Tag: canada
Canada’s 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan
Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2026-2028 introduces significant changes aiming for sustainable growth while addressing economic and social challenges. The plan sets a target of 380,000 permanent residents annually throughout this period, stabilizing permanent resident admissions compared to previous years, with only a slight 4% decrease from 2025 levels. This reflects an intentional balance to…
Canada’s Economic Immigration Opportunities in 2025
Canada’s economic immigration system continues to be a global leader in selecting skilled workers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who contribute to the country’s prosperity. The 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan reinforces economic immigration as a foundational pillar, accounting for nearly 59% of all permanent residents admitted in 2025—with a focus on matching labour market needs and spreading…
Business Immigration Update 2025
Canada remains one of the world’s most attractive destinations for business immigration, welcoming innovative entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals from around the globe through streamlined federal programs and promising new opportunities in 2025. With a dynamic economy, supportive government policies, and access to North American markets, immigrating to Canada as a business owner offers unique benefits…
Canada’s 2025 Immigration and Citizenship Law Changes
Overview In 2025, Canada introduced sweeping changes to its immigration and citizenship laws. These reforms aim to enhance border security, improve document integrity, and expand citizenship rights for Canadians born abroad. This article summarizes the most impactful updates, based on verified sources from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). 1. Bill C-3: Expanded Citizenship by Descent…
Appeal Right
Overview In Pepa v Canada, 2025 SCC 21, the Supreme Court of Canada reminds jurists how to interprete subsection 63(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). The contested provision gives a foreign national holding a permanent resident visa the right to appeal a removal order to the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD). The only…
Canadian Citizenship without residing in Canada?
How to Interpret the Residence Provision for Canadian Citizenship Mrs. Katharina Kontaxis, RCIC-IRB wrote an article on interpreting the physical presence criterion entitled “The Interpretation of the Residency Requirement for Canadian Citizenship”, which was published at myconsultant.ca on December 6, 2022. A person who fulfills the residency criteria of the Citizenship Act and the Citizenship Regulations can…
Immigration Levels Plan
Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025 Since November 1st, 2022, the Government of Canada is increasing its ambitious immigration levels plan by welcoming 465,000 new immigrants in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025 – primarily, through Economic and Family Sponsorship Programs. The benefits of immigration lie in balancing the effects of a greying nation while strengthening…
Implied Status in Canada
What is implied status? The Canadian concept of extension by law is the automatic extension of temporary resident status as a visitor, worker or student per subsection 183(5) Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). This regulatory provision is called implied status. Furthermore, when workers or students apply for renewals before their permits expire, paragraph 186(u) and section 189 IRPR allow them to…
The IRB resumes “pre-COVID” in-person hearings
Since early May 2020, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is transforming its operating model. The IRB revised its processes by: 1. deciding less complex refugee claims without a hearing; 2. allowing virtual hearings; and 3. adjusting in-person hearing practices based on public health policy. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our operations, and has required us to rethink our processes, approaches and…
Spousal Open Work Permit Policy in Canada
The Canadian Government considers family reunification a core immigration priority. Consequently, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) established the spousal open work permit pilot on December 22, 2014. The pilot was set to expire on July 31, 2020. Today, IRCC released its program delivery update. The notice followed on July 30, 2020. The Immigration Department extended the open…