Marjorie Carmona Newman is a REGULATED CANADIAN IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT based in Edmonton, Alberta. She is currently a Board of Director of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC). A recipient of CAPIC's Members Service Award for six consecutive years (2017-2023). A recipient of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in Dec 2022 and the 2023 Golden Balangay Winner for Excellence in Community Service.

Canada to reduce work experience requirements for caregivers to qualify for permanent residence

Caregivers and employers welcomed the recent announcement from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or IRCC that Canadian work experience required for a caregiver to qualify for permanent residence is being reduced from 24 months to 12 months. This means that caregivers and their families will now benefit from a faster path to permanent residence. Those
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Family members of workers under the low wage stream not eligible for the open work permit under the new public policy

On December 2, 2022, Canada’s Immigration Minister, the Honourable Sean Fraser announced that Canada is extending open work permits to family members of temporary foreign workers at all skill levels. Starting January 2023, through a temporary 2-year measure, Canada will extend open work permit to spouses, common-law partners and working age dependent children. This is
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Canada accepted 431,645 Permanent Residents in 2022

IRCC announced that they have reached their target of 431,645 permanent residents in 2022 surpassing their previous record from 2021. This represents the largest number of people welcomed in a year, in Canadian history. Prior to setting a new record for admissions in 2021, the last time Canada welcomed such a large number of newcomers
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Family members of Temporary Foreign Workers at all skill levels can apply for open work permit starting January 2023.

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Sean Fraser announced recently that family members of temporary foreign workers will be eligible for open work permits starting January 2023. According to Fraser, expanding the eligibility of work permits to family members accompanying the principal applicant to Canada will help address labour shortages. This is a temporary
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Canada to accept 500,000 permanent residents by 2025

Last Week, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Sean Fraser, tabled Canada’s 2022 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration. As per the report, the government announced that its target for 2025 was to admit 500,000 new permanent residents. Year 2023 Year 2024 Year 2025 465,000 485,000 500,000 Based on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
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IRCC announced temporary lifting on the work hours for international students

Beginning November 15, 2023 until December 31, 2023, international students who are in Canada and who have off-campus work authorization on their study permit will no longer be restricted by the 20 hour per week rule. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Sean Fraser announced recently the temporary lifting of the 20 hour per week cap on
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IRCC inventories and transitioning to online applications for permanent residence

IRCC recently made several announcements to reduce backlogs and improve client experience. It was reported that as shown on the table below (as of July 21, 2022), IRCC is managing over 1 million applications from their inventories. In 2021, they finalized 1.7 million decisions across their lines of business. IRCC’S goal is to process 80%
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Temporary public policy to facilitate the issuance of an Open Work Permit to former or current post-graduation work permit (PGWP).

IRCC paused on sending out invitations to apply for the Federal skilled and Canadian Experience Class streams thru Express Entry since September 2021 until July 2022 which impacted many post graduation work permit holders (PGWP). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced a temporary public policy to allow eligible PGWP holders to apply within a
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Open Work Permit for applicants and eligible family members abroad under the TR to PR pathway

IRCC announced on April 14, 2021, temporary public policies that aims to transition foreign nationals already living and working in Canada to permanent residence. To support these permanent resident public policies, the Temporary public policy to exempt certain applicants from work permit requirements has been issued to provide exemptions from certain requirements of the Immigration,
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IRCC introduces enhancements to the super visa program for parents and grandparents!

Early this month, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Sean Fraser announced changes to Canada’s super visa program. He said that these changes will make it easier for Canadians and permanent residents to reunite with their parents and grandparents in Canada and will allow parents and grandparents with the super visa to
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