18 h. ago Admitted Mexican hitman flees U.S. for Canada, makes refugee claim

A Mexican with alleged cartel links is seeking refugee status in Canada — a decade after he told an undercover B.C. cop he was a hitman.

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23 h. ago Here's how long people have to wait for Canadian passports and study permits

Applying for a passport or work permit in Canada? Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has shared its latest processing times.The government department has been working to reduce wait times and recently announced that it's aiming to process passport renewals in Canada within 30 business days or your money back.As for study permits, work permits, and visitor visas, processing times are updated weekly. An IRCC representative told us in an email that processing times can vary due to several factors."Visa offices face different challenges operating in different countries and regions, and even in different offices within the same region," they stated."Actual processing times vary according to a number of factors, such as how well and how quickly clients respond to any communication from IRCC or how easily Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada can verify the information provided."They added that IRCC aims to process at least 80 per cent of complete applic...

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8 d. ago Unions rally against 3,300 job cuts, 7,000 salary reductions at IRCC

Workers at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada are in fight-or-flight mode, one local president said.

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8 d. ago Unions rally against 3,300 job cuts, 2,000 salary reductions at IRCC

Workers at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada are in fight-or-flight mode, one local president said.

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2 w. ago Canada changing work permit rules for international students

Canada is changing rules surrounding work permit eligibility for international students once again.A new update allows more international students in Canada to meet the eligibility criteria for a post-graduation work permit (PGWP).Previously, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that the eligibility criteria for PGWPs were being changed. These changes, effective Nov. 1, 2024, meant that graduating students applying for a work permit would only be eligible if they graduated from a list of approved programs.Now, IRCC has changed those requirements.In a recent update, the IRCC stated that graduates from university bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs no longer have to meet the field-of-study requirement. Removing these restrictions makes it easier for students to apply for a work permit upon graduating.These changes significantly impact graduates applying for a work permit after Nov. 1, 2024.In an email statement, an IRCC representative stated, "...

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2 w. ago Two Edmonton women who lived in Islamic State enter terrorism peace bonds

A pair of women repatriated to Edmonton after living in territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State have agreed to short-term terrorism peace bonds. Dina Kalouti and Helena Carson were part of a group returned to Canada in 2023 from a refugee camp housing former residents of ISIS-controlled land in Iraq and Syria. On Friday, […]

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