Canada and South Korea Strengthen Ties with New Youth Mobility Arrangement Canada and South Korea Youth Mobility Arrangement: The government of Canada is taking steps to strengthen its partnership with South Korea, recognizing it as a key ally in the Indo-Pacific region. This year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, [...]

IRCC Extends Temporary Policy to Allow Visitors to Obtain Work Permits in Canada with a Valid Job Offer This policy will remain in effect until February 28, 2025, for Work Permits Obtain Work Permits in Canada with a Valid Job Offer: Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that any foreign national who receives a [...]

New Electronic Certificates Now Offered by Canada As of January 4, 2023, Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is offering electronic Canadian citizenship certificates (e-certificate) as an alternative to paper versions.  The new e-certificates are electronic versions of the current paper certificates and are not considered travel documents. In order to travel, applicants must still obtain a [...]

Canada Extends and Expands Open Work Permit Program for Hong Kong Residents On February 6, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that they are extending and expanding the open work permit program for eligible Hong Kong residents at a time when Canadian employers are in desperate need of skilled workers. Canada is extending [...]

Federal Express Entry Draw #237 – January 11, 2023 and #238 – January 18, 2023 Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada’s (IRCCs) has held two All-Program Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program Draws for 2023. On January 11, 2023, Draw #237 issued 5,500 candidates an Invitation to Apply (ITA), with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 507. Then, one week later, on January 18, [...]

Changes to Alberta’s Provincial Nominee Program  The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP), which functions as Alberta’s Provincial Nominee Program, was formerly referred to as the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP). The AAIP is a Provincial Economic Immigration program aimed at providing nominations to foreign nationals who have the skills to fill skilled labour shortage or those willing [...]

Government of Canada Allowing More International Youth to Work and Travel in Canada On December 1, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), launched the 2023 International Experience Canada (IEC) Program, increasing the number of applicants by 20%. Recently, IRCC announced a new Canada-Italy Youth Mobility Agreement that also comes under these new measures.   What [...]

Canada Temporarily Expands Work Permit Eligibility for Family Members of Temporary Foreign Workers On December 2, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) announced that Canada will introduce a new 2-year temporary measure to extend work permits to family members of temporary foreign workers, as well as expand the eligibility for work permits to family members [...]

New Italy Youth Mobility Program IRCC announced the coming into force of a new Canada-Italy Youth Mobility Agreement. Under the International Experience Canada Program where Canadian and Italian youth aged 18 to 35 years old, to work and travel for up to 12 months, and participate twice in the program, for a total of 24 [...]

IRCC Announces Temporary Public Policy for Accelerated Work Permits for Asylum Claimants On November 16, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced a new temporary measure that will accelerate work permit issuance for asylum claimants in Canada. This temporary measure is expected to remain in effect for 18 months. Under this temporary measure, prior [...]