The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (‘OINP’) has recently been allocated 6,600 nominations, this is an increase of 600 spots from last year. Foreign nationals seeking permanent residence under several streams within the OINP stand to benefit. As in previous years, applicants under any of the Ontario Express Entry streams must receive a Notification of Interest “NOI”; they then have 45 days to apply to the OINP. The NOI is issued within the federal Express Entry pre-sele

I have good news. The Canadian government has recently extended a pilot program that allows spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents to obtain ‘Open’ Work Permits while they await permanent residence processing (from within Canada). The pilot program has been extended to January 31, 2019. In the past, spouses and common-law partners had to wait for an approval-in-principle of their residency application before they could apply for a work

On December 22, 2017, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) announced that Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be able to take the first step in applying to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada, when the Parents and Grandparents Program reopens in 2018. IRCC introduced a new process in 2017 of application intake for sponsoring parents and grandparents. Potential sponsors must first notify IRCC that they are interested in sponsoring the