As we move steadily into the second half of 2025, we have seen “predictably unpredictable” invitations in the Express Entry system. Although it’s an all-but-impossible task to try to guess not only what the next invitation score will be, but even just the category,...
Canada is tightening its temporary residence programs to manage increasing volumes and adapt to a softening labor market. Key changes include a reduction in international student study permits, stricter Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility, and more rigorous...
Economic Characteristics: Inflation Stabilization and Plano Real Brazil’s economy has undergone significant transformations over the past few decades, particularly in its efforts to stabilize inflation. One of the most pivotal moments in Brazilian economic history was...
As of June 21, 2024, recent graduates from Canadian schools are no longer eligible to apply for Post Graduation Work Permits at a port of entry (via flagpoling). What does this entail for new graduates in Canada? Recently, IRCC provided a program delivery update for...
Dear Canadian SUV prospectors, if you’ve been keeping an eye on recent developments, you’ll know that IRCC has just made some significant changes to the Start-Up Visa Program that may have significant implications for investors like you. While these updates may not be...
So, you’ve taken your language test and received the results of your Educational Credential Assessment (ECA). You eagerly register your Expression of Interest in the Express Entry system hoping to get an invitation to apply for permanent residency, and are given your...
It is true after political pressure, but not only, politicians in Portugal have decided to end the Golden Visa to answer the population complaints about high price properties. No one knows for sure that it was the Portuguese Golden Visa that drove the property prices...
Except for the time when the pandemic disrupted our lives hard, the US used to welcome over 1 million international students a year. Even, during 2020/21 and 2021/22, over 900,000 international students came to the US to pursue their academic goals. Many of these...
IRCC has extended and expanded its open work permit public policy program for Hong Kong residents. On February 6, 2023, an IRCC news release detailed that the program, which was set to expire a day later, would be renewed for two more years. As such, the original...
I have stumbled upon a recent small research with young Canadians, young people that have immigrated to Canada but are thinking of leaving the country for good in the next 2 years. It is an interesting fact, and I would like to discuss here with a more informal...
Today, I would like to share one of my Start-Up Visa Program clients’ success story. Photo-On-Net In this technologically advanced era when people take more than one trillion digital photos in a year, Photo-on-Net, incorporated in Canada in October 2021, is...