US Student Visa Cap on Duration of Status Prompts Korean Students to Eye Canada
The U.S. ends flexible 'duration of status' for student visas, implementing four-year limits and 2026 enrollment caps, while…
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Canada Holds First Skilled Military Recruits Express Entry Draw with Only 4 Invitations
IRCC issued 4 invitations in Canada's first Skilled Military Recruits draw on July 23, 2026, with a minimum…
Judge Boasberg Blocks State Department Plan to Deny Visas Over Censorship Claims
U.S. Judge James Boasberg blocks a State Department visa policy targeting foreign fact-checkers, citing First Amendment concerns over…
Air Canada Technical and Maintenance Staff Ratify New Labor Agreement
Air Canada completes its 2026 labor bargaining as 11,000 maintenance and technical workers ratify a new 4-year contract…
Canada Updates LMIA Wage Thresholds for Temporary Foreign Worker Program, July 17, 2026
Canada raises LMIA wage floor to 120% of provincial medians and doubles recruitment time to 8 weeks for…
Nearly Half of Canadian Study Permit Refusals Are Preventable with Better Financial Documentation
Canada study permit data for June 2026 shows 49% of applications were refused, primarily due to preventable errors…
Canada Reveals Waitlisted Permanent Residence Applications in 2024 Immigration Levels Plan
IRCC reveals 705,315 PR applications in inventory, with 46% of Protection files held for space as Canada enforces…
IRCC Application Inventory Exceeds 1.5 Million in May, Inside IRCC Data Reveals
IRCC reports 1.5 million applications in inventory as of May 2026, introducing new labels for waitlisted files awaiting…
Three Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to U.S.-Canada Border Human Smuggling Conspiracy
Three Mexican nationals pleaded guilty on July 20, 2026, for smuggling hundreds of migrants across the U.S.-Canada border…