Pilot exempting certain family members from lifetime sponsorship ban now in effect

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:04:48 +0000

A new two-year pilot begins today that will allow sponsorship applications for certain family members who would normally be banned from obtaining permanent residence under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.  The pilot concerns non-accompanying family members who were not examined and in some cases were not even declared when a foreign national applied for […]

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Open Work Permit Pilot for sponsored spouses and common-law partners in Canada extended

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:23:46 +0000

Canada’s federal government is extending its Open Work Permit Pilot for sponsored spouses and common-law partners who are living in Canada and in the process of applying for permanent residence under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class.   Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the Open Work Permit Pilot program, which was set […]

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