Please be warned that multiple IRCC filing fees are changing on April 30, 2024. If you are doubtful whether you will be able to file your application ...

On October 16, 2023 I wrote about the growing backlog of refugee claims. In the five months since I wrote that article, things have become worse! As ...

The rules surrounding issuance of study permits and postgraduate work permits changed on January 22, 2024. Here are four major changes: A cap of ...

Two new programs were announced at the end of December: one with regard to people in or from Sudan (December 28, 2023), and the other for people affec...

On December 1, 2023 with less than two days notice, IRCC changed a number of filing fees. The new fees are weird. The cost of an application for "crim...

Bowing to political pressure, IRCC has decided to make it harder to obtain study permits. Among these changes is an increase in the amount of money a...

Sometime in the fall of this year (IRCC is being very vague on details) IRCC will open spots for permanent resident status for 11,000 people from...

According to the Refugee Protection Division's web site, in the first six months of 2023 the IRB processed 24,498 refugee claims. By the end of August...

On September 8, 2023 IRCC announced that between October 10 and 23, 2023, IRCC will send out 24,200 invitations to apply to potential sponsors. The in...

A few weeks ago, IRCC started to give priority to a few limited occupation categories when issuing Invitations To Apply under Express Entry. Prio...