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July 22, 2024 —Ottawa—Last year, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season on record, which threatened the health, safety and economic stability of people in Canada and their communities. Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average. As our...
Proposed regulations would compel the schools to report to the Immigration Department whether a student is attending school and complying with permit requirements. Three issues have been identified that impact program integrity Under the existing regulations, the...
Processing times Processing times of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications can vary for many reasons, including the number of applications received by the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program. The table below, which is updated monthly, shows the...
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...
The Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills is cautioning the public concerning the circulation of fraudulent documents that claim to be issued by the department’s Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism. These fraudulent documents may include:...
June 7, 2024 To complement ongoing recruitment activities, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is introducing a new tuition relief program for nursing students at select campuses. For students entering nursing in September 2024, the new program will help...
Caregivers from abroad are invaluable to Canadian families. Their hard work makes a difference in the lives of those they care for, including children, seniors and persons with disabilities. As the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot come...
Canada is opening three new visa application centres (VACs) in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara, Mexico at the end of May to better serve applicants who want to travel to Canada. The new VACs will initially provide biometric collection services only, and then we...
The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today issued the following statement on increasing the number of applications that will be accepted into processing under the temporary special measures for Palestinian extended family in...
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is improving processing for spousal and partner applications by expanding its use of advanced analytics and other automated technology to all spousal and partner applications under the family class. Two new tools...