Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced a significant change in how they calculate processing times for certain applications, introducing forward-looking processing times. This update aims to provide applicants with more accurate estimates of how long it will take to process their applications, helping them better plan their immigration journey. What Programs Are Affected?...
The First Express Entry Draw of 2023 Invited 5,500 Candidates
As part of the Express Entry program, Canada held its first draw of the year today and the first since November 23. There were 5,500 candidates invited by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) whose Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores were at least 507. All of these programs operate through the Express Entry system and...
Canada is Fighting Critical Shortage of Healthcare Professionals – It’s the right time for Foreign Nursing Workers!
Canada’s healthcare sector is currently fighting an acute shortage of healthcare professionals across the country that has been termed ‘endemic’. The sector is going through a high rate of burnout and staff shortages. According to the report by Statistics Canada, the number of job vacancies has increased by almost 92 percent from September to December...
Goodbye Status Quo—Time to Prepare for the New Post-Pandemic Canada Immigration Landscape
Let things go back to as they were—this is probably the best way to describe the world’s efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. We all want to go back to the times when we could go out, travel, meet our loved ones, work in offices, and lead our lives without any worries about masks,...

