International Students and Foreign Workers targeted: Canadian Government announced tougher visa rules

Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced additional tightening measures to Canada’s Temporary Resident Program in response to the country’s economic needs and labour market conditions. Miller emphasized the reduction of temporary residents in Canada, upholding the integrity of the immigration system, protecting vulnerable people, mitigating fraud and ensuring program compliance is strictly enforced. Immigration Minister
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Canada ends In-Country work permits for visitors

In a surprising move, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced on August 28, 2024, that it would terminate a temporary policy allowing certain visitors to apply for work permits from within the country. This policy, introduced in August 2020, aimed to assist foreign nationals who were unable to leave Canada due to COVID-19 travel
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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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Alberta shutdown hiring of temporary foreign workers to save jobs for Albertans

The provincial government of Alberta announced recently that they will shut down the temporary foreign worker program starting November 1, 2020. Thousands of Albertans lost their jobs since the start of the pandemic. That is why the province shut down tits Temporary Foreign Worker Program so that more than 1,000 jobs can be made available
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