Temporary Resident Visas

Restoration of TR status: eligibility

Further to the above, to be eligible for TR status restoration, applicants must:

Business applications: Over 800,000

Despite record-high PNP draws in the first three months of 2022, Canada has only invited 6,488 Express Entry candidates so far this year.

Canada has been playing catch-up this past quarter, resulting in a relatively slow start to the year for Express Entry.

Express Entry selection report starting from January 2015 to March. 4 draws have been done so far. Here is a brief report:

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has put into practice new procedures intended to accelerate family reunification, ensuring that dependants and spouses who may not otherwise be eligible to come to Canada, now have a pathway to reunite with their families.

The Federal Court has ruled that students do not need to pay all or part of their tuition fees for a study permit application

A majority of Canadians continue to hold positive views on key aspects of immigration and few see immigrants and refugees as a pressing national concern, a new Environics Institute survey has found.

Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa all made the list due to large immigrant populations.

It is illegal to drive in Canada without a valid driver’s license and valid car insurance.

The pilot program was introduced in 2017 under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Global Talent Stream works to fast track work visa applications for eligible foreign workers with skills required by Canadian employers in fields such as Information Technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Employers in the Canadian tech industry can fast-track hiring highly skilled foreign talent through the Global Talent Stream.

In a bid to improve client service, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is completely digitizing the application submission process for Canada’s inland and outland spousal and common-law partner sponsorship programs.

The Entry/Exit program allows Canadian border services to communicate traveller information with Immigration Canada.

If you have a parent or grandparent abroad with whom you wish to have regular visits or extended stays, the Super Visa may be an option for your family.

Canadians will head to the polls in October to elect a new federal government, which could bring ‎changes to Canada’s current immigration policies. ‎

Whether you have a minor or major offence on your record, it is important to plan ahead of your trip to Canada.

This year marks the first since the start of the pandemic that Canada is fully open to tourists.

Canada imposed travel restrictions on tourists in March 2020 and lifted them for those fully vaccinated in late summer 2021. Effective April 1st, fully vaccinated tourists do not need to complete a COVID-19 test before entering Canada.

This is good news for tourists since Canada is making it much easier to visit the country.

If you are American or Mexican, you may be eligible for a work permit under CUSMA.

To be born in Canada can be a dream come true.

The Canadian government facilitates work permit processing for foreign tv and film industry workers.

Maintained status allows temporary residents to retain their legal status in Canada while waiting for IRCC to process their application to extend their temporary stay.