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September 28, 2017

Provisionally effective from 21st September 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union includes provisions for the entry of short-term business visitors and temporary foreign workers. CETA Business Mobility Overview The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada provisionally applies from 21st September […]

August 10, 2017

Effective 28th August 2017, Canadian employers who want to hire workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) will be required to use the new Job Match service when advertising a position on Job Bank, before they can apply for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). What is Job Match? The Job Match service will allow […]

June 14, 2017

On 12th June 2017, the Canadian government implemented its Global Skills Strategy (GSS), and provided further details of the two-year pilot program. Two-week work permit processing is available for certain highly skilled occupations under the Global Talent Stream (GTS) or the International Mobility Program (IMP). The Global Skills Strategy also encompasses two new work permit […]

May 4, 2017

Effective 28th April 2017, the Government of Canada has removed the condition that applied to some sponsored spouses or partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents to live with their sponsor for two years in order to keep their permanent resident status. Effective 24th October 2017, the Canadian government will reset the age of dependency […]

April 24, 2017

From 1st May 2017, nationals of Brazil, Bulgaria and Romania will be able to enter Canada with an Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) rather than a visa, if: They have held a Canadian visa at any time in the ten years preceding their travel, or They have held a US non-immigrant visa at any time. From […]

April 20, 2017

Changes to the Express Entry System Canadian Immigration is making heavy use of the Express Entry system in 2017.  There have been 10 draws since January and each draw has resulted in at least 3,500 invitations being issued.  The scores of the lowest ranked invited candidates have been dropping steadily as well.  The most recent […]

December 20, 2016

The Canadian government has cancelled a regulation that restricted most temporary foreign workers from staying in Canada for more than four years. Background In April 2011, the previous Conservative government implemented a regulation that required many foreign workers to leave…

December 14, 2016

On 1st December 2016, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) lifted the visa requirement for Mexican citizens. Mexican citizens flying to or transiting through Canada will now require an electronic travel authorization (eTA), which they can apply for online. Mexican citizens…

December 1, 2016

Immigration Minister John McCallum confirmed that government will introduce new work permit programs aimed at supporting high growth companies in attracting highly skilled talent from around the world. The Global Skills Strategy has three components: A two-week processing standard for…

November 17, 2016

The Government of Canada is making changes to the Express Entry immigration program that are designed to level the playing field between various types of work permit holders who apply for permanent residence. The new rules comes into effect on…