Immigration
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Temporary residents, employers in N.S. struggling with immigration changesSandeep Kaur said she submitted an application to the Nova Scotia Nominee Program in November 2023. After a two-and-a-half year wait, she was told her file was closed as of May 1.CanadaJul 17
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Canada pauses immigration applications for parent, grandparent sponsorshipThe federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada.CanadaJul 15
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Ottawa blames ‘unclear’ guidance for ‘Lost Canadian’ citizenship recallsIRCC said 100 people were told to surrender their citizenship certificates after a 'routine review' found they had 'potentially insufficient supporting documentation.'PoliticsJun 30
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Lawyers ‘shocked’ by lack of answers on ‘Lost Canadian’ citizenship recallsEarlier this month, the immigration department began sending letters to an unknown number of people ordering them to surrender recently issued Canadian citizenship certificates.CanadaJun 28
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‘Something’ led to ‘lost Canadian’ citizenship recalls, minister saysLena Diab didn't say exactly what problem led to an unknown number of people getting emails last week ordering them to surrender their proof of citizenship.CanadaJun 23
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Ottawa reverses some orders for ‘lost Canadians’ to surrender certificatesAfter some "lost Canadians" were told to surrender their new citizenship certificates, a few received letters confirming their citizenship claims are once again considered valid.CanadaJun 22
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Immigration officials pause some ‘lost Canadians’ citizenship casesThe IRCC paused some new citizenship by descent applications after "a few dozen" people were told their issued citizenship certificates must be surrendered pending a review.CanadaJun 18
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Canada’s population fell slightly in 1st quarter of 2026: StatCanThe agency states that Canada's population is currently estimated to be 41,417,056 as of April 1, 2026, down 55,025 people from Jan. 1.CanadaJun 17
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How high immigration levels covered up underlying weakness in the economyEconomists and some critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney have said that years of high immigration intake served to conceal the extent of Canada's economic troubles.EconomyJun 4
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Immigration lawyers say automation is partly driving a massive Federal Court backlogImmigration cases at Federal Court have more than quadrupled since 2020, with some lawyers linking the surge to increased automation in visa processing and application reviews.CanadaMay 30
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