Breaking News: Canada brings in great news for French-speaking students. From August 26 2024 French speaking students to get direct permanent residency under the Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot or FMCSP.
The key highlights of the same are:
To apply to the FMCSP post-Aug 26, 2024, French-speaking students must get a Letter of Acceptance from a participating DLI. This should prove that they are applying under the FMCSP pilot program.
In addition, you must meet the following terms to apply:
The study program must be:
| Benin | Republic of the Congo | Mauritania |
| Burkina Faso | Djibouti | Mauritius |
| Burundi | Egypt | Morocco |
| Cabo Verde | Equatorial Guinea | Niger |
| Cameroon | Gabon | Rwanda |
| Central African Republic | Guinea | Saint Lucia |
| Chad | Guinea-Bissau | São Tomé and Principe |
| Comoros | Haiti | Senegal |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Lebanon | Seychelles |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Madagascar | Togo |
| Dominica | Mali | Tunisia |
As per the latest update, Canada is adding new communities to the present participating communities. The following is a complete list of communities participating in this pilot program.
| Province | Region |
| Prince Edward Island | Evangeline Region |
| Nova Scotia | Claire |
| Chéticamp (including St. Joseph du Moine) | |
| New Brunswick | Haut-Saint-Jean Region |
| Belle-Baie (including Bathurst and the Pabineau First Nation) | |
| Caraquet (including Rivière du Nord and Hautes-Terres) | |
| Restigouche West Region (Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick) | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Labrador City – Wabush |
| Eastern Ontario | Hawkesbury |
| Northern Ontario | Sudbury |
| Southwest Central Ontario | Hamilton |
| Ontario | Cornwall |
| Cochrane District (Route 11 Corridor) | |
| London | |
| Manitoba | Seina River Region |
| Red River (Ritchot, Salaberry, Montcalm, and St-Pierre-Jolys) | |
| Saskatchewan | Moose Jaw – Gravelbourg |
| Prince Albert | |
| Alberta | Calgary |
| British Columbia | Prince George |
| Nanaimo | |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife |
| Yukon | Whitehorse |
| Nunavut | Iqaluit |
Canada under the Official Languages Act is responsible for bringing out measures to strengthen the Francophone community. This refers to taking measures to raise the inflow of French-speaking applicants. The government is aiming at a 6% inflow of French-speaking applicants in the country.
The FMCSP and Welcoming Francophone Communities Initiative will strongly contribute to the population growth of French speakers in Canada.
Besides, this also means that IRCC will hold a higher number of draws under Express Entry (EE) System. Under the category-based draws we can expect a higher selection of French speakers.
In short, what are you waiting for? French-speaking students can easily get a Canada study visa and direct permanent residency.
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Mr. Kalyan Paul, President & CEO is the founder of GVI, an MBA in Finance and also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Canada. Mr. Paul has more than 18 years of experience in immigration consulting that made him one of the preferred & valued immigration consultants in the immigration industry. He is a licensed member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) [Previously known as Immigration Consultants Of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)] (Membership ID: R417119) which is a professional body of licensed immigration consultants recognized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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