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Next U.S. Government gives top priority to student visas The U.S.A. government has now started issuing student visas as they are expecting to receive huge applications after lifting the travel ban. Hence, it decided to give top priority to issue student visas. As per the records, the U.S. has already issued 62,000 visas to Indian students in 2021. The country has a heavy surge after lifting the travel ban to vaccinated travelers. From November 8, 2021, the U.S. announced the lifting of a travel ban on countries like China, India, and Europe.  Read More  

  Canada invites 34,500 under the Parents and Grandparents Program Between September 23, 2021 and October 4, 2021, potential sponsors have been invited to apply to the 2021  Parents and Grandparents Program [PGP]  of Canada. Canada’s PGP allows the citizens and  permanent residents of Canada  to sponsor their parents and grandparents for permanent residence. According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC], “ We sent enough invitations to reach our goal of accepting 30,000 complete applications .”  Read More

  38,000 new landings in Canada during August 2021 Canada has become an alluring destination for global talent prior to the corona pandemic. As per the reports from IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Canada has landed 38,000 new immigrants with permanent residency during August 2021. The new immigrants count in Canada remains high.  Read More

  Canada is keen to bring more STEM-qualified immigrants into the country. Tech occupations rank among the top three occupations by the number of candidates invited to apply. Technology professionals and engineers are the two foremost in-demand fields in Canada, and they come under NOC 21. Important occupations under the NOC include software developers, computer programmers, web designers, computer engineers, chemical engineers. Read More

  Canada’s Manitoba province has issued a total of 650 invitations in the latest  Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program [MPNP]  draw held on September 23, 2021. Manitoba is among the 9 provinces and 2 territories part of  Canadian PNP . Quebec province has its own immigration programs . Invitations issued by Manitoba are officially referred to as Letters of Advice to Apply [LAAs]. Read More

  New Brunswick in Canada  opens registration for skilled foreign workers with recent experience in the hospitality sector that intend settling within the province after taking up  Canadian permanent residence . Here, by “recent experience” is implied work experience within the 5 years before applying. What is the hospitality sector? A part of the services industry, the hospitality sector involves catering to the needs and requirements of guests, thereby ensuring customer satisfaction. Read More

  The COVID-19 crisis and its effect on migration plans of those who are willing to arrive and  work in Canada  on a Working Holiday visa have prompted IRCC’s latest decision. IRCC has decided to allow certain Working Holiday Visa holders to extend their LOIs before their imminent expiry. These few visa holders are those who are unable to travel to Canada due to COVID-19 regulations. This policy is applied as an exception to few candidates ready to work in Canada on a Working Holiday Visa. In normal circumstances, the visa has a one-time validity. Read More

  In a  Manitoba PNP  draw held on September 2, 2021, 602 LAAs were issued to international graduates and skilled workers. Here’s how the draw went: Stream Sub-Stream No. of LAAs Lowest Ranked Candidate’s Score Skilled Workers in Manitoba   463 445 International Education Stream   55 – Skilled Workers Overseas Strategic Recruitment Initiative 84 698 In this 125 th  draw of Manitoba PNP, 101 of the 602 candidates selected had a valid Express Entry ID as well as job seeker validation codes. Read More

  Canada is a hub of opportunities for skilled professionals. Anybody who wants to come and land one of the promising jobs in Canada can also aspire to become a  Canada PR visa  holder. Canada is actively inviting immigration candidates with professional skills in the thousands. If you are interested, we have more to talk about it. Skilled, qualified, and experienced foreign workers are largely welcomed by Canadian employers, especially in the provinces. These job offers come with good paychecks too. Would you like to learn which professions get the highest pay in Canada? If yes, read on! Read More

