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Canada Gives Work Permit Applicants 90 Days To Produce a Positive LMIA
Plus: IRCC tightens Bill C-3 proof, Manitoba's 741 Letters of Advice, and BC's entrepreneur draw
In this week's issue, IRCC tightens the proof required for citizenship-by-descent certificates, Manitoba issues 741 Letters of Advice to Apply in its largest recent MPNP round, and British Columbia invites 16 entrepreneurs in its ninth PNP business draw of the year.
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🇨🇦 Canada Gives Work Permit Applicants 90 Days To Produce A Positive LMIA  Canada has extended a critical deadline for work permit applicants already in the country. Effective August 21, 2026, IRCC now gives applicants 90 days — up from 60 — to submit a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) when their employer's application is still being processed. For workers racing an expiring permit, that extra month can be the difference between keeping status and losing it. 📅 What changed 👷 Who it helps ⏳ Why it matters |
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TRENDING NEWS IRCC tightened the proof required for citizenship by descent, updating its citizenship certificate forms on August 25. Children born abroad after December 15, 2025 must now supply authentic, verifiable documents with clear entry and exit dates to prove a parent's 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada, and family-member affidavits are no longer accepted to support those presence claims. Read more Manitoba issued 741 Letters of Advice to Apply in MPNP Draw #278 on August 27. The largest share — 600 — went to candidates already working in the province in technical trades and transportation, where the minimum score reached 731, while a further 150 invitations targeted candidates holding valid Express Entry profile numbers. Read more British Columbia invited 16 entrepreneurs in its August 25 BC PNP draw, the province's ninth Entrepreneur Immigration round of 2026. Eleven invitations went to the Base category and five to the Regional pilot, both at a minimum score of 116 — a one-point easing from the 117 threshold set in the July 28 draw. Read more Newfoundland and Labrador issued 140 invitations in its August 26 draw, split between 94 provincial nominee selections and 46 through the Atlantic Immigration Program. The AIP total was the province's largest single-round batch since March, capping a busy month that also saw draws on August 10 and August 18. Read more |
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