Canada ends automatic 10-year multiple-entry visas

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:45:14 +0000

This shift is aimed at tightening Canada’s immigration rules, with a focus on improving national security and enhancing the scrutiny of individual applications.

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Canada expands special measures to include visa applicants affected by coronavirus outbreak in Iran and South Korea

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:00:07 +0000

The Canadian immigration department is working to accommodate visa applicants from China, Iran and South Korea as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) causes service disruptions and travel restrictions. Nationals of these three countries who have applied for a Canadian visa, but who are unable to comply with certain requirements due to circumstances beyond their control, […]

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Foreign nationals now need biometrics to apply for permanent residence from within Canada

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:25:59 +0000

Service centres across Canada are now open to take biometrics for foreign nationals applying to stay in the country. Prior to December 3, only immigration candidates applying from outside of Canada had to submit their fingerprints and photo. Unless they are exempt, biometrics are now required for those who are applying from within Canada for: […]

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Foreign nationals now need to submit biometrics to apply for permanent residence within Canada

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:25:59 +0000

Service centres across Canada are now open to take biometrics for foreign nationals applying to stay in the country. Prior to December 3, only immigration candidates applying from outside of Canada had to submit their fingerprints and photo. Unless they are exempt, biometrics are now required for those who are applying from within Canada for: […]

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Temporary Resident Visa refusals on the rise, says new report


Canada refused more than a quarter of all temporary resident visa applications in 2017 — and 30 per cent in the first three months of 2018, the Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting. The report, published July 8, is based on data obtained by the Globe and Mail from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) […]

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