IRCC Pauses New Parents and Grandparents Program Applications: What Families Should Do Now
As of July 15, 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has stopped accepting new interest-to-sponsor forms under the Parents and Grandparents Program. For Canadian citizens and permanent residents hoping to bring a parent or grandparent to Canada permanently, this closes off the only entry point into the program for the time being, though it does […]
Ontario Publishes Full Scoring Criteria for the New Workforce Priority Stream: What Applicants Need to Know
When Ontario closed all eight of its old OINP streams back in June and replaced them with the single Workforce Priority Stream, a lot of the fine print wasn’t public yet. That changed on July 20, 2026, when the province published the full requirements page, including a detailed points system, application deadlines, and the complete […]