at least 459 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points — the lowest requirement for nearly a year.

11/01/2017

On January 9, 2017, Quebec’s Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil announced that, as of January 26, Quebec will stop receiving new requests for groups to privately sponsor refugees. While the province stated that this pause is temporary, no date has been announced for when the private refugee sponsorship program may resume receiving applications.

According to the provincial government, the suspension is required in order to process the backlog of more than 10,000 requests, of which 7,500 are requests from Quebec families sponsoring Syrian refugees. Weil confirmed that “All applications that we receive before January 26, 2017 will be processed,” while the website of the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Diversity, and Inclusion (MIDI) states, “the deadline for submitting a new undertaking application is Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. [Eastern Standard Time], regardless of where the person you wish to sponsor comes from.”

Quebec’s immigration plan sets out a target of 4,050 to 4,400 sponsored refugees to be admitted in 2017. Consequently, accepting further applications could result in processing times of several years. Weil explained that applications submitted in January 2017 could take until 2019 to be completely processed.

“We have received many sponsorship applications as part of the welcome operation of Syrian refugees, and the sponsorship organizations are aware that the processing times are due to the considerable inventory which has accumulated over the last year,” stated Weil, in a French communication to Quebec newspaper La Presse. “However, we are continuing our close collaboration with these organizations in order to assist refugees who have already arrived in their francization and their participation in Quebec society.”

Groups who wish to collectively and privately sponsor refugees to come to Quebec may submit a collective sponsorship application to the MIDI. In order to sponsor a refugee and their family, a group must be comprised of either two to five persons, a non-profit organization, or a Quebec resident and a non-profit organization. The applicant(s) commit to supporting the sponsored refugee and their family for one year (or three years, in some cases), and facilitating their integration and settlement in Quebec.

11/01/2017

Ahmed Hussen has been appointed Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Let's all wish him luck!

07/01/2017

Parents and Grandparents Programme​ update:

CIC changed how sponsors can apply for the 2017. Programme​ started on January 3, 2017. Find out more about this change.
The new forms and guide on this page on monday January 9, 2017. Please ensure that you use the correct forms.

For any further assistance or information... Please comment.....

04/01/2017

Changes to application intake process for 2017 Parent and Grandparent Program.

The Government is committed to a fair and transparent immigration system. Changes made to the Parent and Grandparent Program will improve access to the application process, given that the number of applications accepted for intake is limited. In order to give the same chance to all Canadians who are interested in applying to sponsor their parents or grandparents, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) heard former applicants and is making changes to improve how people can apply to this program.

Between January 3 and February 2, 2017, Canadian citizens and permanent residents who want to apply as sponsors must first complete an online form on the IRCC website to let the Department know they are interested in applying to sponsor their parents or grandparents.

The online form will be available for 30 days, from noon Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 3, 2017, to noon EST on February 2, 2017.

The form will ask for the individual’s first name, family name, date of birth, country of birth, main home address, postal code and email address. Once the information is successfully submitted through the online form, the individual will get a confirmation number. They should keep this number for their records. They will need to submit only one online form, as duplicate entries will be removed. Completing the form will not mean a person has applied to sponsor under the program.

At the end of the 30 days, IRCC will remove the duplicates, randomly choose 10 000 people and ask them to complete the full application. IRCC will let everyone who completed an online form know whether they were chosen or not. Only those who were randomly chosen will be invited to apply to the Parent and Grandparent Program.

Those who were invited to apply will have 90 days to submit their complete application to IRCC. The 2017 application kit and guide will be available on IRCC’s website on January 9, 2017.

Interested sponsors who are not selected will be able to indicate their interest to apply again in 2018.

03/01/2017

DIPB think that changing the tests can work.... In getting citizenship....Take exam and check out how much an Aussie are you ?

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says it's worth having a debate about whether to overhaul the citizenship test in order to w**d out terrorists.