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  The Start-Up Visa (SUV) immigration program helped more foreign nationals become permanent residents of Canada this year compared to last year, according to the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). In the first four months of 2023, the SUV welcomed 195 new permanent residents, an increase of 8.3% compared to the same period last year.  If this trend continues, the program could welcome roughly the same number of new permanent residents as last year, around 575. However, the number of new permanent residents arriving through the SUV fell in April, with only 35 new arrivals compared to 50 in March. British Columbia and Ontario have been the most popular destinations for immigrant entrepreneurs arriving under the SUV this year In the first four months of this year, British Columbia's West Coast province received 85 new permanent residents via the SUV, an increase of 6.3% from 80 for the same period in 2022. In the first four months of this year, Onta

  On July 6, 2023, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) conducted a new invitation draw under the Human Capital Priorities Stream. In the latest tech draw, the OINP issued 748 targeted Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to candidates with work experience in one of the in-demand tech occupations.  Those candidates' CRS Express Entry score was between 479-485 points. The OINP invited candidates under nine national occupational codes (NOC) in this draw. In 2023, Ontario issued 20,946 invitations under all streams of OINP, including 8,499 candidates under the Human Capital Priorities Stream. Invited Occupations in the Ontario Human Capital Priorities Stream NOIs were issued to applicants with a previous work experience in the following national occupational classifications (NOC) codes: NOC 20012 - Computer and information systems managers NOC 21211 - Data Scientists NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators NOC 21230 - Computer systems developers and NOC 21231 - Softw