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IRCC has updated form IMM 0017 (Letter of explanation – Open work permit for vulnerable workers), changing its modification date from 2025-12 to 2026-07. Practitioners should ensure they use the most current version o…
Read the changeAlberta Advantage Immigration Program – Processing information | Alberta.ca
Alberta updated its processing information and draw results as of July 15, 2026. Key updates include significant advancement in 'currently assessing' dates for the Rural Renewal Stream (moved from March 2 to June 19) …
Read the change · 5 citationsAlberta Advantage Immigration Program – Updates | Alberta.ca
Alberta launched the Graduate Entrepreneur Stream in October 2020 and announced the Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream to attract international graduate entrepreneurs.
Read the changeFAQs - Skilled Workers | Manitoba Immigration
This update establishes core eligibility exclusions for the MPNP Skilled Worker streams, including bans on applications from refugee claimants, live-in caregivers in Canada, and those with active applications in other…
Read the change · 5 citationsCanada Gazette, Part II: Volume 160 - Canada.ca
Regular edition containing enacted regulations SOR/2026-3 to 14 and statutory instruments SI/2026-1 to 2. This is early in 2026 and may include carry-over immigration regulatory changes from late 2025.
Read the changeUpdates - Canada.ca
A new Program Delivery Update (PDU) has been added to the top of the list, dated July 15, 2026: "Temporary resident permit [R208(b) – H82] – Humanitarian reasons – International Mobility Program" (category: tr). This …
Read the change · 2 citationsYou Belong in Nova Scotia | Live in NS
A new news article dated July 14, 2026 has been added as the top item on the Nova Scotia homepage: "Update: Nova Scotia Nominee Program and Atlantic Immigration Program 2026 Selection Priorities." It announces a one-t…
Read the change · 4 citationsCanada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 160, Number 25: Rules Amending the Refugee Protection Division Rules
The IRB launched a written consultation on RPD and RAD Rules on June 25, 2025, receiving 11 submissions from IRB Consultative Committee stakeholders (including CARL, CCR, CBA, CAPIC, legal aid organizations, and UNHCR…
Read the changeWelcomeBC - Immigrate to BC - WelcomeBC
WelcomeBC's BC PNP overview page was substantially restructured as of June 17, 2026 to introduce a formal three-pillar priority framework (Care, Build, Innovate) with full sector-specific NOC occupation lists and ITA …
Read the changeWelcomeBC - Immigrate to BC - WelcomeBC
Both the Skilled Worker and Health Authority streams require a minimum language proficiency of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 4 as a condition of eligibility.
Read the changeManitoba Immigration | Make Manitoba Your New Home
Manitoba has opted into temporary measures under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to support rural employers, announced April 16, 2026. This may expand or ease LMIA-based work permit pathways for rural Mani…
Read the changeFind out if you need a work permit - Canada.ca
The entire Formula 1 Grand Prix worker exemption section has been removed from the page. Previously, the page explicitly stated that F1 staff attending the May 2026 Grand Prix event do not need a work permit if they h…
Read the change · 2 citationsWelcomeBC - Immigrate to BC - WelcomeBC
The BEFORE version contained only navigation/page-chrome markup; the AFTER version is the full substantive page content for BC PNP Skills Immigration workers. Key policy details now visible include: CLB 4 minimum lang…
Read the change · 10 citationsCanada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 160, Number 25: Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Asylum System Reform)
Removes the regulatory requirement for IRCC/CBSA officers to schedule IRB refugee hearings and repeals prescribed time limits for scheduling hearings and rendering decisions, formalizing the IRB's de facto scheduling …
Read the change2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Updates | ontario.ca
As part of Phase 1 of the OINP redesign, eight former streams have been permanently closed: Employer Job Offer (Foreign Worker, In-Demand Skills, International Student), Masters Graduate, PhD Graduate, Express Entry H…
Read the changeImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada - Ministerial instructions - Canada.ca
Ministerial Instructions covering temporary measures, pilot programs, and modifications to other temporary and permanent residency programs outside of Express Entry.
Read the changePost-graduation work permit: Who can apply - Canada.ca
The substantive change is in the language requirement for graduates of college, polytechnic, or non-university programs. The BEFORE text was truncated before revealing the CLB threshold for this category; the AFTER te…
Read the change · 6 citationsExpress Entry: Rounds of invitations - Canada.ca
IRCC updated the status notice for Express Entry French-language proficiency round #418 (May 28, 2026). The BEFORE text stated that IRCC was aware some eligible candidates had not received invitations and was reviewin…
Read the change · 2 citationsImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
The AFTER version appends the full inline text of the amending regulations (SOR/2020-91 s. 5 and SOR/2022-142 s. 7) directly beneath the consolidated section, which was absent in the BEFORE version. Notably, the newly…
Read the change · 1 citationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
The AFTER version adds the full legislative text of SOR/2022-142, s. 6, which was previously cited but not reproduced. The newly displayed amendment text confirms: (1) subparagraphs 200(1)(c)(ii.1) and (iii) were form…
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