Immigration News

by Ecaterina Andoni

IRCC Application Backlog Hits Lowest Point Since July 2025

IRCC’s latest inventory update shows Canada’s overall immigration backlog continued to ease in April 2026, reaching its lowest point since July 2025. The sharpest improvement was ...

Adult Child Sponsorship Rules for Canadian PR

Canadian citizens and permanent residents may be able to sponsor an adult son or daughter for permanent residence if that child meets Canada’s legal definition of ...

IRCC Allows Alternate Proof for Citizenship by Descent

Many people who may now qualify for Canadian citizenship by descent worry that missing birth records, old certificates, or unclear family details will stop them from ...

IRCC Reviews Some Citizenship by Descent Files

Some new recipients of Canadian citizenship certificates are being told by the federal government to return those certificates while their files are reviewed again. The issue ...

IRCC Lets PNP Applicants Apply for Work Permits Before AOR

Canada has introduced a temporary change that can help some provincial nominee applicants keep working while waiting for permanent residence processing. Eligible people in Canada may ...

IRCC Reports 186-Day in-Canada Work Permit Wait

IRCC’s latest update shows shorter processing times for work permit applications and extensions filed from inside Canada. While the wait is still long, the drop is ...

Lewiston Families May Have Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Lewiston, Maine has deep French-Canadian roots, and that history may now matter in a very practical way. After changes to Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules, many people in ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Issues 108 PNP and AIP Invitations

Newfoundland and Labrador has held another immigration selection round, issuing 108 invitations through its provincial nominee system and the Atlantic Immigration Program. The latest draw shows ...

Canadian Citizenship by Descent Law May Affect Woonsocket

A new Canadian citizenship-by-descent law may affect thousands of people in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a city with deep French-Canadian roots. Many residents could already be Canadian ...

Canada Pauses 36,000 PR Applications Under Ebola Measures

Canada has paused thousands of immigration files and travel documents tied to Ebola-related public health measures affecting residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, ...

Quebec Surnames May Reveal Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Many people in the United States may have an unexpected path to Canadian citizenship through family history in Quebec. Old French-Canadian naming customs, translated surnames, and ...

Manitoba Closes MPNP Career Employment Pathway for Graduates

Manitoba has ended one of its permanent residence routes for international graduates. The province has closed the Career Employment Pathway under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program’s ...

Canada Considers High-Wage CRS Points for Express Entry

Canada is considering a new high-wage occupation factor under Express Entry that could give extra CRS points to candidates in well-paid jobs. This matters especially for ...

Atlantic Immigration Program Processing Falls to 26 Months

IRCC’s posted processing time for new Atlantic Immigration Program permanent residence applications has dropped sharply, falling from 38 months in May 2026 to 26 months in ...

Proof of Canadian Citizenship Wait Reaches 15 Months

Canada’s proof of citizenship process has become much slower, with IRCC now estimating about 15 months for routine applications and a queue of roughly 82,000 files. ...

Quebec Experience Program to Reopen in July 2026

Quebec has now confirmed that its Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) will reopen on July 2, 2026, after months of uncertainty. The programme will return for a ...

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Ecaterina Andoni

I am Ecaterina Andoni, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (R1041367) and founder of EverNorth Canada Immigration Solutions Inc. 

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