Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration Update - 10 March 2021 - Issue #16

Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration Update

10 March 2021 - Issue #16

In this issue:

·         Australian sectors in severe need of skilled migrants: ACCI

·         Global Talent visa approvals boost Australian tech sector

·         Ontario invites 754 Express Entry candidates under PNP

·         444 BC PNP candidates invited to apply for Canadian provincial nomination

·         NZ to consider revamping skilled migrant residency program

·         Other global news

Australian Immigration

Australian sectors in severe need of skilled migrants: ACCI

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has said several sectors in Australia are in desperate need of skilled migrants due to ‘severe shortages.’

About 14 occupations in Australia, including engineers, IT specialists and medical technicians, are in dire need of reinforcements in the form of skilled migrants.

The ACCI warned that due to the international travel ban in the wake of the pandemic as well as a lack of aptly skilled local talent, Australia has suffered from severe workforce shortages.

You can click here to read more on the ACCI’s comments on Australia’s skills shortages.

Global Talent visa approvals boost Australian tech sector

Australia’s tech sector received the most Global Talent visa approvals for skilled migration candidates to Australia, the Department of Home Affairs has revealed.

According to data provided by the Department, Australian immigration candidates in the tech sector under the Global Talent Independent (GTI) program accounted for the majority of skilled migration visa recipients between July 1 and December 31 last year.

Throughout the latter half of last year, more than 11,000 GTI visas were granted to skilled individuals working in Quantum Information, Advanced Digital Data, Data Science and IT fields.

You can read more on Australia’s GTI visa approvals here.

Canadian Immigration

Ontario invites 754 Express Entry candidates under PNP

Ontario invited 754 skilled migration applicants to apply for a provincial nomination in the latest invitation round of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), held on March 2, 2021.

Candidates who were issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in this round of the OINP draw had profiles in Canada’s Express Entry pool with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 463 and 467 points.

This round of the OINP draw prioritised skilled individuals who had work experience in 10 targeted occupations eligible for the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) Stream.

Read more on the targeted occupations in this round of the OINP draw here.

444 BC PNP candidates invited to apply for Canadian provincial nomination

British Columbia invited 444 skilled migration applicants to Canada to apply for a provincial nomination in the latest rounds of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) draw held on March 2, 2021.

ITA recipients in the latest invitation rounds comprised applicants in the Skilled Worker and the International Graduate subcategories of the Express Entry BC (EEBC) and Skilled Immigration (SI) streams of the BC PNP.

These latest BC PNP draws bring the total number of invitation rounds held this year to 11. The Canadian province has now invited 1,839 skilled migration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination from British Columbia in 2021.

You can click here to read more on the latest rounds of the BC PNP draw.

New Zealand Immigration

NZ to consider revamping skilled migrant residency program

New Zealand’s skilled migrant residency program is in need of a review, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has said.

He also said that no decision has yet been made on restarting the selection of Expressions of Interest (EOI) for skilled workers, but that Immigration New Zealand will revisit the issue later this month.

Immigration New Zealand, the country’s immigration department, is yet to address thousands of immigrants and their families, who are all currently awaiting news on decisions being made on their skilled migration applications.

Click here to read more on New Zealand’s plans for its skilled migrant residency program. 

Other Global News

United States

US detains close to 100,000 migrants at Mexico border

United States border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the US – Mexico border in February, preliminary figures show.

The figures illustrate an upward trend of border crossing attempts and a growing migrant influx at the country’s southwest border as President Joe Biden works to roll back predecessor Donald Trump’s restrictive migration policies.

The number of migrants detained in February is the highest monthly number since June 2019 and the highest for the month of February since 2006.

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