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Hello Future  Neighbour,

Canada will be opening the Caregivers Pilot program and the Agri-Food Pilot to new applicants. These two programs will start accepting permanent residency applications from January of 2024.

The experience timeframe for in-Canada caregiver provider pilots has been deducted to 12 months from the initial 24-month experience.

The Caregiver pilot program includes the Home Support Caregiver Pilot and Home Childcare Provider Pilot. 

See Below Occupations Eligible for the Caregivers Pilot Program

Home child care providers (NOC 44100)	Home Support Worker Pilot (NOC 44101)
Babysitter Child care live-in caregiver Child care provider – private home Nanny Parent’s helper Babysitter – fitness centre Babysitter – shopping centre	Attendant for persons with disabilities – home care Family caregiver Home support worker Live-in caregiver – seniors Personal aide – home support Personal care attendant – home care Respite worker – home support

The Agri-Food pilot is set to begin January 1, 2024 through to May 14, 2025

Applicants with at least a year of cumulative, non-seasonal, full time work in over 3 years in one or more of the above occupations under the Agri-food pilot program are qualified to apply for permanent residency.

The requirements for the Agri-Food Pilot program is not demanding. A low level of language proficiency for CLB Level 4 in English and French is required as well as a high school diploma.

See Below Occupations Eligible for the Agri-Food pilot program

• NOC 63201: Butchers, retail and wholesale
• NOC 65202 – Meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale
• NOC 94141 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
• NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
• NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
• NOC 95106 – Labourers in food and beverage processing
• NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
• NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
• NOC 85101 – Harvesting labourers
• NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
• NOC 85100 – Livestock labourers
• NOC 85101 – Harvesting labourers

There are limited spots available for these programs, we advise you start the application process now and also make sure you have all the required documents.

Need help with preparing your application or reviewing an application you already prepared? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

 

International Students in Canada are persuading the Canadian Government to kindly leave the extension of the working hours for students as it is and not return to the 20-hour per week working hours.

The students complained of the high cost of living and how they are unable to fend for themselves with the limited hours and how this extension has helped them greatly, the current temporary policy that allows international students full-time working hours is to end December 31, 2023. However, this is not to say things might not take a different turn.

Employers are also happy with the short development as it has drastically reduced the issue of labour shortage as they have more hands for enhanced productivity.

We intend to keep our fingers crossed in hopes that IRCC will review this policy and allow students work for the hours they desire, this will also help in increasing the tax revenue of the Canadian government. If there would be a change in this extension date, we hope that IRCC give an announcement at the end of the year before the date elapses or the beginning of 2024. Also if the date changes, foreign students coming into Canada will also benefit from this as it would also help with providing more funds for them to cater for themselves.

Need help with processing admission into a Canadian college/university, visa application, creating an express entry or provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on  info@eseumohimmigration.com

Hello Future Neighbour,

There has been new changes to Quebec Immigration that requires applicants under the economic immigration program to meet a compulsory requirement of being able to speak French.

Taking effect from November 23, 2024, the requirement to have finished a program of study in Québec in French or to have successfully completed at least three years of full-time secondary or post-secondary education in French will apply to the Québec Experience Program-Graduate Component.

See Below New Quebec Immigration Rules for Receiving Immigration Applications in 2023-2024

The Gazette officielle du Québec released three ministerial orders guiding the management of applications submitted under the permanent immigration pilot programs.

• The Permanent immigration pilot program for workers in food processing
• The Permanent immigration pilot program for orderlies
• The Permanent immigration pilot program for workers in the artificial intelligence (AI), information technologies (IT) and visual effects (VE) sectors

See below Quebec immigration levels plan 2023-2025

	2023 Minimum	2023 Maximum	2024	2025	Rebalancing
Economic immigration category	32,000	33,900	31,950	31,950	12,500
Skilled Workers	28,000	29,500	30,650	31,500	12,500
Business People	4,000	4,300	1,250	450	0
Other Economic categories	0	100	50	0	0
Family Reunification	10,200	10,600	10,400	10,400	0
Refugees and people in similar situations	6,900	7,500	7,200	7,200	0
Refugees selected abroad	4,400	4,700	3,650	3,650	0
State-supported refugees	1,650	1,700	0	0	0
Sponsored refugees	2,750	3,000	0	0	0
Refugee recognised in Canada	2,500	2,800	3,550	3,550	0
Other immigration categories	400	500	450	450	2,800
Percentage selected by Quebec	74%	74%	72%	72%	100%
Percentage selected under an economic immigration program	65%	65%	64%	64%	82%
Percentage selected with French language proficiency	66%	66%	67%	68%	88%
Overall totals	49,500	52,500	50,000	50,000	15,300

Need help creating an express entry or a provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

Hello Future Neighbour,

We have received several mails asking this question; Can I get work permit in Canada with a visitor’s visa? The answer is YES! From now till February 28, 2025, visitor visa holders in Canada can apply for work permit if they meet the requirements to prove their eligibility status.

Now let’s not get it mixed up, you cannot just submit an application to IRCC for a work permit rather the individual needs to meet the work permit criteria below, including a supporting Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or a valid job offer by the Canadian employer.

On getting the job offer, visitor visa holders do not need to go back to their country and apply for a work visa as they would receive it in Canada. This policy is temporary as it was first initiated by the former Minister of Immigration, Sean Fraser for visitors present in Canada before August 24, 2020 who had a job offer and other requirements. It was later amended allowing all visitor visa holders that are eligible benefit from the policy.

Eligibility Criteria To Apply

An applicant looking forward to benefiting from this temporary public policy must:

• have a valid visitor status in Canada on the day they apply
• have a job offer backed by a labour market impact assessment (LMIA) or an LMIA-exempt offer of employment
• submit an application for an employer-specific work permit before February 28, 2025, and
• satisfy all other standard admissibility requirements

Candidates with visitor status who have already held a work permit in the last 12 months under this temporary policy are also eligible if they meet the below-listed criteria:

• When you apply, you must be physically present in Canada.
• You must remain in the country while your application is being processed.
• You will not be eligible for this public policy if you depart while your application is being processed.
• While applying for a work permit, you must be a visitor with valid status.
• If your visitor status has expired, you must restore it before applying for a work permit.
• applied for an employer-specific work permit between August 24, 2020, and February 28, 2025
• had a valid work permit in the 12 months before to applying for a new work permit

Also visitors inside Canada who have held a valid work permit in the last 12 months can follow particular steps to obtain interim work permit.

Need further assistance in creating a work permit profile, getting a visitor’s visa, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com