Canada’s Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) pathway has officially taken a new direction in 2026—and it’s not what many applicants were expecting. Rather than launching a broad, open intake like the popular 2021 program, the federal government has introduced a targeted, one-time initiative focused entirely on applicants who are already in the system. This shift reflects a major policy change aimed at streamlining immigration and reducing backlogs. No New Appl

IRCC has made significant changes to processing times for certain types of permanent residence applications, leaving applications in limbo. Navigating IRCC Processing Times IRCC has made significant changes to their application processing tool, which now includes two feature questions for certain application categories: 1) Have you already applied? 2) When did you apply? After answering these two questions, you will get an estimated processing time, the number of applicants a