Complete an online survey on the future of Canadian immigration

In February 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the beginning of a continued, whole-of-society collaboration approach to capture a diversity of perspectives on immigration from a broad range of partners and stakeholders with its engagement initiative titled: An Immigration System for Canada’s Future.

Launched as a part of this initiative, an online survey invites input from individuals and representatives of organizations to help shape a national vision for the future of Canada’s immigration system. This is especially important given the changing landscape in Canada — immigrants could soon represent 100 per cent of the growth of the country’s labour force.

The survey is anonymous, and participation is voluntary; it will not affect the immigration status or decisions on immigration applications.

The survey, which will take approximately 15 minutes to complete, is open from March 27 to April 27, 2023. Visit the IRCC website at canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship. html for the survey.

In addition to the survey, the engagement initiative will include in-person dialogue sessions and thematic workshops towards informing Canada’s future immigration policies and programs.

Canada extends post-graduate work permits for international graduates

Canada has announced the extension of post-graduation work permits for foreign graduates for up to 18 months, as a part of its efforts to retain high-skilled talent. This will allow international graduates with expired or expiring post-graduate work permits (PGWPs) to work in Canada longer.

Foreign nationals whose PGWP has already expired in 2023 and those who were eligible for the 2022 PGWP facilitative measure will also have the opportunity to apply for an additional 18-month work permit. Those with expired work permits will be able to restore their status, even if they are beyond the 90-day restoration period, and will receive an interim work authorization while awaiting processing of their new work permit application.

International graduates are an important source of future permanent residents for the country. A record number of 157,000 international graduates transitioned to permanent residence in 2021, and nearly 95,000 in 2022, the second-highest total ever.

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