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		<title>Canada Mulls Start-up Visa System</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/05/02/canada-mulls-start-up-visa-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government is considering starting a new program to allow immigration of foreign entrepreneurs with great business ideas but not enough money. The new ‘start up visa’ program will allow entrepreneurs who have great ideas in IT and other sectors to be matched with Canadian investors. If everything goes well, the entrepreneur will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunites to Immigrate to Quebec, Canada</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/04/15/opportunites-to-immigrate-to-quebec-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quebec’s Investor Immigration Program, part of the Business People stream, has been closed until end of March 2013. This follows receiving 2,700 applications, which was the cap set for the current year. However, according to the Quebec government,which runs an immigration program fairly autonomous from the federal government of Canada, two more streams under Businesspeople [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada to Return 300,000 Immigration Applications</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/03/30/canada-to-return-300000-immigration-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smartcanadian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you apply to immigrate to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker program before Feb. 27, 2008? If so, Canada has decided that your application will not be processed anymore and your money will be returned along with your application. This was among the key decision made public in the country’s new budget. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent, Grand Parent Immigration to be &#8216;Redesigned&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/03/27/parent-grand-parent-immigration-to-be-redesigned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government has launched an online consultation process to redesign the country’s Parent and Grandparent Immigration Programme (PGP). In-person consultations are soon to follow in a number of cities. The new consultations appear to have two key aims – to cut the long wait times for PGP applicants and to avoid too much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada to Issue &#8216;Conditional Permanent Residence&#8217; to Some Spouses</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/03/12/canada-to-issue-conditional-permanent-residence-to-some-spouses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government has made public its intention to launch a new, so-called Conditional Permanent Residence Permit for some foreigners migrating to the country through the spousal sponsorship stream. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), the ‘conditional PR’ will be valid for two years, and will be issued for those who have been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Sponsorship Rules for Spouses</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/03/04/new-sponsorship-rules-for-spouses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government is imposing a five year sponsorship bar on those who migrate to the country under the Spousal Sponsorship stream, after being sponsored by their spouse or partner. The new regulation, which came into force Mar. 02, was announced by Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. Until now, a person immigrating to Canada [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loan Program to Help Foreign Professionals</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/26/loan-program-to-help-foreign-professionals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government has launched an 18-million dollar loan program to help immigrant professionals get their foreign credentials recognized in the country. The three-year program, called The Foreign Credential Recognition Loans Pilot, will run in three provinces – British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan. It will be run through selected community agencies, and will provide loans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada Mulls Change to Citizenship-by-Birth Law</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/24/canada-mulls-change-to-citizenship-by-birth-law/</link>
		<comments>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/24/canada-mulls-change-to-citizenship-by-birth-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government is considering changes to the current citizenship-by-birth principle, after reports of pregnant women coming to the country to get citizenship for their newborns. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has been quoted as saying the government has been aware that pregnant women are coming to Canada as tourists for the sole purpose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Website Helps Immigrants, Employers Network for Jobs</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/11/new-website-helps-immigrants-employers-network-for-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/11/new-website-helps-immigrants-employers-network-for-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smartcanadian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian website has gone online offering help to immigrants, employers and community agencies to find each other in the jobs sector. The new site, at NetworkForImmigrants.ca, is part of the Professional Immigrant Networks Initiative (PINs) designed to bring the three parties together. The project is organized by the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada to Focus on Skilled Trades People for Immigration</title>
		<link>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/03/canada-to-focus-on-skilled-trades-people-for-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://smartcanadian.ca/2012/02/03/canada-to-focus-on-skilled-trades-people-for-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada is reportedly planning another major overhaul of its immigration system to bring in more skilled trades people such as electricians and perhaps fewer people with top notch university degrees. While Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the World Economic Forum in Davos about plans to change the immigration system to bring in people needed by [...]]]></description>
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