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How IRCC handles Canada PR applications, work permit extensions, Start-up Visa files, employer compliance reviews, job offer checks and refusals.
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How IRCC processes your Canada PR application after submission: document verification, biometrics, medical examination, work experience verification, criminal checks, and final decision.
Work permits in Canada are renewed online through IRCC. Exceptions are rare: only when applying from a territory with entry ban.
Canada's Start-up Visa can sit in processing for years. Here are the three things RCC and IRCC check before granting permanent residence.
Canada must table a new immigration plan by November 1. The current target is 380,000 new permanent residents a year. Here's what it means for Express Entry.
RBC published a report on Canadian immigration crisis. Falling public trust, policy instability, Express Entry problems and reform recommendations.
A growing number of contradictory refusals in Express Entry, super visa, and NOC work codes. Examples of logical errors and how to protect your application.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is the federal department that decides who may visit, study, work or settle permanently in Canada and who becomes a citizen. It operates under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Citizenship Act, and was known as Citizenship and Immigration Canada until 2015. Most applications, from work permit extensions to Express Entry profiles, are filed through an IRCC secure account or the Permanent Residence Portal.
IRCC is often confused with other bodies that share the immigration process. Employment and Social Development Canada issues the LMIA that many employer-specific work permits require, the Canada Border Services Agency handles entry at the border, and the Immigration and Refugee Board, an independent tribunal, decides refugee claims and immigration appeals. When an IRCC officer refuses an application, the applicant can seek leave for judicial review at the Federal Court, which can send the file back for a new decision but does not issue the visa or permit itself.