New IRCC Public Policy: Open Work Permit for TR to PR Applicants Until Dec. 31 2022
The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced today
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Public Policies
Public Policies
Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class in 2020
Caregivers from abroad play an important role in supporting the care needs of Canadian families across the country.
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Operational instructions and guidelines: Operational Bulletin 553 – Obtaining passports or travel documents for landing
Operational instructions and guidelines: Operational Bulletin 553 – October 17, 2013
Obtaining passports or travel documents for landing from the Canada Border Services Agency and officer’s discretion to waive the passport requirement for landing purposes
Operational Instructions & Guidelines: Medical Exemptions
Operational Instructions & Guidelines: Medical Exemptions
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway: Assessing the application against the policy conditions
Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway: Assessing the application against the policy conditions
Applicants should be assessed against the established eligibility criteria below, based on the information and documents provided in their application.
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be approved based on the stream to which they are applying:
Legal entry into Canada and status as a temporary resident
Official language proficiency
Current work experience
Intent to reside outside of Quebec
Qualifying work experience
Education requirements (international graduates from a Canadian institution and French-speaking international graduates from a Canadian institution)
Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for certain refugee claimants working in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
Recent media reports and stakeholder interventions have drawn attention to the extraordinary contribution of refugee claimants working in Canada’s healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in long-term care centres in Quebec. In some cases, these individuals contracted COVID-19 and some may have passed away due to this illness and left behind family members in Canada. As these individuals face an uncertain future in Canada, it has been suggested that the current circumstances merit exceptional measures to provide these individuals with Permanent Residence status in recognition of their service during the pandemic.
While most of the attention has been focused on Quebec, there are refugee claimants across Canada who are doing similar work and facing similar risks to their health.
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Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for certain refugee claimants working in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
Recent media reports and stakeholder interventions have drawn attention to the extraordinary contribution of refugee claimants working in Canada’s healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in long-term care centres in Quebec. In some cases, these individuals contracted COVID-19 and some may have passed away due to this illness and left behind family members in Canada. As these individuals face an uncertain future in Canada, it has been suggested that the current circumstances merit exceptional measures to provide these individuals with Permanent Residence status in recognition of their service during the pandemic.
While most of the attention has been focused on Quebec, there are refugee claimants across Canada who are doing similar work and facing similar risks to their health.
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Advisory Council on Economic Growth
The Government of Canada believes that when you have an economy that works for the middle class, you have a country that works for everyone. The Minister of Finance established the Advisory Council on Economic Growth in March 2016 to develop advice on concrete policy actions to help create the conditions for strong and sustained long-term economic growth.
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2014 – Operational Bulletins
In exceptional circumstances, operational bulletins may also be issued for one-time-only instructions or to provide urgent instructions to staff for a brief period while the relevant operational chapters are being updated.
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2013 – Operational Bulletins
Operational Bulletin 491 – January 14, 2013
This Operational Bulletin (OB) summarizes and clarifies the procedures for Permanent Resident Card (PR Card) distribution by the Case Processing Centre in Sydney (CPC-S), Nova Scotia, when an applicant has indicated the address of a third party representative as their residential and/or mailing address.
2012 – Immigration Regulation Change Notes
Immigration Regulation Change Notes for 2012 and for coming in 2013 ， Federal Skilled Worker Program， Canadian Experience Class (R87.1) ，Federal Skilled Trades Class (R87.2) ，
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