Canada attracts a number of immigrants every year for work, study or settlement purposes. People from across the country apply as a skilled worker, dependents or business investors to get into this North American country as a permanent resident

By accepting more applications and introducing new entries Canada has shown a pro immigrant approach toward newcomers. In the year 2015 it allowed 2,79,200 immigrants to enter in Canada by providing PR status and the number of applications granted went up in 2016 to 3 Lakhs.

This year so far 74,978 ITAs have been issued under Canada Express Entry, with 24 draws having taken place over this period. This total more than doubles the 28,409 ITAs issued over the first 24 draws of 2016, and also surpasses the total number of candidates invited in all of 2016.

“In 2017, 300000 landings plan increased the share of economic admissions from the previous year. This is a reflection of our commitment to the idea that immigration continues to be a key ingredient to our economic future as a country,” stated Immigration minister Canada, Ahmed Hussen, at the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) law conference, held earlier this year.

“In that spirit we’re testing new ideas, we’re introducing new programs, and we’re instituting faster processing that will help Canada to continue to attract the best and the brightest from all over the world to continue to maintain our economic prosperity.”

If you have plans to immigrate the upcoming year following reasons will make you to go with Canada as your immigration destination being the most pro-immigrant country –

1. In addition to be a great place to work, Canada is also the first choice of immigrants to settle down and raise the family. It is a secure place with a low crime rate. Canada holds 9.7 points out of 10 on safety bar by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better life index.
2. Canada spends a Hefty amount of budget on education and health benefits for its citizens, which is way higher than any other industrialized nation.
3. It accepts more than 3 Lakh new permanent residents each year. The government has introduced various new entries such as Atlantic New Immigrant Program, Global Talent Stream to facilitate skilled immigrants with Canadian permanent residency. It invests good money to help new comers to settle down in Canada and enjoy various benefits to lead a better life in a new country.
4. Canada is listed as one of the best countries in the world when it comes on minority acceptance and tolerance by OECD.
5. Bloomberg ranked Canada as the second best country in the world to do business.
6. Canada is also a preferred choice for entrepreneurs to set up their new start ups as the country offers a much friendly start up visa to immigrants. With this visa, you come in direct contact of the private sector organizations in Canada, which are expert in working with start-ups. The good thing about this visa is PR status has nothing to do with success or failure of the business and the risk of failure is shared between public and private sectors.

New Initiatives by IRCC this year

The government launched two new programs for immigrants this year – Atlantic Immigration Pilot Project (AIPP) and Global Talent Scheme (GTS).

Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program –

Through this program, the federal government together with the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island aim to welcome 2,000 newcomers and their families to the Atlantic region of Eastern Canada in 2017.

“The lessons we learn from Atlantic Canada will allow us to transfer those lessons to the rest of the country, and there’s no reason why we can’t use those lessons in other parts of the country that face demographic and labour market challenges” said IRCC in a statement.

Global Talent Scheme (GTS) –

IRCC launched the Global Talent Stream (GTS) on June 12, 2017, providing employers and foreign workers a platform to hire (and be hired) quickly for certain positions. The GTS is mainly focussed to IT and technology sectors with a flexibility to change as per the new challenges faced by Canadian economy in the future.

Canada is a nation which has always been liberal toward skilled professionals willing to immigrate to Canada. Showing a green flag to various improvements to ease the roadmap for skilled immigrants the immigration minister said that “As we improved the temporary immigration programs, we’re also trying to help skilled workers strengthen our economy and society by permanently building new lives in Canada.”

He believes that the ultimate aim for these immigrants should be Canadian Citizenship itself.

“We want all permanent residents, if possible, to become Canadians,” said Mr Hussen, who added that the government’s recently-passed legislation to change the Canadian Citizenship Act will “give permanent residents greater flexibility to meet the residency requirements so that they can become Canadian citizens.” IRCC also reduce the number of residency days required for an immigrant to become eligible for citizenship.

With a number of immigrant friendly actions taken by Canadian Government it presents an excellent opportunity for immigrants to pick this North American Country as their immigration destination.

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