Last March, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IRCC suspended Canadian citizenship tests. Like so many businesses, a pivot towards a virtual option was needed, but with safeguards to ensure proper identification.

Due to COVID-19 creating new challenges for new permanent residency from overseas, IRCC, announced on April 14, 2021, a time-limited policy to assist the granting of permanent residence for essential workers in Canada. This blog posts, provides a quick snapshot of the new policy for temporary workers in essential occupations.