21 April 2022
Read More "Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Permit")
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In order to address Canada’s worker shortage, IRCC has eased the rules of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to allow more workers to come ...
18 April 2022
Read More "Increase in permanent residence fees effective April 30, 2022")
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On April 30, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications....
5 April 2022
Read More "Canada welcomes over 108,000 permanent residents in early 2022")
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On March 31, 2022, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser announced that IRCC has surpassed its goal to make 147,000 pe...
24 January 2022
Read More "IRCC experiences backlog of over 1.8 million applications.")
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The global pandemic has had significant impacts on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s operations. Since March 2020, applications ...
7 January 2022
Read More "Canada Welcomes Record Number of Permanent Residents")
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In 2021, Canada welcomed more than 401,000 new permanent residents to Canada. This is the highest number of permanent residents that has ever been ...
14 December 2021
Read More "Ontario will Accept 100 Foreign Entrepreneurs for Permanent Residence")
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On December 14, 2021 the Ontario Minister of Labour, Monte McNaughton, announced a ground breaking new immigration stream for Ontario’s econo...
15 July 2021
Read More "New Open Work Permit for TR to PR Applicants")
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Starting July 26, 2021, individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residency will be eligible for an open work pe...
2 July 2021
Read More "OIPNP: The Expression of Interest System is Open for the In-Demand Stream")
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As of June 28, 2021, the Expression of Interest system is open for the In-Demand stream. The Expression of Interest system is a points-based regi...
8 June 2021
Read More "Canada Opens 2 New Pathways to Permanent Residence for Hong Kong Residents")
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Minister Mendicino announced today that there are two pathways being offered for eligible Hong Kong residents in Canada who are workers or recent...
14 April 2021
Read More "New pathway to residency for 90,000 essential workers and graduates")
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Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department is creating a new pathway to permanent residency for 90,000 essential workers and intern...
