Canada: General Immigration

For many people, getting a Canadian study permit has become more difficult. Eligibility requirements and document expectations...

Hiring a foreign national in Canada often requires a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), which is a government process that asks an employer to show they tried to hire Canadians or permanent residents first.

In the article, Doyle called the policy a "fundamental 180" from decades of legal precedent, highlighting both the legal and practical concerns of relying on administrative warrants over judicial oversight.

With the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina on the horizon, nations from across the world have built their teams to represent them proudly on the global stage.

On December 19, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling, Bjorkquist et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, declaring that the "second-generation cut-off" rule at section 3(3)(a) of the Canadian Citizenship Act (the "Act") contravenes sections 6 and 15 of the Charter and is unconstitutional.

On December 19, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it will pause new application intake for the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot Program until further notice

On December 8, 2025, the Honorable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and Maggie Chi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, announced a new permanent residency pathway for international physicians that have the relevant Canadian work experience.

L'associée principale Valerie Kleinman fait le point sur l'immigration francophone en moins de 5 minutes!

Kerry E. Doyle, former Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security and now a partner at Green & Spiegel, has published a powerful analysis in The Steady State examining the Trump administration's move to rebrand immigration adjudicators as "Deportation Judges."