Today, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a new PR pathway for Canada for citizens of Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela.

This will be a new humanitarian permanent residence pathway, beginning in fall 2023, welcoming up to 11,000 Colombians, Haitians, and Venezuelans residing in Central or South America or the Caribbean.

However, this pathway will only be for individuals with extended family ties in Canada.

To qualify, the primary applicant must be a child (regardless of age), grandchild, spouse, common-law partner, parent, grandparent, or sibling of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

This is part of Canada’s commitment to welcome 15,000 migrants on a humanitarian basis from the Western Hemisphere during the visit of Joe Biden to Canada in March 2023.

@immigrationnewscanada
🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸Canada will accept an additional 15,000 migrants from the Western Hemisphere on a humanitarian basis over the course of the year 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸 Western Hemisphere includes Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States from the North America 🔗Link in bio for details #canada #immigration #america #new #pathway #15000 #migrants #canadaimmigration #canadian #immigrants
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Furthermore, Canada will provide enhanced pre-arrival services to successful applicants, such as an employment skills assessment and a reference to a settlement provider organization in their selected community.

Haitians and Venezuelans through a new humanitarian permanent residence pathway.
Starting this fall, Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan foreign nationals located in Central or South America or the Caribbean who have extended family connections in Canada will be eligible to apply
— Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ (@MarcMillerVM) October 10, 2023

including an employment skills assessment and a referral to a settlement provider organization in their intended community. More detailed information will be available closer to the launch of the new pathway.
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— Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ (@MarcMillerVM) October 10, 2023

IRCC will make public the details of this new PR pathway once it is officially launched.

Satinder Bains

Satinder brings expertise, knowledge, and experience related to internal work flows at IRCC. She worked at Canadian Consulate in Chandigarh before moving to Canada. Her articles on “Chinook – An internal IRCC tool used to bulk process temporary applications” was one of the notable work on our news website