On July 30, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that additional invitations to sponsor parents and grandparents will be sent out this entire week. IRCC will utilize a randomized process to invite additional potential sponsors to submit an…
As of June 5, 2018, Emirati citizens no long require a visa to travel to Canada to visit family and/or friends, business purposes or to tour the country. Prior to June 5, 2018, all citizens of the United Arab Emirates…
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will now be providing applicants who receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Permanent Residence, through the Express Entry Program, with only 60 days to submit their application online. When the Express Entry Program…
Portuguese youth will soon have the opportunity to come to travel and work in Canada under the International Experience Canada (IEC) Program. In May 2018, a bilateral Youth Mobility Arrangement was signed between Canada and Portugal, which will allow young…
Canada has an ambitious plan to significantly increase the number of international students attending Canadian Universities by 2022. The start of the 2017-school-year has already seen an 11% increase in the number of international students attending Canadian Universities, from 2016.…
As of February 2018, Alberta Immigration Nominee Program (AINP) has changed their reconsideration process for refused applications. Applicants who would like AINP to reconsider their application will be required to submit the Request for Reconsideration form, through email, within 30…
On March 2, 2018, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), along with other provincial and territorial Ministers, have announced a new Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Action Plan for Increasing Francophone Immigration Outside of Quebec. The…
On December 22, 2017, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that Canadian citizens and permanent residents interested in sponsoring their parents/grandparents to Canada in 2018, will have the opportunity to do so starting January 2, 2018. The ‘Interest to…
As of November 22, 2017, the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) has met the nomination allocation for all streams for this year. All paid applications which have already been submitted will continue to be processed. Most OINP streams will reopen…
On November 1, 2017, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced that Canada will welcome 1 million permanent residents over the next three-year period. This will be implemented by allowing 310,000 new permanent…
