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Background Individuals who apply for permanent residence in Canada are generally unable to obtain permanent resident status if they are inadmissible to Canada. This creates a challenge for those who came to Canada as a minor but did not obtain permanent residence or citizenship and are now ineligible, including those who later committed crimes in…
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Ottawa, January 23, 2024—A small number of individuals who came to Canada as minors never obtained permanent residence or citizenship while they were in the custody of child protection services. As a result, some of these vulnerable people who never had status—or lost it—are now at risk of being deported to their country of birth. After living…
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January 22, 2024 To acknowledge the vulnerability of foreign nationals who came to Canada under the age of 19 and were under the legal responsibility of the child protection system, and who may now face removal, the Government of Canada has issued a new temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence to eligible…
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January 23, 2024 The Minister made 2 announcements on December 7, 2023, regarding off-campus work. These temporary public policies exempt eligible full-time international students without a work permit from the requirement that they work no more than 20 hours off campus per week during regular academic sessions. The off-campus work hours temporary public policy that…
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