Yuanyue Geng: Website and Applicants

yuanyue geng: The Provincial Nominee Program reopened last Tuesday after a one-year suspension, which led to a surge of traffic on the government website ontarioimmigration.ca, according to Toronto Star. The website crashed as applicants scrambled to compete for one of the 6,000 spots open for 2017.A week later, officials have finally revised the deadline from seven to 14 calendar days to allow registered applicants to submit their full applications through the website. Yuanyue Geng By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Tues., Feb. 28, 2017 The Ontario government has extended the submission deadline for its popular immigration program after ongoing problems with its website prevented applicants from completing their applications. The nominee program is designed for master's and PhD graduates as well as workers whose skills are in demand. Much of the ongoing technical difficulties have been due to high demand on the server from repeated attempts to complete an application by those who have already begun the process, said Laura Sylvis, spokesperson for the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. It was suspended last year while it was under review. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.