Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan November 1, 2022 – Ottawa – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is pleased to release details on the Government of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025. Canada aims to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. 2023-2025 Immigration…
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Temporary public policy to exempt certain foreign nationals from the immigration medical examination requirement Background In response to steady and growing inventories of immigration applications across various lines of business, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is undertaking a broad suite of activities designed to expedite processing and shrink inventories. This will improve service for clients…
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Streamlining immigration medical examination requirements for eligible applicants Ottawa, October 12, 2022—Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has implemented a temporary public policy that exempts certain low-risk, in-Canada, foreign nationals from submitting an immigration medical examination (IME) as part of their application when their previous IME has expired. This supports faster processing of applications to…
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Advanced analytics to help IRCC officers process visitor records Ottawa, October 12, 2022—Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is improving how it processes visitor record applications by expanding the use of advanced analytics and other automated technology. While a new automated tool is used to help sort and process all visitor record applications, it never…
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