Civics Canada - Immigration Services

Reminder: If you received an Invitation to Apply for the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP), you have until December 24, 2022, 11:59 pm EST to submit your application online in the Permanent Residence Portal.

From November 15, 2022, until December 31, 2023, international students who are in Canada and who have off-campus work authorization on their study permit will not be restricted by the 20-hour-per-week rule. Foreign nationals who have already submitted a study permit application, as of today, will also be able to benefit from this temporary change, provided their application is approved.

🔔Important update on Express Entry

Starting July 6th, 2022, qualified candidates will be invited to apply for permanent residency from the following programs:

1.Federal Skilled Worker program
2.Federal Skilled Trades program
3.Canadian Experience Class

Extending post-graduate work permits to international graduates whose permits expired or will expire between September 20th, 2021 and December 31, 2022.

With over 100M displaced people around the 🌎, we’re reminded more than ever that nobody chooses to be a refugee. - Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Enhancements to the super visa program for parents and grandparents will help reunite families more easily and for longer...

From July 4, 2022, IRCC will increase the length of stay for super visa holders to 5 years per entry into Canada
People who have a super visa also have the option to request to extend their stay by up to 2 years while in Canada. https://t.co/2WcMmKUD7x

Unless you’re eating, drinking, or taking oral medication, you are required by law to wear an approved face covering at all times while on board a plane, train or ship. Travellers who do not comply could be fined. - https://www.facebook.com/TransportandInfrastructureinCanada

Fees for all permanent residence applications will increase on April 30, 2022. Full details here: http://ow.ly/o11w50IB6Ki

Civics Canada - Immigration Services updated their business hours.

It is an offence to provide false documents or information to IRCC officials. If you do so, your application will be refused and you can face serious consequences.

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to Canada's health-care sector.
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White heavy 36% of physicians
White heavy 23% of registered nurses
White heavy 37% of pharmacists

IRCC - International students: we’re extending the time you can study online from outside Canada and have it count towards PGWP eligibility. You can:
✅count the online study time from March 2020 to August 31, 2022
✅complete up to 100% of your studies online and be eligible for a PGWP

Beware if you are encouraged to lie on your immigration application.

Set to launch by September 2021, the Permanent Residence Online Application Portal will allow authorized immigration representatives to submit permanent residence applications online on behalf of their clients.

On August 9, 🇺🇸 citizens and PRs who are fully vaccinated will be able to enter 🇨🇦 for non-essential travel. On September 7, all fully vaccinated travellers will be able to enter 🇨🇦for non-essential travel!

IRCC aims to receive up to 40,000 complete applications in 2021—10,000 from the 2020 intake process and 30,000 from 2021.

Beginning July 26, 2021 individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residence will be eligible for a new open work permit while awaiting the results of their application.

Fully vaccinated travellers to Canada must:
•Be eligible to enter the country
•Have a full series of a -accepted vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen)
•Have received your last dose 14+ days before entry
•Upload your proof of vaccination in ArriveCAN.

Before starting your application process with an , you should check that they are licensed and hold an ‘active’ status on ICCRC’s Public Register: http://bit.ly/2LLrEjv

The first phase of easing border measures will begin July 5 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. These changes will apply only to travellers who are eligible to enter Canada and who are fully vaccinated with

approved vaccines. http://ow.ly/w6AY50FgevF

Important news for Permanent Residents (PRs)! Effective today, PR applicants who hold a valid Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CoPR) including those approved after March 18, 2020, are now eligible to travel to Canada.
holders will be subject to public health & safety protocols at the border.