New office space and more employees are expected to reduce processing time for family class applications. Canada is expanding the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia in an effort to process more applications and reunite families faster. IRCC will get new office space and be able to hire 62 additional employees, according to a media release....More Please

Canada invited them to immigrate during the pandemic, but is not letting them in. Permanent residency applicants, who were approved on or after March 18, 2020, are calling for answers as to when they will be able to start their new lives in Canada. Approved permanent residents hold a Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR), which...More Please

The new immigration pilots will focus on pathways for workers in health, food processing, and technology sectors. On March 3, Quebec announced it will launch three new immigration pilots over the coming weeks. The Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) is opening up the pilots for foreign nationals who work in...More Please

Ontario has invited a total of 271 candidates through the Express Entry French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream so far in 2021. Ontario held a new draw on March 3, inviting French-speaking Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited 126 candidates through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker (FSSW) stream. Invited candidates needed to...More Please

ANALYSIS: Tech talent is in high demand in Canada. Canada offers multiple immigration and work permit programs for highly-skilled tech workers. Tech workers, with their education and experience, do well in many of Canada’s leading broad economic immigration pathways, both at the federal and provincial or territorial levels. These multilayers of government have developed innovative...More Please

The “Come North” initiative sets out a plan for population growth in Northern Ontario. Communities in rural and northern Ontario came together to lay out short and long-term plans to grow their population. This includes the “Come North” 10-point action plan released in January 2021. Northern Ontario is facing labour shortages as well as an...More Please

Express Entry candidates are now one step closer to permanent residence in Alberta. Alberta has released the details of its February 16 draw. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program invited a total of 159 Express Entry candidates to apply for the Alberta Express Entry stream. Invited candidates only needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 352. These candidates...More Please

The new immigration pilots will focus on pathways for workers in health, food processing, and technology sectors. On March 3, Quebec announced it will launch three new immigration pilots over the coming weeks. The Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) is opening up the pilots for foreign nationals who work in...More Please

B.C. has invited 1,839 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination so far in 2021. British Columbia invited 444 immigration candidates in two Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draws held on March 2. The invitations were issued to candidates from the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry BC (EEBC) streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). More specifically,  those who...More Please

If you are in Canada with your Canadian spouse or common-law partner and have fallen out of status, you can still apply for family sponsorship. Among the recent challenges arising from the coronavirus pandemic is that many people are not able to travel to where they had planned and are consequently stuck where they are....More Please