Effective immediately the AINP is currently not accepting applications under the AINP U.S. Visa Holder Category and the AINP Family Stream. Applications postmarked on or before August 23, 2010 will be accepted for processing and will be processed according to AINP Processing Times and U.S. Visa Holder Category or Family Stream criteria. This change is [...]

Several changes have recently been made to the humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. A person cannot have two H&C applications pending at the same time and H&C decision makers will no longer consider risks that are assessed within Canada’s refugee protection process.   Risk of persecution based on [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has confirmed today that as police certificates are related to admissibility, rather than eligibility, at this time applicants will not be required to provide them when they submit their application to the Centralized Intake Office (CIO). Police certificates will be requested at a later point in the process. All other supporting [...]

On June 26, 2010 the Canadian government introduced a cap of 20,000 applications to be considered per year under the Federal Skilled Worker program. This cap applies to those who do not have an offer of arranged employment in Canada. The first year will begin on June 26, 2010, and end on June 30, 2011. [...]

The Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP) has been revised. Students holding a one year graduate degree or diploma from a provincially or territorially accredited post secondary educational/training institution in Canada after having obtained, within the prior two years, a diploma or degree from an accredited post-secondary educational/training institution in Canada may qualify for a three [...]

Proposed changes to Canada’s immigration laws have some Canadians with roots in South Asia worried that arranged marriages will face increased scrutiny from immigration officials. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is concerned some people are taking advantage of the current system through marriages of convenience. CIC has proposed amendments that would allow immigration officials to [...]