  The month of August 2021 ended on a positive note in Canada with Alberta holding an  Alberta PNP  draw on August 30, 2021. Through the event, 400  Express Entry  candidates got invitations sent to them to apply for a provincial nomination. They were required to have a minimum CRS score of 301 to qualify for receiving invitations. As this round of invitations concluded, the total number of Express Entry candidates invited to Alberta so far in 2021 reached 4,007. Alberta can invite 6,500 candidates in 2021. This means there are more Express Entry candidates to be invited soon to Alberta. Read More

  The UAE has made a new announcement on the issuance of tourist visas to travelers. The latest announcement says that the UAE will resume the issue of Dubai tourist visas to all fully vaccinated tourists from August 30, 2021. The Expo 2020 trade fair is going to be held in one month and this announcement raises the excitement for tourists worldwide. Dubai tourism is on a roll again! The UAE has seen a significant drop in the COVID-19 pandemic cases. In the last week of August 2021, the number of cases came down to 1,000 per day. Read More

Y-Axis is India’s No.1 Overseas Career Consultant and presumably the world’s largest B2C immigration firm. Established in 1999, our 40+ company owned and managed offices across India, Dubai, Sharjah, Melbourne, Sydney and 1100+ employees serve over 1 million customers. We are Licensed Recruitment Agents in India and IATA travel agents. As part of our services, we provide personal one-on-one counseling to about 40,000+ individual inquiries every month for migration, study and work visas. Over 50% of our customers are through word-of-mouth. No other company understands overseas careers like we do. Read More  

  Manitoba has invited 6,789 immigration candidates in 2021 to apply for a provincial nomination. In the recent draw on August 12, 2021, Manitoba invited 275 immigration candidates for a provincial nomination. These candidates can apply through the  Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program  (MPNP). This will, in turn, support their final application for  Canadian permanent residence . Results of the latest draw Type of Invitation Number of invites EOI score Skilled Workers in Manitoba 238 invitations 454 Skilled Workers Overseas 6 invitations 719 International Education Stream 31 invitations no EOI score Express Entry 36 invitations (LAAs) no EOI score What is Manitoba Immigration Programs? Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program  manages Manitoba’s immigration programs and manages the immigration applications to the Canadian Federal Government. Canadian provinces do not hold the authority to issue permanent residency status but help the candidates through  provinci...

  Ontario held an  Ontario PNP  draw that invited 48 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for  Canada PR . This PNP draw was held by OINP on August 11, 2021. The candidates who get a provincial nomination will get a boosted opportunity to apply for permanent residence in Canada. This was Ontario’s second-ever draw that involved candidates from the In-demand Skills stream. The new system of EOI implemented by OINP in this draw has replaced the old “first come first served” system that was in practice in Ontario PNP. No minimum score was prescribed in the draw. Immigration candidates only had to adhere to the criteria including: Candidates must have a job offer from an Ontario employer Candidates have the eligibility for the In-demand Skills stream There were specific NOC-labelled jobs that were mandated, from which a job must be offered. Check this list to learn about them: Occupations in manufacturing (outside the GTA only) NOC 9411 – machine o...

  Canada has crossed 1,00,000 invites with the 200th Express Entry Draw. The recent draw created history in the system targeting Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates inviting 3,000 ITAs. August 5, 2021, draw featured a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 404 points, with 47 points higher than the earlier ones. Prior to this, that is, on August 4, 2021, the Canada Express Entry draw featured a PNP draw (Provincial Nominee Program) with 512 ITAs issued with a minimum score of 760 points. Till now 2021, IRCC has issued 102,316 ITAs through 30 draws which include: Number of Draws ITAs 15 PNP draws 7,663 15 CEC draws 94,653 On February 13, 2021, the CEC draw created a record of issuing 27,332 ITAs. New record of total ITAs Year Total ITAs 2015 17382 2016 17542 2017 60762 2018 50950 2019 49000 2020 61850 2021 102316 In the latest draw, which was conducted on August 3, 2021, saw the tie-breaking rule. This rule is seen when more than one candidate had the minimum CRS...

