Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program Takes Aim At Silicon Valley – Canadian Immigration News Jason Kenney, Canada’s Citizenship & Immigration Minister, recently returned from a trip to California’s Silicon Valley, a world-leading hub for high-tech innovation and development. The purpose of the trip was to promote the new Canada Start-Up Visa Program, designed to bring entrepreneurs, and their business ideas, to Canada. This new Canadian immigration
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Parent & Grandparent Sponsorship Program Reopens January 2, 2014 – Canadian Immigration News
Parent & Grandparent Sponsorship Program Reopens January 2, 2014. The federal government recently announced that Canada’s Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship Program would reopen on January 2, 2014. The Canadian immigration program, designed to streamline parents and grandparents to Canada, had been closed due to serious backlogs and unacceptable wait times. Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism stated that the reopening of this
The New and Improved Federal Skilled Worker Program – Canadian Immigration News
The New and Improved Federal Skilled Worker Program The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), which had been temporarily closed since July 2012, has reopened. On May 4, 2013, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism delivered the details of the new and improved Federal Skilled Worker Program. The program was temporarily shut down to help address serious Canadian immigration backlogs, while also revamping many of