More than 6,500 expiring work permits to be extended in Manitoba

Manitoba Labor and Immigration Minister Malaya Marcelino announced Tuesday the extension of work permits for 6,700 new arrivals. Indeed, the federal government has granted the province’s request to extend the permits of these workers which are expiring this year.

Malaya Marcelino affirms that it is very good news for the province.

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Last December, Ottawa announced it would offer more 18-month extensions for postgraduate work permits, after already offering these extensions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For months, temporary foreign workers have been protesting against this change.

They are also protesting another policy change in the Manitoba Nominee Program (MPP) selection process, which prioritizes newcomers who have family ties in the province.

In a letter posted to social media on Tuesday, Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he was prepared to offer open work permits to newcomers whose permits expire in 2024, if they are employed in Manitoba and whether they are eligible for this program.

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Malaya Marcelino expects the federal government’s deadline extension will allow Manitoba to accept almost all of the applicants from the PCM.

Manitoba needs immigration.

Manitoba can accept up to 9,500 applications in 2024. The province was allocated the same number last year, but was short about 2,000 applications.

A decision welcomed by those concerned

Tianyu Xie, whose work permit expires at the end of May, welcomes the news. I am very grateful to the governmentshe said.

Tianyu Xie has lived in Winnipeg for the past two years and works in the social services sector there.

News of the extension gives him hope that his wife and 3-year-old child will be able to join him in Manitoba.

I feel more emotionally stable than before, because this policy gives me [cette] chancehe declares.

If Ottawa had not agreed to extend the work permit, Tianyu Xie says he would have been forced to return to China.

Today, that plan has changed. I love Manitoba. I want to stay in Manitobahe says.

The president of theInternational Students and Skilled Workers Union ManitobaYatin Joshi, says he is happy with this news.

Some of the candidates I know personally were depressed.

In interview on the show 6 to 9 On Tuesday, sworn immigration consultant Arisnel Mesidor said: The news is a soothing balm for several parties involved.

[C’était] a distressing situation, not only for the holders of this permit […] but also the employers who hired these people. So this news will bring peace to the hearts of everyone concernedhe explains.

With information from Rosanna Hempel and Patricia Bitu Tshikudi