Anyone who has recently submitted a work permit, study permit, visitor visa, or super visa application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has likely noticed the same troubling pattern: processing is taking longer. Across nearly every major applicant category and country of origin, IRCC’s weekly processing time updates throughout [...]
Global Talent Stream referral partners are now fewer, and the change affects every Canadian employer that relies on Category A to hire specialised foreign talent quickly. The federal government has quietly reshaped one of the most valuable fast-track hiring routes in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Seventeen organisations were [...]
Canada’s processing time for a proof of Canadian citizenship application has climbed to roughly 33 months as of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) September 3, 2026 update — an eight-month jump from the previous month and the steepest single-month increase since expanded eligibility rules took effect at the end [...]
Canada has once again widened the door for temporary foreign workers who want to upgrade their skills while they work. Under a new temporary public policy that took effect on September 4, 2026, eligible work permit holders can now study a short-term program of six months or less without applying [...]
For the first time in its history, a Canadian university has cracked the global top 10 for producing successful entrepreneurs. The University of Waterloo has climbed to seventh place in PitchBook’s 2026 University Rankings, a widely respected venture-capital research benchmark that tracks which schools produce the founders who go on [...]
British Columbia has conducted one of its most significant Provincial Nominee Program selection rounds of 2026, issuing 602 invitations to apply for provincial nomination to candidates considered capable of making a strong economic contribution to the province. The invitations were issued by the British Columbia PNP Draw (BCPNP) on August [...]
Newfoundland and Labrador has continued its active use of provincial immigration pathways, issuing 122 Invitations to Apply to candidates through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program on August 18, 2026. The selection round was particularly notable because all 122 invitations were issued through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee [...]
Canada’s latest immigration statistics provide an important snapshot of how permanent resident admissions are progressing in 2026. According to Canada PR Admissions 2026: IRCC Mid-Year Update, 155,800 people became permanent residents under Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan between January 1 and June 30, 2026. Canada’s planned permanent resident admissions target for [...]
Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada reveal that the pace of proof of citizenship certificate approvals slowed sharply in June 2026, even as the number of Canadians and prospective citizens waiting for a decision continued to climb into six-figure territory. For the growing population of applicants — [...]
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has released its latest monthly update on immigration application processing, providing new insight into the number of permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship applications currently in the system. The latest figures were published on August 18, 2026, and reflect IRCC’s application inventory and processing [...]