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Policy Update · effective 3 November 2026. New CRS points for Canadian work experience or a high-wage job offer, and why a qualifying job offer no longer needs an LMIA. What to do before the deadline.
Read the update →Policy Update · in effect 2026. If your permit is about to expire and your employer's LMIA is still pending, you now have more time. Who qualifies, what to file, and the trap to avoid.
Read the update →15 days to file, 45 days to perfect, and an appeal usually decided on paper. The deadlines and the record that decide a refugee appeal.
Read the guide →For permanent residents, a sentence of six months can remove the right to appeal removal. Why immigration advice must come before the plea.
Read the guide →RPD, RAD, the Immigration Division and the Immigration Appeal Division. Which one holds your matter, and the deadlines that govern each.
Read the guide →Why a genuine spouse or child can be excluded when they were not declared or examined, the narrow exceptions, and the misrepresentation risk.
Read the guide →Section 40 does not require intent to deceive. What it covers, how an agent's error can count, and why a fairness letter is so dangerous.
Read the guide →An approved visa can still be cancelled, and the basis, especially misrepresentation, can carry a five-year bar.
Read the guide →How the Minimum Necessary Income works, the stricter parent and grandparent rule, and the details that decide a sponsorship.
Read the guide →Two 2026 Federal Court decisions on credibility, evidence and the limits of judicial review. The first in our case law series.
Read the analysis →The rolling five year window, which time abroad counts, travel documents, and appealing a loss of status.
Read the guide →One route depends on a lottery, the other you can plan. Stays of up to five years, insurance and the 2026 income changes.
Read the guide →The 6 percent unemployment rule, eight week advertising, youth recruitment, and the exempt routes such as C10, C11 and intra-company transfers.
Read the guide →The route you choose decides whether you can appeal a refusal. Open work permits, the undertaking, and proving a genuine relationship.
Read the guide →Category-based selection changed everything. Why a lower score can still be invited, and the 600 point nomination lever.
Read the guide →Attestation letters, the field of study requirement, language scores and the 180 day deadline. Check before you enrol.
Read the guide →Not a refusal, but usually your last chance to change the outcome. How to read the letter, meet the deadline, and respond properly.
Read the guide →Section 40 does not require an intention to deceive. What it covers, what it costs, and the defences that actually work.
Read the guide →How to read a refusal, the deadlines that apply, how judicial review works, and how to choose between challenging the decision and filing again.
Read the guide →Waiting months or years with no decision? What mandamus is, when it applies, and what actually happens after you file at the Federal Court.
Read the guide →A criminal record does not automatically close the door to Canada. The four routes to overcome criminal inadmissibility, explained in full.
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