Category Archives: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

New ePassport Now Available to All Canadians

Canada’s new 10-year ePassport is now available to all Canadians, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced the new electronic passport on Tuesday in Calgary: “The new, 10-year ePassport provides more convenience for Canadians, and facilitates safe, secure travel which, in turn, helps create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for Canadians. The Canadian […]

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CIC Releases Audio Book Version of Citizenship Test Guide

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced the release of a downloadable audio eBook of the Discover Canada citizenship test guide on Friday. The eBook allows a reader to listen to an audio version of the guide while they follow along by reading the text on any digital viewer. Since launching in 2009, almost one million hard copies and 400,000 digital copies […]

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Canadians Foreign Service Officers Picket in Front of PM Office

Canadian diplomatic staff belonging to the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), a union for foreign service officers employed with the Canadian government, held a picket outside the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday to draw attention to their strike. The dispute is over claims by PAFSO that foreign service officers receive less pay than public servants in similar position […]

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CIC Releases Immigration Information Through New Open Data Portal

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) joined other departments of the government of Canada last week in the launch of the groundbreaking Open Data Portal, which promises to make much of the data collected by the Canadian government freely accessible to the public. Praising the new data portal, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said: “The new Open Data Portal is […]

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CIC Wants Input from Canadians on Immigration

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is asking Canadians for their input to decide on the country’s level of immigration and the mix of immigration programs used in selecting new Canadians. The three main areas on which CIC is seeking feedback on are: The right level of immigration for Canada The best mix – or ratio – between the number of […]

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Canadian Diplomats Around the World Walk Off Job In Strike

Canadian diplomats stationed in 12 missions around the world walked off the job on Thursday in a dispute with the federal government over compensation. The diplomats are members of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), a union and professional association representing foreign service officers working for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) and Citizenship and […]

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Citizenship Application Process to Get Easier With Test Re-Takes

Following recent changes to the citizenship application process that increased the difficulty of acquiring Canadian citizenship, including the introduction of proof of minimum language proficiency and an increase in the difficulty of the citizenship knowledge test, the federal government is reversing course to make it easier for permanent residents to meet citizenship eligibility requirements. According to an announcement made on Monday, […]

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Immigration Minister to Visit Silicon Valley to Promote ‘Start Up Visa’

Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will be visiting California’s Silicon Valley on Friday for a four day trip intended to promote Canada as a place to live for the region’s entrepreneurs. According to an article in San Jose’s Mercury News, a billboard is currently appearing near Silicon Valley advertising Canada to foreign tech workers struggling with H-1B visa […]

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Passports to be Handled by Citizenship and Immigration Canada

The federal government announced last week that Canadian passports would come under the responsibility of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) this summer. Passport Canada is currently managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), which will officially transfer control of the program to CIC on July 2 2013. Service Canada, which is a part of Human Resources […]

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Canada Has Second Largest Immigrant Population In Developed World -StatCan

Canada is behind only Australia in the relative size of its foreign born population, according to a new Statistics Canada report. Among the G8, Canada’s foreign born component, at 20.6 percent of the total population, is the largest. The statistics follow the trend in recent years of Australia followed by Canada having the highest per capita immigration rates in the […]

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