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Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program announces temporary pause on high volume streams

On May 9, 2016, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program ("OINP") announced that the Province of Ontario had received a sufficient number of OINP applications to meet its 2016 federal allocation. As a result, it has placed a temporary pause on the intake of applications under what it refers to as "select, high-volume" OINP streams.

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CIC announces temporary pause on most federal skilled worker applications and all federal immigrant investor applications

On June 29, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada published Operational Bulletin 438, which states that a temporary pause has been placed on new applications filed under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, excluding applications received under the PhD eligibility stream and those with a qualifying offer of arranged employment. A temporary pause has also been placed on all new applications filed under the federal Immigrant Investor Program.

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