Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a cutover to a new online process for asylum claims, effective Nov. 3, 2026.The impact on claimants will vary depending on their stage in the process at the time immediately before the...
How many records about your anchor ancestor* do you need to prove your claim to Canadian citizenship by descent?The answer depends on the records that exist for that ancestor and on whether you can get them from the original authority...
Haitians facing displacement from the United States can consider settling in Canada, which prioritizes French speakers for a six-month pathway to permanent residence (PR).Canada admits over 100,000 permanent residents each year through Express Entry, a selection system that rolls out...
If your grandparent was born in Canada and later became an American, you may be a Canadian citizen by descent. You may have been one since the day you were born.Canada’s immigration department used a family like yours to train...
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton once released the song, "My Father's Eyes," about the parent he never met, which went on to win him a Grammy.That father was a former Canadian soldier born in Montreal. Under Canada's citizenship laws, that connection...
Québec has invited 519 workers to apply for permanent selection.Invitations were issued on Sept. 24, under all four streams of the Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ), with the majority going to workers with intermediate and manual skills (stream 2).Schedule a...
Applicants for work permit extensions and for post-graduation work permits (PGWPs) can now look up processing time estimates based on when they applied.These personalized processing estimates are available following an update to the immigration department’s processing times web page in...
In a kitchen drawer in Seattle sits a document Dana hasn't looked at in years. It's a Canadian citizenship certificate, issued when she was a baby. As far as she knew, this document was no longer valid.Her parents applied for...
The Canadian federal government has given a second chance to nationals and former residents of Israel and Palestine, who would otherwise have faced deportation from Canada.On September 29, 2026, Canada granted affected individuals the opportunity to obtain permanent immigration status...
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited 3,500 tradespeople to apply for permanent residence through Express Entry.To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to meet the minimum work experience for the Trades category, and haveA minimum Comprehensive Ranking...
