Cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program
As a cost-saving move, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program. Refugees, refugee claimants, victims of trafficking and others receive temporary coverage through the...
New Entrepreneur Start-Up Visa Announced
Citizenship and Immigration Canada may be testing a new stream of applications for permanent residence in the Economic Immigration Class within a few months. The ‘start-up’ visa, for Business Class applications,...
Ministerial Instructions May Affect Immigration Applications
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenny announced that the Ministry would soon be enacting legislation that will give the Minister additional powers to allow certain applications to move forward...
Proposed Change to Canadian Experience Class
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced a proposed change to the Canadian Experience Class program reducing the requirement for temporary foreign workers to have full-time work experience from 24 to 12 months...
Proposed New Program for Skilled Trade Workers
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced plans for a new immigration stream for skilled tradespeople seeking permanent resident status in Canada, the Skilled Trades Program. Citing a labour shortage in...
Elimination of Federal Skilled Worker Program Backlog
As part of the federal budget released on March 30th, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that it will not process the majority of skilled worker applications submitted before February 27th,...
Canada Immigration Proposes Education Pre-Screening
Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) applicants may soon have their educational credentials scrutinized much closer than before, according a proposal announced by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Those who submit skilled worker...
New Five-year Sponsorship Bar
Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that sponsored spouses or partners are now barred from submitting sponsorship applications for 5 years – meaning one who is sponsored by a spouse or partner cannot...
New Super Visa for Parents and Grandparents
December 1, 2011, marked the availability of a new option for temporary residency – the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa. The Super Visa grants qualifying parents and grandparents of Canadian...