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The Canadian government has introduced a new visa scheme that gives young people the chance to live and work in the country before deciding whether they would like to make a more permanent move. The International Experience Class visa has been created by the merger of the International Exchange Programme and the International Youth...

The Canadian government is hoping to attract overseas entrepreneurs to the country by offering permanent residency. Jason Kenney, the Immigration Minister, said he hoped the move would elevate Canada above countries including the US, the UK and Australia where only temporary residency was available. Mr Kenney is due to travel to start up...

A recently published survey suggests that Canada is the best country on the planet in which to bring up children. Among the reasons given for this are the country’s healthcare system, the friendliness of the people and the great outdoors. The 2012 HSBC Expat Explorer Survey found that children brought up in Canada were more active than...

Canada Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has said that he thinks the country has welcomed over 100 gay Iranian refugees since deciding to stand up for gay rights internationally in 2009. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird spoke about a number of human rights issues in a speech in front of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. Among...

The lowest number of Israelis emigrated from the country in 2010 for forty years as just 15,600 headed for pastures new, revealed recent data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics. In addition, the data revealed that during the last three years the country has seen emigrants return in their droves, with record numbers being...

Some people who retire overseas can enjoy their lives while their pensions grow with British inflation, while other end up losing large amounts of money, reports the Daily Telegraph. Many UK nationals thinking about retiring overseas probably don’t consider the fact that the country they move to will have a massive impact on the amount...

The Canadian government is carrying out changes to its national immigrant investor programme in order to make sure that the money which rich foreigners bring into the country as one of the entry pre-conditions is utilised in Canadian companies instead of sitting in bank accounts. Reuters reported that the Conservatives are likely to at...

One in five people from the UK with over £250,000 in savings are considering living overseas because they are fed up with the high cost of living, poor weather and crime, revealed Lloyds Banking Group’s wealth management arm. The UK, suffering its worst economic crisis in almost a century, is trying to find a way of preserving its...

A New Democrat MP has demanded that the government of Canada overturns a decision prohibiting an Indian family, whose son lives in B.C., emigrating to Canada because their adult daughter has Down Syndrome, reports emigrate.co.uk. The son who resides in Vancouver, Kevin Patel, wanted to sponsor his relatives to enter Canada and become...

Thousands of Chinese people are looking at the Canadian province of Quebec as a gateway into the North American country, according to the Associated Press. People in China who are desperate to emigrate have found a backdoor into Canada which involves applying for visas into Quebec, the country’s French-speaking province, as long as they...