  Learning the art of filmmaking from maverick directors such as   Christopher Nolan ,   Patty Jenkins,   and   Vishal Bhardwaj   has put Indian filmmaker   Manjari Makijany   on the world map. She brings alive the stories that transcend borders and cultures, and that’s what makes the 34-year-old an exceptional filmmaker. A regular at the international film festivals, Manjari is a woman director who is making a difference with her unique storytelling. Manjari was introduced to films by her father Mac Mohan, aka Sambha from  Sholay.  The Los Angeles-based filmmaker has now found her niche in independent cinema after years of learning from the stalwart of cinema. For someone, whose stories were rejected a number of times, she never gave up – she is now helming the first Indo-American  Disney  film  Spin  which will be coming on  Netflix . Film background to film career Born in Mumbai to  Mohan Makijany , popul...

  June 2021 saw a rapid growth in job creation in Canada. This followed the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Now, experts are looking forward to a phenomenal growth in employment that will happen at a gradual but confident pace. This is the trend predicted for the rest of 2021. Hence, it’s a great time to migrate to Canada. A senior economist with the Bank of Montreal, Robert Kavcic stated that there is an expectation for smoother job recovery all through the second half of 2021. The total employment is estimated to be down 1.8% from pre-COVID levels. The second quarter of 2021 was a roller-coaster ride for the Canadian economy. The period was full of lay-offs, shut-down of companies during lockdowns, etc. But lately, the country has re-opened. This has led to more people getting hired compared to those who have been laid off. So, choosing to migrate to Canada to work will be a good move. Performance of Canadian provinces Ontario had the steepest decline in employment. Th...

  An  Express Entry  draw was held on August 4, 2021, in Canada. It was held to invite 512 candidates who have already got provincial nominations through a previous PNP draw. IRCC set the minimum CRS score required at 760. The high minimum score was a result of 600 extra points that the provincially nominated candidates received along with their nomination. For this round of invitations, IRCC implemented a cut-off time to apply the tie-break rule. The tie-break rule is applied as an administrative requirement no matter whether it’s actually needed or not. The timestamp applied was March 5, 2021, at 22:38:31 UTC. Candidates with the minimum score were invited only in case they submitted their Express Entry profile before the date and time specified in the timestamp. The reason for PNP-only draws From the beginning of 2021, IRCC has been sticking to conducting Express Entry draws specific to PNP and CEC. By adopting this practice, IRCC resorted to admitting candidates who a...

  “I’ve got more interested in the form, the artistry, and wanting something new – not just in my writing, but also when I’m reading. I get very bored when I read novels that have nothing new in them. So, that’s probably what drives me about what I write next. I try to reach beyond what’s already illuminated, those darker kinds of places, through my writing.” That’s how  Sunjeev Sahota, a longlisted author for the 2021 Booker Prize,  describes the process of choosing stories for his books. In less than a decade, the Indian-origin  British novelist  has become a name to reckon with in the literary scene with just three books to his credit. For someone who started reading his first novel at the age of 18, and began writing one at 25, Sahota has impressed critics and book lovers with his poignant tales. His novellas are centered around the experiences of immigrants who struggle with a sense of belonging in their adopted homelands.  His books weave in his India...

  As a medical resident in a Mumbai hospital,   Dr Aparna Hegde   had been witness to many pervasive systemic problems that often led to disastrous consequences. One incident remains fresh in her mind. It  was a long night in the Emergency ward when a 25-year-old woman was brought in with serious childbirth complications. The woman had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and her baby was too large to be delivered normally, leading to the baby being stuck in the birth canal. Despite the team’s best efforts, they weren’t able to save the mother. “Her death will forever stay with me. Not only because she died a most horrible death, but also because it was preventable… She had gone for her first antenatal visit but she had not been counseled about the remaining visits, danger signs, and potential complications. If only she had been…” writes Dr Hegde on the Armman website.   It was incidents such as these that made the urogynecologi...