Background: Launched in 2013 as a replacement for the much maligned Federal Investor Program, the Start-Up visa aims to attract immigrant entrepreneurs to Canada.
Impact: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) itself recognizes that the program has been slow to make an impact. Currently 26 start-ups have been launched and 51 PR visa’s issued since the inception of the program in 2013. IRCC says there is a further 50 applications still in progress have been issued.
It has been almost 2 months since the federal government began introducing travel restrictions and exemptions which affect the eligibility of foreign workers to come ... Continued
John McCallum (Minister for Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship) and Navdeep Bains (Minister for Science & Economic Development) announced plans to help companies bring highly skilled ... Continued
There have been a number of significant changes recently to both the Temporary and Permanent Resident Immigration Programs which could be beneficial to Canadian employers ... Continued