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Express Entry rounds in the future could invite candidates based on occupation, language, or education.

The Canadian government is planning changes to the Express Entry system, which would allow the immigration minister to invite candidates based on an economic goal.

Three charter flights are being provided for Ukrainians to travel from Poland to three different Canadian provinces.

Over the next few weeks, Ukrainians who have been approved under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET) and their family members will have access to chartered flights to Canada.

IRCC will now allow physicians who are already in Canada to apply for PR under Express Entry programs.

IRCC is looking to welcome 31,500 French-speaking permanent residents (PRs) in 2025 and 36,000 newcomers under the same category in 2026 for admission outside Quebec.

IRCC announced a cap of 292,000 new study permits for college and undergraduate students out of an overall intake of 360,000 for 2024, aimed at managing "unsustainable growth" in the international student program.

Perhaps, it’s finally time to stop hiding

Effective February 28, travellers can come to Canada with an antigen test and unvaccinated children will no longer have to quarantine.
All international flights to all Canadian airports will resume starting February 28.

In addition, the immigration minister may designate international medical insurance companies to provide coverage to Super Visa applicants in the future.

IRCC has just announced major reforms to the Parents and Grandparents Super Visa.

IRCC has just announced the process for the PGP 2022. Canada will hold a PGP lottery yet again, drawing from the autumn 2020 interest to sponsor pool.

IRCC Minister Sean Fraser is set to announce a new immigration pathway that aims to connect employers in Canada with skilled refugees and displaced persons.

Effective March 1, 2023, new measures will make it easier for Iranians already in Canada to extend their temporary stay and move between temporary streams.

Canada introduces an action plan to attract French speaking immigrants. The new Action Plan includes $1.4 billion over five years in addition to the $2.7 billion in the previous Action Plan. This adds up to over $4.1 billion over five years. It is the largest amount ever provided by a government to support official languages.

A growing number of Canadians report that French is their first official language. IRCC announced the goal of 4.4% of French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec by 2023.

Asia

IRCC’s primary objective in Asia is migration management and refugee protection.

The Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) is reopening on May 21st, 2024, as announced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

The inventory across all lines of business has progressed as follows since July 2021:

The backlog has grown by nearly 300,000 people since June.

The backlog has grown by nearly 260,000 persons over the past month.IRCC’s backlog has grown to 2.4 million persons.The backlog has grown by 257,499 persons over the past month, largely due to a significant increase in temporary residence applications.The citizenship inventory stands at 394,664 applications as of June 1, 2022.The permanent residence inventory stands at 522,047 persons as of June 6.The temporary residence inventory has grown to 1,471,173 persons, also as of June 6.The backlog has progressed as follows since last summer:

IRCC's temporary residence inventory increased with the introduction of the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel.

The followings are the priority list of jobs that the immigration minister is committed to complete prior to winter: