The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will make an important announcement regarding the Parents and Grandparents Program, giving even more families the opportunity to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada.

Minister Mendicino will be joined by: Randeep Sarai, Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament for Surrey—Newton

Location: Options Community Services, 9815 – 140 Street, Surrey

IRCC News

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New open work permit available for recent permanent residency applicants

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International students and travel to Canada

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Government of Canada announces easing of border measures for fully vaccinated travellers

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IRB News

Quality Performance Report: Refugee Protection Division 2019-20 is now available

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Immigration news

As Canada delays evacuating Afghan employees, veterans step in to fund their escape

By Joseph Brean, National Post, July 19, 2021

Pressure is mounting on Ottawa to regulate immigration status

By Clara Maeva, Queens Citizen, July 19, 2021

UN experts alarmed by migrants’ hunger strike in Brussels

By Samuel Petrequin, Toronto, Star, July 19, 2021

Politics Briefing: Canada to allow fully vaccinated Americans into the country Aug. 9

By Ian Bailey, The Globe and Mail, July 19, 2021

As Canada eases COVID-19 border restrictions, advocates say refugees’ travel is ‘essential’

By Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star, July 17, 2021

Five-year UK work visas for skilled refugees to be announced

By Daniel Waldron, workpermit.com, July 19, 2021

Protesters in Montreal pressure Ottawa to regularize migrant workers’ status

By Frederic Lacroix-Couture, CBC News, July 18

The good, the bad and the ugly of Quebec’s labour shortage

By Rene Bruemmer, Montreal Gazette, July 18, 2021

Daca: Obama programme for child migrants ruled illegal

BBC News, July 17, 2021

Open work permit available under new permanent residence pathway, feds say

By Amanda Jerome, The Lawyer’s Daily, July 17

Posthaste: A wave of Canadians quitting their jobs is about to squeeze the labour market

By Victoria Wells, Financial Post, July 16, 2021

Canada’s labour force on the move as hiring intensifies in key sectors

By Jared Lindzon, Globe and Mail, July 16, 2021

Who is Advocating For Canada’s Immigrants?

By Naser Miftari, Toronto Star, July 15, 2021

Surrey robber loses bid to have guilty pleas vacated to avoid being deported

By Tom Zytaruk, North Delta Reporter, July 15, 2021

Invited but Not Let In: Canada Places Thousands of Lives on Hold

By Reedah Hayder, Toronto Star, July 15, 2021

House Immigration Chair Warns U.S. Is Losing Talent To Canada

By Stuart Anderson, Forbes, July 15, 2021

Opinion: Alberta’s manufacturing sector needs a federal plan to build back better

By Danis A. Darby & DAvic MacLean, Edmonton Journal, July 16, 2021

Refugees are an untapped pool of human resources that Canada can’t afford to leave behind

By Claudia Hepburn, Straight, July 15, 2021

AG revives immigration judges’ power to postpone deportation cases

By Daniel Wiessner, Saltwire, July 15, 2021

Program delivery updates

Public policy: Open work permits for applicants under the temporary resident to permanent resident pathway

July 26, 2021

COVID-19 – Application of the temporary public policy on minimum income requirements in 2020

July 26, 2021

Updated guidelines on incomplete applications

July 22, 2021

Express entry draws

# 197 – July 21, 2021

Provincial Nominee program

462 ITA issued, lowest score: 734

# 198 – July 22, 2021

Canadian Experience Class

4,500 ITA issued, lowest score: 357

IRB News

Remote-only hearings to continue until further notice

July 22, 2021

Evaluation of the IRB Process for making a complaint about a member

July 21, 2021

IRCC News

Government of Canada offers refuge to Afghans who assisted Canada

July 23, 2021

IRCC to accept a record number of applications for the 2021 Parents and Grandparents Program

July 20, 2021

CBSA News

Upcoming border changes

Fully vaccinated foreign nationals may be allowed to enter Canada for discretionary travel on the following dates if they meet specific criteria:

Effective August 9: American citizens and permanent residents of the United States, who currently reside in the United States, who meet specific criteria to qualify as fully vaccinated
September 7 (intended start date): All other foreign nationals who qualify as fully vaccinated

The 3-night hotel stopover requirement will be eliminated for all travellers arriving by air after 12:01 am ET on August 9.

Seventeen individuals sentenced to prison for possession and fraudulent use of passports

July 21, 2021