Canada starts immigration programs for healthcare sector refugees

Refugee claimants who are working in the healthcare sector have an opportunity to get Canada PR as Canada has now started accepting applications for Permanent Residency. Asylum seekers who are responsible for providing direct healthcare facilities in Canada will be benefitted through the temporary immigration programs announced by the Immigration Minister, Marco Mendicino. One program is for refugees living in Quebec and the other for refugees in all other provinces of Canada. Only nurses, service aides, and orderlies are allowed to apply for Canadian permanent residence through these two programs. Applications for Canada PR are open for refugees from 14th December to 31st August 2021. Applicants are required to meet all other eligibility criteria such as good health, no criminal record, and security. Refugee claimants can include their family members who are living in Canada in their permanent residency application. Note: The paid or unpaid internship experience of applicants will be counted as work experience. However, the internship acquired must be an essential requirement in a post-secondary academic program. These new measures are also applicable to the spouses and common-law partners of asylum seekers who have died in Canada due to COVID-19. They are eligible to get the status of a permanent resident if they arrived in Canada before 14/08/20. Refugee applicants have to send their PR applications to the IRCC and the immigration department will accept applications of those candidates who meet all admissibility criteria.

Asylum seekers in Quebec

Applicants in Quebec have to first submit their PR applications to the IRCC and once the immigration ministry approves the immigration applications, the applications will be forwarded to Quebec. Applicants must fulfill the following requirements in order to be selected by the province of Quebec: