Up until today, the Express Entry program has made 35 rounds of invitations for Permanent Residency. Immigration, Refugee & Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is making on average 2 rounds per month. The CRS (comprehensive ranking system) score of ‘lowest-ranked candidate invited’ reached 450 in the September 17th, 2015 & October 2nd, 2015 rounds, however, the number […]
Author Archives: Jagpreet Puri
Housing “Bubble Trouble”
The GTA housing market has been heating up for the last few months. Even Brampton house prices have risen by thousands of dollars. This kind of craziness is unprecedented for the time I have been in the Real Estate profession. Not only have the prices gone up unrealistically, but the buyers, and even the realtors […]
Why a Private Career College? A message to International Students coming to Canada
There are many highly reputed Private Career Colleges (PCC) in Canada who provide educational programs that teach skills most employers in Canada are looking for. As discussed in my previous blog, they can be highly beneficial for international students who are seeking a suitable job-oriented education program in Canada. The small classroom sizes offered in […]
International Students Require Better Counselling
I have been working with international students for more than 12 years now as immigration consultant and a realtor and have been writing about their plight. I have counselled them in choosing the rights study program, applied for their student visa, post graduate work permits, LMIA ( if required), PR applications and have represented them […]
Investment in Tourism – A Priority Sector for Immigration to Ontario
Tourism is one of the nine industries identified as the key sectors and have been defined as economic priorities for Ontario. This means that the government will remain business-friendly to investors in Ontario in this sector. There are already many incentive programs in place to increase the pace of development in Tourism investment. Many municipalities […]
Proposed Resort Style “Vacation Villages” in Ontario
Ontario is planning to build resort style “Vacation Villages” . This is absolutely amazing idea to attract tourism to Ontario and also to grow jobs and economy. Viability and feasibility studies are being done.Let us hope all goes well and people all around the world can see and enjoy more of our beautiful Ontario. http://www.thestar.com/…/liberals-investigating-vacation-vi…
Increase in Canadian Immigration Levels for 2016
Government of Canada announced the 2016 immigration levels plan today in which they have increased admissions of sponsored spouses, partners and dependants so that the inventories and processing times can be reduced., Government will also keep high immigration levels for the Parent and Grandparent Program. Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has doubled the number […]
Superb Opportunity for Immigration of Students/Skilled Workers Who Have Worked in Canada!!
Express Entry – Canadian Experience Class You may be eligible to apply in Canadian Experience Class under the Express Entry program if you have completed one year eligible full time or equivalent skilled work experience while living in Canada (outside Quebec) in the last 3 years on an authorized work permit. You can apply even […]
Gas Prices Effecting Real Estate
The reaction of the real estate market will vary depending on the kinds of challenges each province faces this year due to unique economic situations prevailing in those provinces as a result of huge fall in gas prices. Minimum down payment requirement of 10% for buying houses from $500,000 to $ 1,000,000 effective Feb 15, 2016 will […]
Ontario Entrepeneur Immigration Opportunity
Excellent Opportunity to Immigrate to Canada!!! Ontario’s new Entrepreneur Program is an excellent opportunity for foreign business owners and senior managers to obtain permanent residency in Ontario by investing to buy or establish new business in Ontario. The minimum requirements to qualify include verifiable past business experience, invest minimum of $ 0.5M outside GTA or […]