In 2021, the Canadian Immigration Program has undoubtedly become one of the most popular immigration countries with favorable immigration policies, relaxed immigration conditions and strong national advantages.
Especially in October this year, after the new Minister of Immigration of Canada took office, the number of batches was even breaking records! Canada welcomes immigrants and recently announced many favorable policies regarding immigration in 2022.
Xiaoxing summarized the new development trend of Canadian immigration project in 2022, let's take a look through keywords~
Keyword One: Enrollment Expansion
On December 16, local time, the Prime Minister of Canada issued a power of attorney to the Minister of Immigration. The first point stated that in accordance with the 2021-2023 immigration level plan, we will continue to welcome more new immigrants to Canada to promote economic growth and recovery.
In the first 11 months of this year, Canada welcomed a total of 361,000 new immigrants. The number of new immigrants in September, October, and November broke the record three times in a row, with more than 45,000 immigrants in a single month.
New immigrants who land every month (Source: CIC)
Currently, there are only 40,000 left from the target of 401,000 new immigrants! However, based on the current monthly acceptance of more than 45,000 people, the annual goal is only one step away!
According to the "Immigration Level Plan 2021-2023", the immigration quota in 2022 will be as high as 411,000, and the immigration quota in 2023 will be as high as 421,000!
Through this year's status, we can feel that next year's Canadian immigration market will continue to show a trend of "expanding recruitment", recruiting talents, and continuing to benefit!
Keyword two: priority
On December 16, local time, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau formally issued a 2022 immigration mandate to the newly appointed Canadian Minister of Immigration Fraser, declaring the priorities for immigration in the new year.
Immigration priorities in 2022 include 9 categories:
1. Application processing: Trudeau called on Sean Fraser, Minister of New Immigration of Canada, to "shorten the application processing time, including addressing delays affected by COVID-19."
2. Fast-track: Fast-track to create more permanent residence paths for international students and temporary foreign workers.
3. Family reunion: Introduce the electronic family reunion application to provide temporary residence for spouses and children waiting for reunion.
4. Create a new municipal nomination program (MNP): The purpose of MNP is to help promote a wider distribution of Canadian immigrants and ensure that immigrants better integrate into small and medium-sized communities.
5. Elimination of Canadian naturalization application fee: The naturalization fee is exempted for permanent residents who meet the requirements for applying for naturalization.
6. Establish a reliable employer system: simplify the work permit renewal process, adhere to the two-week processing standard, and establish an employer hotline to improve the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
7. Undocumented workers: Based on the existing pilot program, the status of Canadian undocumented workers will be further regulated.
8. French-speaking immigration: continue to cooperate with Quebec to support the French learning of Quebec immigrants and promote the national French-speaking immigration project.
9. Afghan refugees: Realize Canada's goal of resettling 40,000 Afghan refugees.
This mandate is to guide each department's policy goals and priorities to be achieved in the next year.
We can expect that the new Minister of Immigration will strive for more opportunities for immigration applicants in the coming months. This proves once again that Canada is fully welcoming new immigrants.
Keyword three: acceleration
On December 14, local time, Canadian Finance Minister Freeland submitted a fiscal and economic update report, promising to provide billions of dollars in new expenditures to help Canada tide over the crisis.
Among them, 85 million Canadian dollars will be used next year to expedite the processing of applications for permanent residents and temporary residents, which is good for immigration applicants!
Finance Minister Freeland said that improving the immigration system is one of the important measures for Canada's economic recovery from the epidemic.
Improvement goals include: solving the backlog of applications, replacing the outdated global case management system in the immigration system to seek faster processing, and fast-track reforms.
For Canada, whether from the federal budget or immigration trends, 2022 will be a good year for immigration.
Next, the immigration quota for 2022-2023 will maintain an annual increase of 10,000, with a total immigration quota of 832,000. Interested friends should immediately seize the current golden opportunity to immigrate to Canada!
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