By Northia Immigration October 8, 2025 No Comments

Temporary Resident Permit: When a TRP is Your Only Lifeline in Canada

You’ve built a life in Canada: a career, a family, and deep community roots. But if a past mistake, like a criminal conviction, has made you criminally inadmissible and now your established life in Canada may be in jeopardy. You...

By Northia Immigration October 1, 2025 No Comments

When Rules Don’t Fit: Sponsoring a Child on Humanitarian & Compassionate (H&C) Grounds

You want to bring your child to Canada through humanitarian sponsorship Canada, but you’ve realised they’re excluded and you’ve hit a roadblock: they don’t fit the “dependent child” definition to be eligible to sponsor them. This is a common and...

Express Entry

By Northia Immigration September 24, 2025 No Comments

Should You Hire a Consultant to Handle Your Express Entry Application?

Canada’s immigration system is recognized globally for its efficiency and fairness, and the Express Entry program is at the heart of it. Launched in 2015, Express Entry is now the primary pathway for skilled workers and graduates in Canada to...

Sponsorship

By Northia Immigration September 17, 2025 No Comments

How much funding is required to sponsor a family member to Canada?

Sponsoring a loved one — spouse, parent, child, or grandparent — to come to Canada is a meaningful step toward reuniting families. But an essential upfront question many ask is, “How much money do I need?”. Government Application and Processing...

Sponsorship

By Northia Immigration August 27, 2025 No Comments

Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2025: What You Need to Know

On July 28, 2025, IRCC began sending invitations to apply (ITAs) for the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program (PGP). This year, 17,860 invitations are being sent, with the goal of approving 10,000 complete sponsorship applications. In recent years, the Parents...

Immigration

By Northia Immigration July 30, 2025 No Comments

Success Story – When Do We Consider a Reconsideration a Valid Option?

Your Options: When a strong application gets refused Case Scenario: A client, who is a post-graduate work permit holder, working as a machinist in Ontario, came to us looking for assistance to apply for an open work permit (OWP) for...

Sponsorship

By Northia Immigration July 23, 2025 No Comments

How to avoid having your Sponsorship Application returned

Let’s talk about one of the most frustrating moments in immigration paperwork: You gather everything. You fill out the forms. You double-check each document. Then weeks later, sometimes even two months, you hear back from IRCC. And your entire Sponsorship...

Express Entry

By Northia Immigration July 16, 2025 No Comments

Express Entry 2025: What’s New and Who’s Getting Invited

In February 2025, IRCC announced a new direction for Express Entry draws, and if you’re a candidate already living in Canada, this could be a good opportunity for you to be selected. Canada’s labour shortages continue to shape immigration priorities,...

Start-up Visa

By Northia Immigration July 12, 2025 No Comments

From Refusal to Approval: Ms. Wong’s Start-up Visa Work Permit Success Story

Navigating the complexities of the Start-Up Visa (SUV) work permit process can be challenging, especially when an application is refused due to insufficient documentation or unclear justification for the applicant’s need to work in Canada. Ms. Wong faced such a...

Sponsorship

By Northia Immigration July 12, 2025 No Comments

Rising TRV Refusal Rates in 2024: Impacts on Spousal Sponsorship TRVs

Common Reasons for TRV Refusals in Spousal Sponsorship Cases Strong Family Ties in Canada: Having a spouse or immediate family in Canada is interpreted as a significant pull factor, suggesting a risk of overstaying the authorized period. Lack of Significant...

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Temporary Resident Permit: When a TRP is Your Only Lifeline in Canada

When Rules Don’t Fit: Sponsoring a Child on Humanitarian & Compassionate (H&C) Grounds

Should You Hire a Consultant to Handle Your Express Entry Application?

How much funding is required to sponsor a family member to Canada?

Success Story – When Do We Consider a Reconsideration a Valid Option?

How to avoid having your Sponsorship Application returned

Express Entry 2025: What’s New and Who’s Getting Invited

From Refusal to Approval: Ms. Wong’s Start-up Visa Work Permit Success Story

Rising TRV Refusal Rates in 2024: Impacts on Spousal Sponsorship TRVs