Regional economic immigration policies enhance Canada’s cultural diversity and enrichment while promoting the nation’s steady economic growth and stability.
24 May 2024
24 May 2024
Bill C-71, New Canadian Citizenship By Descent.
A first-generation limit on citizenship by descent was added to the Citizenship Act by legislative changes made in 2009. This implies that parents who are citizens of Canada may grant citizenship to their kid who was born outside of the country if they were naturalized or born in Canada before the child was born.
24 May 2024
Essential Work Status Granted to Spouses of Full-Time Students in Canada
Spouses of Full-Time Students in Canada Now Eligible for Essential Work Status
Subparagraph 205(c)(ii) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) required the following spouses or common-law partners of full-time students to do work, and the Minister identified that work as necessary on April 30, 2024:
- Wives or common-law partners of graduate program participants enrolled full-time (master’s and doctoral),
- Spouses or common-law partners of full-time students participating in a province or territory’s pilot program eligibility.
- University full-time students enrolled in professional degree programs (such as law, dentistry, or medicine)
- Spouses or common-law partners who are extending their work permit as spouses of full-time students enrolled in a post-graduation work permit (PGWP) qualifying program of study at a PGWP-eligible designated learning institution and who currently possess a valid open work permit under the C42 category.