Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced some major changes for international students, their spouses and LMIA applicants. IRCC Announcements for Students IRCC has finally released the quota of Canada Study Permits to be issued in 2025, which is 437,000. This is 10% fewer permits to be issued than the…
The Canadian government has extended its financial assistance plan to help students achieve their academic goals. The extension will allow CAN $300 a week to support full-time post-graduate students. The recent changes to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program will further bring a 40% increase to Canada Student Grants so that…
The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the latest 309th Express Entry draw on August 14, 2024. The 309th round of invitations was a program-specific draw for the Canadian Experience Class. With an ITA, applicants can immigrate to Canada by applying for a PR visa through the Express Entry pathway…
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Minister, Marc Miller, has proposed some new changes for temporary residents arriving in Canada. If the propositions are approved, it would put a stricter limit on the number of temporary residents arriving in the country. However, this doesn’t mean you couldn’t apply for permanent residence. …
To answer your question, “what is Student Direct Stream (SDS)?” Student Direct Stream (SDS) is a program that processes a Canada study permit faster. Most of the time, the program takes less than 20 calendar days to process a study permit application. However, this program is only for students applying from…
The Canada co-op work permit is applied by an international student if their study program requires them to complete a work placement. Though it’s not a requirement for all study programs, if your curriculum requires you to complete work placement, you must apply for a co-op work permit with your study…
IRCC announced the latest #307 Express Entry draw exclusively for the Canadian Experience Class. Applicants with an ITA can immigrate to Canada by applying for a PR visa through Express Entry. Type of Draw: Program-Specific Draw for Canadian Experience Class Date of Draw: 31st July 2024 Day of Draw: Wednesday Time…
The 306th Express Entry draw was a program-specific round of invitations that exclusively invited provincial nominees. Applicants must apply for Canada PR through the Express Entry within 6 months of getting the ITA in the latest draw. Type of Draw: Program-Specific Draw for Provincial Nominee Program Date of Draw: 30th July…
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted the latest Express Entry draw (#305) on 18 July, 2024 (just like we predicted, once again). The draw was for French-speaking skilled workers, eligible for any one of the following programs: The CRS cut-off required for this round was just 400 points, which is…
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted the first Express Entry draw of the week for French-speaking skilled workers, in which it invited 3,200 applicants to apply for permanent residence. The CRS considered in the Express Entry draw #302 was 420. The Express Entry draw #302 was held on 08 July…
The latest 298th Express Entry draw was another program-specific round of invitations exclusively for provincial nominees. Express Entry Draw #298 Date of Draw: 19.06.2024 Day of Draw: Wednesday Time of Draw: 14:37:26 UTC Type of Draw: Provincial Nominee Program Specific Draw CRS score cut-off: 663 ITAs issued: 1499 IRCC announced the…
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has taken some positive steps to expedite the processing time of spousal and partner applications under the Family Sponsorship program. IRCC has introduced two new tools that will automate the task of processing the majority of the applications. The routine cases will first be approved…
