Canada is inviting 90,000 temporary residents who are already in Canada an opportunity to become permanent residents this year through six new immigration pathways set to launch this May. Canada’s immigration minister, Marco Mendicino, announced the new programs on April 14, 2021.
These new Canadian immigration pathways will target essential workers, international students, and French speakers. The new programs will be for temporary workers employed in hospitals and long-term care homes, and those on the frontlines of other essential sectors, as well as international student graduates from Canadian educational institutions.
IRCC will begin to accept applications on May 6 under the following three streams:
- 40,000 applications for international students who graduated from a Canadian educational institution
- 30,000 applications for temporary workers in other selected essential occupations
- 20,000 applications for temporary workers in health care
- This new invitation is Canada’s initiative to help more temporary residents in Canada to remain in the country permanently which will play a vital role in Canada’s economic recovery to help the country build back better due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Canada is aiming for 1.2 million new immigrants over the next three years. About 401,000 are supposed to become permanent residents in 2021 alone, yet the coronavirus-related travel restrictions are still in effect, hindering some category of applicants to travel to Canada.
The honourable minister Mendicino said in a media release “These new policies will help those with a temporary status to plan their future in Canada, play a key role in our economic recovery and help us build back better,”. “Our message to them is simple: your status may be temporary, but your contributions are lasting—and we want you to stay.”
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