The Open Work Permit Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”) first launched on 22 December 2014.[1] The Pilot Program allows Permanent Resident applicants in the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada class (“SCLPC”) to…
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #161. The latest draw took place on August 20th, 2020 at 11:10:05 UTC. During this round, 3,300 Invitations to Apply have…
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13 August 2020 marked the ten-year anniversary of the Canadian navy intercepting the cargo ship MV Sun Sea off the coast of Vancouver Island, which was carrying 492 asylum seekers fleeing Sri…
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #158. The latest draw took place on August 5th, 2020 at 13:10:05 UTC. During this round, 3,900 Invitations to Apply have…
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The Canadian Federal Government has recently changed the rules on Canadian citizenship by descent, or by virtue of being born to a Canadian citizen parent. Before the July 2020 changes, only biological…
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Today Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #157. The latest draw took place on July 23rd, 2020 at 12:24:39 UTC. During this round, 3,343 Invitations to Apply…
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have warned of a second wave of infections, predicted to hit Canada sometime in Fall 2020.[1] For those like me who are currently in…
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With Canada now in the midst of re-opening, there are a number of important updates we wish to share with you to keep you informed. Resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal…
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On 14 July 2020 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it will be extending the time period within which temporary residents who fell out of immigration status may apply for…
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve, the dire situation facing migrant farm workers in Ontario has been widely publicized in the past couple of weeks. At the time of writing, more…
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