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Updated weekly by our licensed consulting teamTwo Clients Receive IRCC Permanent Residence Portal Emails on the Same Day
On October 7 we received two Permanent Residence Portal emails from IRCC on the same day, for two different clients. Under IRCC’s published process, these emails mean the applications have been approved and have moved into…
Case Note | Three Addresses, Seven Days: An AAIP Premises Review
With the provincial nomination application already under assessment, AAIP wrote to the employer about three different registered addresses and gave it seven days to explain, with occupancy agreements, twelve months of payment records and photographs of…
A Fake Proof of Funds, and a Five-Year Ban
An applicant’s Canadian study permit had already been approved when IRCC reopened the file and found that the RMB 2 million bank statement used to show funds had been falsified. The case was treated as misrepresentation…
Good News | CIC Job Agency Officially Launches Recruitment Matching Services in Alberta
CIC Job Agency (CANADA) holds an Alberta Employment Agency Licence and is now officially launching recruitment matching services. Job seekers in Canada or overseas can submit their resumes, Alberta employers can submit their hiring needs, and…
AAIP Update: Allocation Rises to 6,603, and Physician and Francophone Nominations Fall Outside It
Alberta’s 2026 allocation rose to 6,603, with 2,043 spaces left as of August 25. Up to 10,000 federal spaces are available for practice-ready physicians and Francophones, and those nominations do not count against Alberta’s allocation —…
Case Update | Mature Applicant with an Existing Degree — Study Permit Approved
The client is a mature applicant who already holds a degree. With that profile, the work is not simply filing the acceptance letter and proof of funds — it is answering why further study in Canada,…
French at NCLC 5 Is Enough to Score: Yukon’s 2026 Priorities and Two Limits to Know First
Yukon has 282 nomination spaces for 2026, down from the 312 people it nominated in 2025. Francophone candidates are one of six scoring priorities and need only NCLC 5 across all four competencies — but the…