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- It was drawn Express Entry CEC category 5weeks after. But what is the result? There was an additional selection of EE-CEC on Thursday, March 18, five weeks after the major selection of the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), one of the Express Entry, on February 13th. In this selection, 5,000 Express Entry invitations were issued, so the number of people selected was significantly reduced compared to the previous CEC selection of 27,332 people, and as a result, the invitation score increased to 449 points. In order to receive this invitation, you must have been registered as a CEC in Express Entry, and you have to meet CEC requirements, Canadian experience and English scores. To be more specific, Canadian experience should have worked full-time for at least one year in the last three years, that is, worked 30 hours or more per week to meet 1,560 hours, and Canadian occupation level NOC 0, A, or B Only the careers of the above occupations will be recognized. Here, NOC B occupations include, for example, chefs, bakers, technicians, supervisors, and NOC 0 and A include managers, graphic designers, accountants, and other managerial and professional positions. In addition, the language score must be at least CLB 5 for technical NOC B experience and CLB 7 or higher for NOC 0 or A. For CLB 5, IELTS standards should maintain Reading 4.0 or higher, and the rest of Writing, Listening and Speaking should maintain 5.0 or higher, and CELPIP standards require that all parts maintain a score of 5 or higher for each part. The baseline score for CLB 7 should be 6.0 or higher for each part in IELTS and 7 or higher for each part in CELPIP. Anyone applying for a permanent resident card who met the above conditions could pre-register in the Express Entry-CEC Pool and receive an invitation if the score was higher than the selection score. Many applicants saw the unprecedented selection score of 75 points announced on February 13 and suddenly crowded them, and the CEC selection score was selected again with 449 points. In addition, the selection score, which was announced every two weeks on average, was announced after 5 weeks, and the number of people selected was lowered to 5,000 again, returning the starting score back to the default starting score. Looking at the previous history, the overall score is slightly lower than the 461 points selected on January 7th and 454 points selected on January 21st. You can realize that you are planning to accommodate. Given this trend, Immigration Canada is planning to continue accepting immigrants in the future, and gradually, but the starting score is also decreasing, so it is strongly recommended to enroll in the Express Entry Pool as soon as conditions are met. In addition, there may be sudden and unconventional announcements such as the announcement on February 13th, so you must meet the conditions for applying for a green card in advance. This time, as the starting score increased somewhat, a lot of troubles were mixed, but if you look at the immigration service's plan to accept immigrants, good news may be announced, so you will be able to receive good news if you wait for the selection while accumulating additional Canadian careers or raising your English score. Is expected. 2021-03-24 Read more >
- In preparation for face-to-face classes at universities and higher institutions in BC, normalization is possible from September With the Canadian government's promise to distribute all of the COVID-19 vaccine by September this year, all higher education institutions, including universities, expect to be able to return to face-to-face classes in the fall semester. Of course, it is up to the public health authorities and the administration of each agency to return to formal in-person classes, but the university, which has already officially announced the fall return, says it will monitor the threat of COVID-19 and keep students and staff safe accordingly. Currently, due to Canada travel restrictions, international students who wish to enter and take classes in Canada are only allowed to attend classes after entry to schools with plans to prepare for COVID-19. This limit will be maintained until April of this year and will be updated according to the situation at that time. While each state currently has a slightly different position, most state and public universities have already submitted COVID-19 preparedness plans to allow international students to receive and conduct classes. As for the state's approved schools, British Columbia's state health minister has already advised British Columbian college students to prepare for a full return to campus. After this announcement, many British Columbia universities also announced plans to return to Daemyung classes. UBC, a state university in British Columbia, is preparing for face-to-face classes this September and plans to accommodate quarantine measures and on-site precautions for international students if necessary. In addition to UBC, Victoria University, Vancouver Island University, Thompson River University, Simon Fraser University, University of Northern British Columbia, Capilano University and Trinity Western University have also announced that they will prepare the same face-to-face classes as UBC. In the next Alberta state, the University of Alberta plans to offer both face-to-face and distance classes at the same time, with plans to gradually change to face-to-face classes. Through this, we plan to welcome more students and staff. However, the University of Calgary has yet to make a decision on in-person classes after further checking internally with the student. As such, universities in most states have announced positive plans that they will be able to teach face-to-face from this fall semester, and soon the school is expected to return to normal classes in 18 months. The other good news that helped normalize schools like this is that in February 2021, Canada's economy recovered almost all of its jobs lost in the previous two months, and the unemployment rate was at its lowest since March 2020. News like this shows that Canada's economy is returning to normal after the COVID-19 vaccine. This time, school normalization was focused on, but sooner or later, it can be said that the day when employment permits, permanent residency and visits will be normalized again. 2021-03-17 Read more >
