Hosted on MSN

Canada immigration update: New IRCC processing times for visas, PR, work, study permits

Canada’s immigration system has entered a new update cycle, with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) releasing its latest processing times as of October 1, 2025. These changes affect ...
JD Supra

Canada Changes Family Open Work Permit Eligibility for Spouses of International Students and Foreign Workers and Dependents of Foreign Workers

On January 14, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced that effective January 21, 2025, open work permit (OWP) eligibility will be changed so that only spouses of certain ...
Indiatimes

Canada’s study and work permit delays deepen for Indian applicants despite real-time tracking shift

Indian applicants are seeing mixed trends in Canada’s latest visa processing updates. Study permits from India now take around four weeks, but in-Canada extensions still stretch to 12 weeks. Work ...

Canada to open major new PR pathways in 2026, fast-track work permits for 33,000 workers

The last time Canada opened a temporary resident-to-permanent resident (PR) pathway was in 2021, when a limited-time program ...