Canada Open Work Permit: Effective January 21, 2025, Canada has introduced stricter eligibility criteria for family Open Work Permits (OWPs), limiting them to spouses of specific foreign workers and ...

The IRCC announced in August 2024 the early termination of a public policy allowing visitors to apply for work permits from within the country, effective immediately. The policy had been introduced in ...

But, not all hope is lost as Canada will prepare to launch a new pilot by the end of 2026 that better targets entrepreneurs ...

Canada’s Global Talent Stream fast-tracks work permits for tech and specialist roles, with many approvals in as little as two ...

Canada has barred holders of visitor visas from applying for work permits while inside the country, effective immediately. This was made known by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC ...

Canada has updated immigration guidelines, empowering officers to cancel already-issued visitor visas, study permits, and work permits. This shift emphasizes ongoing compliance with immigration ...

Indian applicants are seeing mixed trends in Canada’s latest visa processing updates. Study permits from India now take around four weeks, but in-Canada extensions still stretch to 12 weeks. Work ...

The decision marks the end of a program that has been in operation for over a decade, but which has faced growing criticism over long processing times ...