Understanding the RESP: A Helpful Savings Tool for Your Child’s Future Education Planning for a child’s post-secondary education may feel like a big step—especially when you’re new to Canada and learning the financial system. A Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) offers a helpful way to start saving early for university,...

Most applicants for Canadian citizenship will have to complete a self-administered online citizenship test (with up to three attempts permitted), as new instructions from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) indicate this format is now the default. This information is part of the latest instructions for officers published on the...

The UK government will soon be ceasing the issuance of study visas to nationals of four countries: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan. This marks a first-of-its-kind implementation, following rocketing levels of asylum claims made by students of these nationalities between 2021 and 2025 (+470%) once in the UK. Canada, however,...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released the latest processing times for major categories of applications filed from outside the country. The revision covers a wide range of immigration streams, including Canada PR, citizenship, visitor visas, study permits, work permits, and family sponsorship.If you have a pending application or are...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has released its latest processing time estimates for all temporary residence, permanent residence, and citizenship applications. Most notably, in-land spousal sponsorship (within Quebec) wait times increased by one month, while Parent and Grandparent (PGP) sponsorship both within and outside Quebec decreased by one month....

Canada’s passport continues its upward trajectory in the latest Henley Global Passport Rankings—now moving up from eighth to seventh place globally, since the start of the year. Canadians now enjoy visa-free travel to 182 destinations worldwide. The Canadian passport also remains the strongest in North America, soundly outranking the American...

The city of Kelowna has released the priority sectors and occupations being targeted under the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP) in 2026. This year, Kelowna—located in south-central British Columbia on the east shore of the Okanagan Valley—has added an additional priority sector and eight new in-demand occupations. Consult with an...

Canada's federal government has announced a significant change to its immigration settlement program. Starting April 1, 2026, economic immigrants, including Express Entry applicants and those arriving through Provincial Nominee Programs. It will no longer have unlimited access to federally funded settlement services.Instead, a time cap will be introduced, gradually reducing...

A major immigration bill under its third reading by the Senate has been subject to two amendments, one to protect the privacy of permanent residents and Canadian citizens, and another to provide oversight oversight to the proposed limitations on asylum claims. Assess your eligibility for Canadian permanent residence The Senate...

Growing up in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Jeanette watched the women in her family follow a familiar path—leaving school young, entering early marriages, and stepping into motherhood far too […] The post Defying the Odds All Along appeared first on The Immigrant Story....

For many newcomers and future immigrants to Canada, the CELPIP Test is a major milestone on the path to permanent residency, citizenship, or professional accreditation. While some test takers feel confident in listening and speaking, the writing component is often the most challenging part of the exam. Book a CELPIP...

As of 12 p.m. on March 9, the Northwest Territories Nominee Program (NTNP) is officially opening its Employer-Driven and Francophone Streams for candidate consideration. This comes following the Program switching to an Expression of Interest (EOI) model for its Employer-Driven Stream in late February of this year. The NTNP will...

Newfoundland and Labrador has conducted its first draw of 2026. This is also the first invitation round, which invited candidates through its newly launched Expression of Interest (EOI) system. Canada continues to expand immigration opportunities for skilled workers through its provincial programs.However, in the previous year, Newfoundland and Labrador invited...

Canada has launched two new work permit pathways for youth from Portugal and Taiwan, under the “Young Professionals” stream of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. These are: The Young Professionals Taiwanese Global Pathfinder Initiative (TGPI) pathway (for Taiwanese nationals); and The Young Professionals Inov Contacto pathway (For Portuguese nationals)....

Canada has announced a temporary pause on the removal of select inadmissible Israeli and Lebanese nationals in Canada holding temporary or permanent residence status. Due to the current conflict in Israel and Lebanon posing a “generalized risk to the entire civilization population,” those deemed inadmissible and to be removed, as...

Processing times for Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) have increased for nearly all streams of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)—despite a reduction in temporary foreign worker admissions in 2026. The most notable increase can be seen for the TFWP’s high-wage stream, which applies to jobs paying at or above...