Immigration Update
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Starting January 1, 2026, Alberta's Rural Renewal Stream will operate under stricter guidelines as the province responds to reduced federal immigration allocations.
The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has announced caps on community endorsements, introduced a one-year validity period for candidate letters, and implemented a skills-based endorsement framework.
Foreign nationals already in Canada will now need valid work permits during both the application and assessment stages.
These adjustments come as growing program popularity has pushed endorsement requests beyond available nomination spaces, forcing Alberta to prioritize rural development, economic diversification, and filling critical labour shortages across the province.
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A federal initiative designed to help Canadian employers hire skilled refugees from overseas is facing serious challenges, with processing times ballooning from an initial six months to 54 months.
The Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, launched in 2018 to address labour shortages by connecting businesses with qualified refugee workers, has left more than 20 companies struggling with production cuts and lost revenue while applicants remain in precarious situations abroad.
Refugees with confirmed job offers are experiencing arrests, evictions, and food insecurity during the extended wait. Despite government assurances about sustainable immigration levels, the delays are affecting critical sectors, including healthcare, engineering, agriculture, and construction.
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Ontario's Immigrant Nominee Program has suspended the Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream following a comprehensive review that uncovered widespread compliance issues and fraudulent activity.
The investigation revealed systemic misrepresentation affecting applicants' eligibility assessments, prompting officials to halt new applications indefinitely.
All pending applications will be returned with full refunds as authorities work to address vulnerabilities in the current system.
The suspension reflects growing concerns that fraud is preventing the program from effectively addressing Ontario's labour market needs within its limited nomination allocation.
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has updated its operational guidelines for work-permit applications submitted by family members of military personnel, effective November 14, 2025.
The revision confirms that dependent children are no longer eligible for open work permits under codes C46 or C48 for applications filed on or after January 21, 2025, where no reciprocal agreement applies. It also clarifies that spouses of TEER 4 workers are no longer eligible for open work permits under code C47.
In addition, the update introduces new instructions related to acceptable documentary evidence, approval criteria, and refusal procedures for cases submitted outside reciprocal agreements, aligning these rules with broader changes to family-member work-permit policy implemented earlier this year.
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