{"id":483755,"date":"2026-02-18T20:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483755\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:39:12","slug":"ottawa-extends-express-immigration-entry-to-researchers-military-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483755\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa extends express immigration entry to researchers, military applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada&#8217;s express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including researchers and military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada&#8217;s express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including researchers and military personnel. <\/p>\n<p>The new streams are also open to senior managers with Canadian work experience and are part of what Diab calls a federal strategy to attract &#8220;top talent&#8221; to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The transport sector is also being targeted with express entry for pilots, aircraft mechanics and inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a new stream for foreign military applicants who have been recruited by the Canadian Armed Forces to serve as doctors, nurses and pilots.<\/p>\n<p>These new streams are being added to existing express entry categories focused on medical doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, carpenters, plumbers and others in the skilled trades. <\/p>\n<p>The 2026 immigration levels plan prioritizes permanent economic immigrants while reducing temporary admissions, particularly for students.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>David Baxter, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada&#8217;s express entry program&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-483755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}