Recent News
SIN cards headed for scrap heap
Social Insurance Number cards are going to be a thing of the past starting in 2014 in an effort to cut costs and to reduce the risk of identity theft.
Total complete applications received since July 1, 2011
The cap has been reached. CIC has received 10,000 complete Federal Skilled Worker applications for processing since July 1, 2011.
Should Canada screen immigrants based on language or country?
The unrelenting economic gloom in Europe inspired voters in both France and Greece to change governments this weekend. It’s also been compelling tens of thousands of the continent’s young people – for instance in Spain, where unemployment is above 50 per cent for those 25 and under, as well as in Greece, Portugal, Italy and Ireland – to consider emigrating to more prosperous shores.
Sask. wants feds to allow more immigrants
Saskatchewan Immigration Minister Rob Norris says there is a "healthy tension" between the provincial and federal governments over a cap Ottawa has put in place that limits the number of immigrants allowed into the province.
Permanent Resident (PR) Card direct mail-out pilot project
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is launching a pilot project as part of its overall modernization agenda to streamline procedures and improve services to newcomers.
