Canada Immigration 2020: A Great Year For Provincial Regional Programs

03 Jan 2020

Millions of current newcomers will enter through Canada’s many immigration programs during the current decade and several expected policy updates will assist to pave the way in the year 2020.

Here is a look at some of the major developments that we can anticipate in the subsequent 12 months both in Canada and beyond that might aid to shape the Canadian immigration policy future.

Plan of Immigration Levels in 2020-2022 Announcement by Mar 2020

By Mar 2020, Canada’s new Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugees Minister, Marco Mendicino, should be in a situation to table the 2019 year's Annual Immigration Report to Parliament. The report is regularly issued by Nov 1 every year, but this was postponed because of the federal elections which are conducted on October 21.

This report is vital because it contributes insight into the federal government’s priorities of immigration. Possibly its most significant aspect will be the 2020-2022 Canadian Immigration Levels Plan. We previously understand the Canadian government’s immigration goals for the year 2020, it is 3,41,000 immigrants and for the next year 2021, it is 3,50,000 immigrants. As described in Minister Canadian Immigration Minister’s Mandate Letter, we should expect a moderate improvement to the 2022 target that, based on modern trends, could be in the neighborhood of 360,000 foreigners.

Parents & Grandparents Program Reformations Expected by Apr 2020

It is estimated that the Canadian government will declare its intake process approaches for the Parents & Grandparents Program (P.G.P) by Apr 2020 at the latest. Meanwhile, the Canadian government has an annual goal of welcoming approximately 21,000 newcomers below this Parents & Grandparents Program, maintaining the intake process has been proven very difficult for plenty of years and now the current demand far surpasses the supply of accessible immigration positions. The federal government may roll out the new process that strives to escape from the early intake process failures.

Canadian Citizenship May be Waived in 2020

Excluding fees for Canadian citizenship is also a section of the Immigration Minister’s Mandate Letter. At now the cost of becoming a citizen of Canada is $630 per adult, which some have questioned is prohibitively costly for low-income people and to their family members. It is not clear that when the Citizenship fees will be waived, but we can assume that the citizenship uptake rate to temporarily stable or lower as qualified newcomers make the wise decision to remain for this policy to be attained. 

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