The Country’s border is closed to many travellers and entry is strictly controlled. Student visa holders can no longer enter New Zealand. Exceptions to the border closure can be made by Immigration New Zealand for exceptional circumstances only. Also, the Goverment of New Zealand has now released border exception that includes partners and dependents, in line with current visa requirements. For the same, all travelling students must pay Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) charges. Priority will be given to eligible students who: are enrolled in PhD programmes; will hold or have held a visa to study in 2020 have been unable to enter New Zealand due to COVID-19 are enrolled in a qualification that involves practical components (for example, medicine, veterinary, engineering, laboratory sciences, agricultural research); cannot progress or complete their study while offshore. Any students returning under this border exception will be required to spend a mandatory 14-day period in government managed isolation and quarantine facilities and take a series of COVID-19 tests on arrival.

The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) is an immigration program for certain temporary foreign workers and foreign student graduates with professional, managerial and skilled work experience.

The Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) allow Canadian provinces and territories to nominate individuals who wish to immigrate to Canada and who are interested in settling in a particular province. Discuss your PNP options in this section.

The province of Quebec selects its own immigrants, who may obtain Canadian permanent residence after selection by the province. The two economic immigration programs under Quebec immigration are the Quebec Skilled Worker Program and the Quebec Experience Class.

Taking or preparing for language testing or considering to do so? Discuss all aspects of these tests, how the tests work, areas you are not sure about, and how to strengthen your areas of weakness for these exams.

Canada to welcome up to 390,000 immigrants in 2022 Details of Canada's 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan have just been announced March 12, 2020 By Kareem El-Assal, Shelby Thevenot, Mohanad Moetaz And Alexandra Miekus 2.3kShares Immigrants are succeeding in CanadaCanada will welcome more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. This was unveiled today in the federal government’s 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan. Canada continues its approach to gradually increase immigration levels. This is likely to give stakeholders time to adequately plan to support a larger population. Whereas Canada welcomed 320,000 newcomers in 2018, and 341,000 immigrants in 2019, it is again targeting the admissions of 341,000 immigrants in 2020. It is aiming to welcome an additional 351,000 in 2021, and another 361,000 in 2022. The plan provides Canada with the scope to welcome up to 390,000 immigrants in 2022. The most significant revelation from the announcement is Canada’s target for 2022 since today is the first time such information has become publicly available. In 2017, Canada reintroduced multi-year levels plans after the first attempt between 1982-1984 was disrupted by a recession. The return to multi-year plans is meant to help stakeholders such as urban planners forecast what steps they need to take to support the economic and social integration of newcomers.

Canada offers a range of permanent immigration programs that may be attractive to residents of the United States. Learn how to move to Canada permanently through one of these programs.

Learn how to move to Canada on a temporary basis. This section is for discussion about working in Canada, studying in Canada, and visiting Canada.

Many Canadians are self-employed. Learn from their experiences and discuss how you can start your own business in Canada.

Discuss life in Canada as a new Canadian Permanent Resident.

Learn about requirements for maintaining Canadian Permanent Resident status.