Program updates, policy changes, country comparisons, and practical immigration news.
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will not accept Quebec birth or marriage certificates that were printed before 1 January 1994. The cutoff is based on the print date of the…
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) disclosed that a raid on a Montreal laboratory on July 8 seized more than 250 items used to produce counterfeit identity documents, including passport covers,…
Canadian citizenship‑by‑descent applications rely on a chain of parent‑child documents that prove an unbroken line from a Canadian ancestor to the applicant. While many records may be requested,…
Russia’s upper house approved two bills on 24 July that would impose fourteen new restrictions on Russian citizens who have a final criminal conviction or certain administrative penalty, live abroad, and…
New Brunswick issued a total of 750 provincial immigration invitations between July 16 and July 22, 2026. The invitations were distributed through the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) and three streams of the New…
The July 2026 Henley Passport Index shows the Canadian passport ranked 7th worldwide, allowing visa‑free travel to 183 destinations, while the United States passport fell to 10th with access to 180 destinations. Canada…
British Columbia held its first selection round under the new Temporary Rural/Remote Health Support initiative (TRHSI) on July 23, inviting 60 cleaning and security workers employed by a provincial health authority to…
Baptismal and parish registers are often the only surviving evidence of births, marriages, and deaths for Quebec ancestors whose records pre‑date the province’s civil‑status centralisation in 1994. Because…
Vanuatu’s Citizenship‑by‑Investment (CBI) program offers a fast‑track route to a second passport through a qualifying contribution, without requiring applicants to reside in the country before or after naturalisation.…
The Global Property Scoreboard (GPS) evaluates the investment merits of residential markets independently of any golden‑visa residence permits. By scoring seven cities that have been linked to golden‑visa…