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Immigration Updates
The Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) announced on July 9, 2025, that they have officially reached their limit for sponsorship applications for certain family members. Who Is Affected? Effective immediately, Quebec residents can no longer submit sponsorship applications for those who wish to sponsor their spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, […]
Immigration Updates
On June 5th, 2025, the Government of Quebec announced the temporary suspension of two immigration streams under the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ), an immigration program that helped temporary workers and international students fast-track their way to permanent residency. As of June 5, Quebec will no longer accept new applications from Temporary Foreign Workers through […]
Immigration Updates
With spots filling quickly, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) conducted two rounds of invitations within two days this month under the Alberta Opportunity Stream and the Tourism and Hospitality Stream, as the province works to fill the remaining 2025 nomination spots before its full 2025 allocation is used. What is AAIP? The Alberta Advantage […]
Immigration Updates
Claresholm is a city in Alberta that is partaking in the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) along with 14 other regions in Canada. The region has just released both its list of priority occupations and sectors, meaning those who work in any of the sectors and occupations in particular, are eligible to apply under the […]
Immigration Updates
The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has officially launched the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) program and published its list of designated employers. Building on the success of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), the RCIP’s goal is to attract skilled workers to the area and help businesses meet their staffing needs […]
Immigration Updates
North Bay is one of 14 Canadian communities selected to participate in this new temporary pathway to permanent residency. As part of the RCIP, North Bay has published its list of priority sectors and corresponding occupations to attract qualified workers to fill certain vacant positions. What is the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP)? The Rural […]
Canadian Permanent Residence
As leader of the Liberal Party, Mark Carney’s win in the recent federal election, opens a new chapter for Canada. One of his priorities will be changing Canada’s immigration landscape. Carney says immigration remains important, but it needs to be better aligned with what Canada can handle effectively, especially when it comes to housing, jobs, […]
Immigration Updates
Earlier this year, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, Marc Miller, launched the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP), building on the success of the, now closed, Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) program that launched in 2019. The RCIP is designed to address the needs of smaller, rural communities by attracting skilled immigrants who […]
Canadian Citizenship
Since April 2023, the volatile situation in Sudan, referred to as “the world’s worst humanitarian and displacement crisis,” by the UN Refugee Agency, has forced millions of Sudanese nationals to flee their homes. Canada has since introduced special temporary immigration measures for Sudanese nationals, whether they are already in Canada and cannot go home or […]
Immigration Updates
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) latest inventories and backlogs report, there has been a reduction in the backlog of immigration applications, and they are at the lowest level they have been in months. IRC Backlog as of February 28, 2025 The IRCC website reports that there are currently 821,000 applications in the […]