People vying for permanent residency will no longer be awarded points for job offers

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Canada

Ottawa moves to stamp out job-selling scams in immigration system

In a "drastic" but expected move, the federal government will no longer be granting additional points toward permanent residence to some temporary foreign workers, less than two months after an undercover investigation revealed how easy it is to buy and sell these jobs online.

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Federal government to remove incentive for foreign workers to reduce fraud in immigration system

Immigration minister Marc Miller said the government was planning to introduce “further measures” to “reinforce programme integrity and reduce Labour Market Impact Assessment fraud

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New Delhi

Delhi

India

Canada plans to tightens up norms for permanent residency

Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced that permanent resident applicants will no longer receive additional points in the Express Entry (EE) system for having a job offer supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).

加拿大移民部長 米勒（Marc Miller） 宣布，永久居民申請人在快速通道（Express Entry, EE）系統中，將不再因獲得勞動力市場影響評估（Labour Market Impact Assessment, LMIA）支持的工作機會而獲得額外加分。

加拿大移民部將取消工作機會加分政策

大纪元 Epoch Times

Falun Gong

Canadian Immigration Department to cancel job opportunity points policy

Temporary foreign workers who apply to become permanent residents through Canada’s immigration system will no longer get additional points

Financial Post

Leon Cooperman

Allianz

Canada tightens immigration point system to curb fraud tied to job selling

Canada is removing a key incentive that gave foreign workers an easier pathway to gain permanent residency, part of a broader crackdown to drastically reduce immigration.

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Michael Bloomberg

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Howard Buffett

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Canada Axes Key Incentive for Scammers to Sell Migrants Low-Wage Jobs

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December 2024: The Canadian government is set to eliminate additional points granted to immigration applicants with job offers supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced this decision, aimed at reducing fraud and ensuring fairness in the immigration system. Currently, applicants using the Express Entry platform can boost their scores by 50 to 200 points with an LMIA-backed job offer, increas…

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Canada Scraps LMIA-Linked Express Entry Points to Curb Immigration Fraud and Enhance System Integrity - South Asian Daily

The Canadian government has announced a significant change to its Express Entry immigration system: candidates will no longer receive extra Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for having a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-based job offer. Previously, Express Entry candidates could gain an additional 50 or 200 CRS points for having a valid job offer, which […] The post IRCC to eliminate LMIA-based job offer points from the Express Ent…

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IRCC to eliminate LMIA-based job offer points from the Express Entry CRS

Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Tuesday that Canada will eliminate additional points awarded to Express Entry immigration candidates who hold Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) job offers, a change that could significantly impact candidates’ chances of receiving permanent residency invitations. Currently, Express Entry candidates receive 50 to 200 additional Comprehensive Ranking System points for LMIA-based job offers, with highe…

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Canada to Remove Job Offer Points from Express Entry Immigration System

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller, left, arrives with other cabinet ministers for an Ottawa news conference announcing a raft of border security and immigration measures on Dec. 17, 2024. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Canada is ending a system that gives temporary foreign workers bonus points toward immigration if they have jobs backed by documents the IJF and CBC have revealed are often sold by fraudsters.On Tuesday,…

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