Blue Bird Blog

To avoid running afoul of Canadian authorities, you should ensure that any foreign employees you require to work in Canada are legally authorized to do so.

You have three main options:

- Work permit exemptions;

- The International Mobility Program (IMP); and

- The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).

The healthcare and social assistance sectors had the highest retention rates of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) who become permanent residents, according to a new report by Statistics Canada.

The study by Stats Can found that the retention rate—the percentage of TFWs who remained working in the same sector after having received permanent residency (PR)—varied dramatically across sectors.

Previous years of Express Entry draws can help us make reasonable estimates of how many Invitations to Apply (ITAs) we might expect to see issued for the remainder of 2024.

Should the number of ITAs issued in the remainder of 2024, relative to the landing target for 2025, be the same as it was on average for years 2021 to 2023, we might expect IRCC to issue about 3,522 ITAs through Express Entry in December.

On December 1 application and processing fees for several types of visitor, worker, and student applications to Canada will increase.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will increase fees for multiple applications for temporary residents seeking to extend their status or gain entry into the country, including:

- Restoration of temporary resident status applications (for visitors, workers, and students);

- Authorization to return to Canada applications;

- Criminal rehabilitation applications (including for serious criminality); and

- Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) applications.

The department has not yet released the updated application fees.

The Canadian federal government has invested in programs to help newcomers settle and thrive in Canada.

Eligible newcomers can take advantage of Canada Connects—a service that provides them with a local mentor—to make their transition to life in Canada quicker and easier.