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Canada’s immigration backlog now exceeds 2 million persons

CIC News Canada’s immigration backlog now exceeds 2 million persons Immigration Canada’s processing inventory now stands at more than 2 million people across all lines of business. The temporary and permanent residence backlog has increased. Meanwhile, the citizenship backlog went down to about 400,000 persons in April, compared to more than 453,000 in March. The…

Canada’s Express Entry backlog has declined by nearly 24,000 persons since December

CIC News Canada’s Express Entry backlog has declined by nearly 24,000 persons since December Canada’s economic class immigration backlog stands at 231,187 people waiting on decisions for their applications, according to February 28 data provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). At the beginning of February 2022, the economic class inventory stood at 230,573…

Travellers must be fully vaccinated to enter Canada starting January 15

CIC News Travellers must be fully vaccinated to enter Canada starting January 15 Travellers to Canada will now have to be fully vaccinated in order to enter to country. Some exempt travellers may still enter, but will be subject to testing, quarantine and other public health measures. Canada already required non-essential travellers from foreign countries…

Canada to recognize more vaccines, will soon require international students and workers to be fully vaccinated

CIC News Canada to recognize more vaccines, will soon require international students and workers to be fully vaccinated Canada announced several new measures at the border that will begin to take effect at the end of the month. Starting November 30, Canada will expand the list of COVID-19 vaccines that travellers can receive to be…