- Family sponsorship immigration is going fast. Canada Immigration Office Extension The Canadian Immigration Bureau has officially announced the expansion of the Sydney Case Processing Centre in Nova Scotia. As we are focusing on reviewing and hosting the case processing center family immigration cases in Sydney, this office expansion means that the processing period of family-invited immigration could be accelerated. After the COVID-19 incident, only 30% of immigration officers actually work at Sydney Case Processing Centre, and 70% of them work from home. Therefore, the overall family-invited immigration process was inevitable for a long time, but due to this expansion, most immigration officers working at home will be brought back to the office to accelerate the process. This office expansion is not permanent yet, and we plan to sign an office contract for at least one year and proceed with the same method as above. Next, we will decide whether to extend the year again or return to all existing offices in line with the COVID-19 situation. The biggest benefit of this office expansion is the benefits of family-invited immigration cases outside Canada rather than family-invited immigration in Canada, which can be proceeded quickly. Given the decision of the Immigration Bureau, it can be seen as a plan to promote family harmony as much as possible through family-invited immigration rather than other immigrants. Of course, many immigration programs such as experience immigration and family-invited immigration are normalized or expanded as the massive selection of Express Entry on February 13 has already given much power to experience immigration. These immigrants, as well as other state immigration and temporary immigration programs, will continue to be extended, creating a new wind for immigration, which has been stagnant due to COVID-19. However, visitors who want to visit Canada temporarily through a pre-entry letter rather than an invited immigrant are still given a difficulty in approving visits unless they are required to visit Canada. Previously, if the family was in Canada as a work permit or study permit, it would be more difficult to obtain prior entry approval even in the same case this year, and strict sanctions are imposed on travelers who want to enter Canada for non-immigration purposes. As such, the immigration office has opened a lot of doors on immigration, but it is difficult for travelers to visit unless they are required to travel, so if they are not visiting Canada for essential purposes, they should check their conditions and plan to visit. Instead, if you plan to invite your family abroad to support permanent residency, it would be a good time to prepare from now on and proceed with the family-invited immigration plan. 2021-03-10 Read more >
- The 2021 working holiday application opened. The CIC Canada Immigration Bureau officially announced on March 1, 2021 that the 2021 International Experience Canada (IEC) will be open. International Experience Canada (IEC) may sound unfamiliar to many people, but you've probably heard of working holiday, or working holiday. To be exact, Working Holiday is one of the three programs provided by the CIC Immigration Bureau, International Experience Canada (IEC), which is suitable for applicants with Korean nationality apply. Working Holiday is a program designed to allow one year of employment experience in Canada without employer restrictions, and anyone between the ages of 18 and 30 can apply for a settlement fund of more than $2,500, working holiday. As I mentioned before, the acquisition condition of working holiday is rather simple and it is a very useful program that provides open work permit like a year and can reach permanent residency. You typically need a year of experience in Canada to obtain permanent residency, but at the end of the Working Holiday, you can switch to a Work Permit or another Permit via LMIA, and your experience with a Working Holiday Permit can also be recognized as a permanent resident. Previously, anyone could receive work permit after working holiday approval, but recently, working holiday was approved due to COVID-19, but if you don't get a job offer, you won't be free to enter the country, so remember this in advance. This working holiday will be issued to a total of 4,000 Koreans and will be selected by random draw. Although they are not selected on a first-come, first-served basis, the number of people who can be selected decreases as the round passes, and since they give a lot of invitations in the beginning, it is most advantageous to register as soon as possible. For those under 30 years of age who have never applied for Working Holiday, I recommend you to apply at least once. Working holiday is always crowded with applicants as the conditions are not particular. Therefore, even if the applicant's conditions are met, it is often not selected, so we should be aware of this in advance and prepare for the process. The news of the reopening of the long-stalled working holiday, the selection of mass Express Entry issued a few weeks ago, and BCPNP, which put restrictions on several occupations, show signs of a return to the original position. If you are preparing for permanent residency in Canada, such as the Immigration Office's announcement that more immigrants will be selected by 2023, you should prepare in advance. 2021-03-03 Read more >
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