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BC PNP Sets 2026 Targets for Health Care and Child Care

British Columbia has set out how many provincial nominations it plans to reserve in 2026 for two high-need groups: health-care workers and early childhood educators. The ...

IRCC Updates Temporary Residence Processing Times

IRCC has posted new temporary residence processing estimates as of August 26, with notable movement for work permits, study permits, visitor visas, and super visas. The ...

Canada Extends Open Work Permits for Eligible Palestinians

Canada has extended a temporary public policy that lets certain people from Palestine, and some family members of Canadians who left Palestine after October 7, 2023, ...

IRCC Tightens Citizenship by Descent Proof Rules

IRCC has revised the proof of citizenship package for some citizenship-by-descent cases, with the biggest changes focused on how applicants prove a Canadian parent spent 1,095 ...

Canada Ends Citizenship by Descent Generation Limit

Recent changes to Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules may allow many people born outside Canada to claim citizenship through a Canadian parent, grandparent, or even more distant ancestor. ...

IRCC Extends LMIA Grace Period to 90 Days for TFWP Workers

Canada has extended an important grace period for certain in-Canada Temporary Foreign Worker Program applicants. Eligible workers can now submit proof of a positive or neutral ...

PEI PNP Invites 181 Workers in August Draw

Prince Edward Island has held another provincial immigration draw, inviting 181 workers already in the province to seek nomination. The latest round continued PEI’s 2026 focus ...

IRCC May Return Family Citizenship by Descent Files

Families who discover they may all qualify for Canadian citizenship by descent often assume one package is the easiest way to apply. But IRCC’s paper process ...

Quebec Records May Support Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Old Quebec family records can still support a Canadian citizenship by descent application, even when no modern birth certificate exists. A baptismal record may help prove ...

Canadian Citizenship by Descent May Apply to Lowell Families

Thousands of people in Massachusetts may now have an unexpected connection to Canada. A major citizenship law change has opened the door for some descendants of ...

IRCC Raises Most Temporary Residence Processing Times

IRCC has released fresh temporary residence processing estimates, and most categories now take longer than they did a week earlier. The biggest jumps were seen for ...

Canada Trails 2026 Permanent Residence Admissions Plan

New federal data shows Canada is behind its 2026 permanent residence admissions pace. By the end of June, IRCC had welcomed 155,800 new permanent residents, well ...

IRCC Invites 5,000 at CRS 382 in French Express Entry Draw

Canada has held another Express Entry draw for French-speaking candidates, issuing 5,000 invitations to apply for permanent residence. The latest round set a CRS cut-off of ...

IRCC Proof of Citizenship Backlog Rises as Processing Slows

New federal data shows Canada’s proof of citizenship system slowed sharply in June 2026, while the number of pending files kept rising. The change appears linked ...

IRCC Finalizes 2 Million Applications as Inventory Grows

IRCC has released a new snapshot of its application system, showing how many permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship files were finalized in the first half ...

IRCC Invites 1,000 CEC Candidates in Express Entry Draw

IRCC has held another Express Entry round, this time inviting 1,000 Canadian Experience Class candidates to apply for permanent residence. The latest draw came with a ...

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

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