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12/08/2025

Finally, Canada is addressing seriously the shortage of physicians in the country and taking promising steps to hire foreign physicians.

In support of the Budget 2025 commitment to fill critical labour gaps with high-skilled talent, the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and Maggie Chi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, today announced new measures to support Canada’s h...

08/27/2025

08/01/2025

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/officer-decision-notes.html

We now include the officer’s decision notes with the refusal letter to better explain why an application was refused

07/26/2024

https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/ircc-update-on-canada-immigration-backlog/

A new IRCC update on Canada's immigration backlog shows that there were 2,292,400 applications under processing, up from 2,220,000 reported in the previous

07/02/2024

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2024/06/canada-improves-fairness-for-applicants-by-ending-post-graduation-work-permit-flagpoling.html

A safe and secure flow of goods and people across the Canada–United States border is critical to North America’s economy and the close person-to-person ties that Canadians and Americans enjoy. That’s why we continue to look for ways to make it easier and faster to cross the border without comp...

04/20/2023

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/labour-disruptions.html

The Public Service Alliance of Canada declared a general strike beginning Wednesday, April 19th. As a result, bargaining groups representing 159,000 public servants are on strike. These employees provide a range of services for the public.

03/17/2023

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2023/03/canada-announces-extension-of-post-graduation-work-permits-for-up-to-18-months-to-retain-high-skilled-talent.html

Employers are facing unprecedented challenges in finding and retaining the workers they need during this period of economic recovery and growth.

01/24/2023

"Nursing is the only career I've ever wanted but I just don’t have any fight left in me"

12/25/2022

10/18/2022

Beware!!

According to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project, several fake Canadian visa ads are appearing on Facebook and WhatsApp, targeting migrant hopefuls and stealing their data.

05/21/2022

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/migrate/canada-hikes-funds-required-to-be-eligible-for-pr-via-express-entry-route/articleshow/91659149.cms

Candidates have until June 8 to update their profiles if they do not meet the new targets. Updating an Express Entry profile will not affect your application timeline.

05/19/2022

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/migrate/canada-plans-to-cut-down-express-entry-wait-time-back-to-6-months/amp_articleshow/91655976.cms

This will take effect once IRCC resumes Express Entry invitations to Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian experience class (CEC), and Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) candidates in early July.