IRCC announced temporary pathways to Permanent Residency to essential workers and international graduates. Under certain conditions, essential workers who intend to reside in a province or territory other than Quebec can apply under one of these policies. The public policies will come into effect on May 6, 2021, and will end on November 5, 2021, or once the intake cap of the applicable stream has been reached, whichever comes first or when revoked. Under the essential worker public policy, a maximum of 20,000 applications under the A-stream and a maximum of 30,000 applications under the B-stream will be accepted for processing. A maximum of 40,000 graduates will be accepted for processing. For french speaking candidates, there is no intake cap.
The public policies target workers and International graduates in Canada. Workers must have recent work experience of at least one year in the past three years in an occupation that is either on list A or on List B or has a combination of work experience. Graduates must have completed their study recently in the past three years at one of the eligible Designated Learning Institutes mentioned in the public policy. The PR application must be made online and at the time of the application, the candidate must be working at the time of the application is made and meet the minimum language requirements for the stream. More detailed information on the different streams of the website of IRCC. It is expected that more information on how to apply will be released soon.
More details in our Newsletter April 22, 2021, Temporary PR-Pathways for essential workers and international graduates
- Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with recent Canadian work experience in essential occupations 12 April 2021
- Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for French-speaking foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with recent Canadian work experience in essential occupations 12 April 2021
- Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with a recent credential from a Canadian post-secondary institution 12 April 2021
- Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for French-speaking foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with a recent credential from a Canadian post-secondary institution 12 April 2021
