Chris GribbleCanada will launch new pathway to permanent residence in 2025
Canada will launch a new permanent immigration program in 2025, based on the success of the existing Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP). The EMPP is a pathway to permanent residence…
British Columbia releases annual report on its Provincial Nominee Program
The British Columbia PNP (BC PNP) has just released its statistical report and year in review for 2024. The report sheds light on critical changes announced by the PNP in…
Canada increases wage thresholds for Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has increased the wage thresholds for employers and foreign nationals applying under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This change determines which stream of…
IRCC backlog grows for the first time in months
As of May 31, there were 802,000 applications in Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)’s backlog. Considering that there were 760,200 applications that remained in the backlog towards the end…
Major changes announced in IRCC’s 2025-2026 Departmental Plan
Canada’s immigration department will establish a new pathway to permanent residence (PR) and will work toward launching a new work permit stream, according to its 2025-2026 Departmental Plan. The Plan,…