Update: After sector pressure, the IRCC has since clarified its PGWP ‘grandfathering’ policy. In a webinar on November 29, the IRCC said that if a student has changed their program of study from what ...

Canada rolled out a set of immigration and labour policy changes on January 1, 2026, covering study permits, startup visas ...

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 ...

Canada has capped the maximum number of study permit applications for 2026 at 309,670. The international student cap limits the number of study permit applications that Immigration, Refugees and ...

Canada has increased the minimum financial requirement for international students applying for study permits, effective from September 1, 2025. The new threshold for a single applicant is CA $22,895, ...

March was the first month in 2024 that saw the total number of new study permits decrease year-on-year, with only 33,000 of them being processed compared to 70,000 in March 2023 – a drop of over 52%, ...

Here’s how prospective international students can fast-track their applications to study in Canada. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to or ...

An international student at Dalhousie University in Halifax is raising issues with Canada’s immigration process after she had ...