🇨🇦 Canada’s 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan raises admission targets for privately sponsored refugees while lowering targets for government-assisted refugees. Canada aims to resettle about 29,000 refugees annually through 2029.
#RefugeeSponsorship #CdnImm
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🇨🇦 IRCC has clarified that the A77 work permit is the only work permit it considers when assessing Start-Up Visa applications for priority processing under the work permit criterion.
#StartUpVisa #IRCC #CanadianImmigration
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🇨🇦 Canada’s Rural Community Immigration Pilot is becoming permanent. The program gives eligible skilled workers a pathway to permanent residence and helps employers in participating rural communities fill local labour shortages.
#CanadianImmigration #RuralImmigration
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
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CBSA officers checked immigration status at an August protest in Calgary over work permit refusals. The Globe and Mail examines what authority border officers have to conduct those checks at a protest.
#CanadianImmigration #CBSA
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Yesterday, Canadians gathered at Ottawa’s National War Memorial and at ceremonies across the country to honour those who served and remember those who gave their lives in service.
Lest we forget. #RemembranceDay
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Ravi Jain, C.S., will co-chair Day One of the Law Society of Ontario’s 34th Immigration Law Summit with Rachel Hepburn Craig.
The agenda covers 25 developments from 2026, plus OINP and LMIA updates.
📅 Nov. 17 | 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET | Toronto
#ImmigrationLaw #CanadianImmigration
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🇨🇦 As of Nov. 6, new low-wage LMIA applications can be approved for up to two years, up from one. Early childhood educators are now exempt from the processing restriction in metro areas with unemployment of 6% or higher.
canada.ca/en/employment-soci…
#LMIA #TFWP
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A Calgary court sentenced a man to two years in prison for citizenship fraud after he used a fraudulently obtained Canadian passport to travel in and out of Canada 16 times, CBC reports.
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c…
#CanadianCitizenship #CitizenshipFraud
🇨🇦 Canada is making its Rural Community Immigration Pilot permanent. IRCC plans to keep all 14 pilot communities in the program and expand to more communities in the future.
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
#RuralImmigration #CanadianImmigration
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For families waiting to reunite in Canada, an immigration backlog means more time apart. Maclean’s looks at the human cost of processing delays.
macleans.ca/society/canadas-…
#CanadianImmigration #FamilyReunification
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🇨🇦 Canada’s Rural Community Immigration Pilot is becoming permanent. All 14 pilot communities are expected to continue offering a path to permanent residence for eligible skilled workers and international graduates.
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
#CanadianImmigration #RuralImmigration
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🇨🇦 Could exempting new homes from Canada’s foreign buyer ban make housing more affordable? Budget 2026 proposes that exemption while extending the ban on purchases of existing homes to January 1, 2029.
ctvnews.ca/canada/article/ot…
#ForeignBuyerBan #CanadianHousing
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🇨🇦 Budget 2026 proposes extending Canada's foreign homebuyer ban to 2029, with a new exemption for newly built homes.
A welcome step toward attracting international talent and supporting housing development.
Read more:
jainimmigrationlaw.com/canad…
#cdnimm #Budget2026
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🇨🇦 CILA’s response to Canada’s 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan calls for immigration targets that reflect regional labour shortages and more notice when eligibility rules change.
cila.co/cila-comments-on-the…
#CanadianImmigration #ImmigrationPolicy
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Quebec’s immigration minister says she is “deeply shocked” by allegations that a former ministry employee issued about 100 fraudulent Quebec Selection Certificates (CSQs).
ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/…
#QuebecImmigration #CanadianImmigration
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🇨🇦 What does the federal budget mean for Canadian businesses? For employers, one question worth asking is how Ottawa’s priorities could shape hiring and workforce planning.
Read The Globe and Mail’s coverage: theglobeandmail.com/business…
#FederalBudget #CdnBiz
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🇨🇦 Canada's 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan prioritizes economic immigration, with 64.4% of permanent resident admissions allocated to economic pathways.
Skilled workers, provincial nominees and Francophone immigration remain key priorities.
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
#cdnimm #IRCC
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🇨🇦 Canada's 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan sets annual targets of:
▪️ 380,000 permanent residents
▪️ 220,000 new workers
▪️ 150,000 new international students
Economic immigration accounts for 64.4% of PR admissions.
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
#cdnimm #IRCC
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🇨🇦 Canada's 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan targets 380,000 permanent resident admissions annually, with economic immigration remaining a key priority.
The plan also outlines targets for temporary residents and Francophone immigration.
canada.ca/en/immigration-ref…
#cdnimm #IRCC
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🇨🇦 Bill C-3 has left some applicants in limbo. CBC reports that IRCC is pausing certain permanent residence applications where applicants may already qualify for citizenship by descent.
Citizenship certificate waits are now 34 months.
cbc.ca/news/politics/immigra…
#cdnimm #BillC3
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