Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion struggle to meet Quebec’s French proficiency requirement for permanent residency. Despite taking government-offered francization courses, they find achieving the required proficiency level challenging. The short timeline of their three-year work permits also makes […]
On January 16, 2024, Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced several initiatives to bolster Francophone immigration outside Quebec. These include a new immigration policy, an expanded Welcoming Francophone Communities initiative, a support
The French Language Services Act (FLSA), passed on December 14, 2013, in Prince Edward Island, harmonizes the service needs of the Acadian and Francophone communities with the government’s ability to provide those services. The Act, announced in
On June 15, 2023, the Canadian government expanded the Francophone Mobility Program for two years. This program allows Canadian employers to offer jobs to eligible candidates with a moderate command of French for most National Occupation Classification
Quebec Premier François Legault has moved forward with his plan to limit economic immigration to Quebec to those who already speak French. On May 25, Legault proposed changes to Quebec’s immigration system, requiring all adult
Nova Scotia published the November 7 draw criteria under the Labour Market Priorities Stream. Candidates who have French as their first official language and a Canadian Language Benchmark score of 10 or higher in French and English
Quebec’s technology companies argue that it is unreasonable to expect newcomers to Quebec to learn French in just six months, and they urge Premier Francois Legault to put a halt to his Bill 96, which
On July 22, 2021, the Government of Quebec implemented new requirements for spouses of applicants of the Quebec experience program. Starting July 22, 2021, the new rule came into effect and requires de facto spouses
Canada’s immigration stream for English-speaking essential workers who do not work in healthcare-related positions has reached its limit of 30,000. This immigration stream is one of the six temporary residence to permanent residence (TR to
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is still accepting applications through five temporary resident to permanent resident pathways. As of June 10, 5:30 PM EST the number of applications for other streams is 1,811 applications