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Canada’s commitment to reuniting families and keeping them together

August 2, 2023 admin canadian immigration, dependant children, expedited processing, family, family class sponsorship, family reunification, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, imp, IRCC, open work permit, processing times, spousal sponsorship, temporary resident status, tfwp, trv

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:15:29 +0000

Canada recently renewed its commitment to keeping families together, a central goal of the country’s current immigration system. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has put into practice new procedures intended to accelerate family reunification, ensuring that dependants and spouses who may not otherwise be eligible to come to Canada, now have a pathway to […]

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Flagpoling: How some Canadian visa holders are avoiding long processing times

May 30, 2023 admin flagpole, flagpoling, immigration, ircc backlog, jobs, processing times, study, temporary residence

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 13:00:40 +0000

“Flagpoling” is the nickname for when foreign nationals with temporary status in Canada leave by crossing the border, enter the United States, and then immediately re-enter Canada to get same day immigration services. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration Flagpoling is a completely legal practice. It can be done at any point of […]

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Tens of thousands of IRCC applications assigned to inactive immigration officers

December 15, 2022 admin atip request, Canada, gcms, gcms note, general, global case management system, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, inactive ircc officers, IRCC, ircc backlog, ircc officers, processing centres, processing times

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:24:38 +0000

Nearly 60,000 applications have been put in processing limbo due to mismanagement, according to a recent Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration The ATIP request (a legal recourse to request information from government organizations)—submitted by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) revealed that 779 inactive Immigration Refugees […]

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Canada’s immigration backlog remains at 2.6 million people

October 15, 2022 admin backlog, Canada, citizenship, Express Entry, family class, immigration, IRCC, jobs, PNP, processing times, spousal sponsorship, study, trv, visit, work permits

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:35:41 +0000

Canada’s immigration backlog remains at 2.6 million people according to new Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data. IRCC released updated data, which is current as of September 30, on its website on October 14. The inventory across all lines of business has progressed as follows since July 2021: September 30, 2022: 2,600,000 persons (figure […]

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How does Canada’s Express Entry system work?

May 28, 2022 admin canadian permanent residence, CRS, crs score, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration minister, IRCC, pandemic, PNP, PR, processing times, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 12:00:46 +0000

Anyone trying to become a permanent resident of Canada will no doubt run into the term “Express Entry” more than once. It is easy to assume that Express Entry is its own immigration program but, surprisingly, this is not correct. Understanding what Express Entry is, and how it works, is a vital step before submitting […]

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How does Canada’s Express Entry system work?

May 28, 2022 admin canadian permanent residence, CRS, crs score, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration minister, IRCC, pandemic, PNP, PR, processing times, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 12:00:46 +0000

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Express Entry applications to be processed within 6 months again

May 18, 2022 admin backlog, backlogs, cec, covid, covid-19, CRS, crs score, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration minister, pandemic, PNP, processing times, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Gabriel Dumitrascu| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 12:15:45 +0000

Prior to the pandemic, the Canadian government aimed to process most Express Entry immigration applications within six months. Due to the pandemic, however, applicants have had to wait much longer. Non-Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Express Entry applicants are waiting well over 20 months on average for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to finalize their […]

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Extending your stay in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic

March 18, 2020 admin canadian immigration, flagpoling, foreign nationals, implied status, IRCC, processing times, study permit, travel ban, Uncategorized, visa extension, visitor visa, work permits

Credit to Author: Stephen Sherman| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:35:20 +0000

While obtaining a Canadian permit or visa is a goal for countless foreign nationals around the world, the status it confers may need to be extended. This could raise a host of issues that the foreign national may not have faced in their initial application. Gaining an extension may prove even more complicated than usual […]

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Improved estimates for Canadian immigration processing

August 10, 2018 admin canadian immigration, Featured, Immigrate, Immigration Law, immigration refugees citizenship canada, IRCC, permanent residence, pr applications, processing times

Better estimates of Canadian immigration application processing times as of July 31, 2018 How Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) estimates immigration processing times has been changed, hopefully for the better. “We understand how frustrating it can be when applications take longer than expected. That’s why we have made changes to improve the experience for […]