An important announcement for Biometrics during the pandemic:

If you are at PR stage and done biometrics in the last 10 years, no need to do it again and your application will be processed.

More details in the link below:

Temporary measures for biometric collection – Canada.ca

Parent & Grand Parent Income Needed:

IRCC announced the income support for parents and Grandparents sponsorship for 2020, considering the pandemic and lowering the requirements for 2020 income as most of sponsors will be affected for 2020.

For more details and how we can help please email us at info@mdic.ca

Details in the below link:

How much income do I need to sponsor my parents and grandparents? (cic.gc.ca)

Parent & Grandparent Sponsorship Program for 2020:

The Government of Canada announce today the opening of PGP sponsorship program with a window from October 13, 2020 till November 3, 2020 to submit an interest to sponsor your parents or grandparents, for more details about program requirements please contact us at info@mdic.ca

Full details are in the below link:

Government of Canada announces details for opening of 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program – Canada.ca

New border measures to protect Canadian Public Health:

International students starting October 20,2020 can now travel to Canada if their DLI has been identified by provincial or territorial government as having COVID-19 readiness plan in place.

Full details in the link:

Government introduces new border measures to protect Canadian public health, provides update on travel restrictions – Canada.ca

IRCC defer processing of PNP application under employer-driven streams:

An important update :

IRCC defer processing of PNP application under employer-driven streams if applicant face a loss of his job due to COVID-19, such an application can be put on hold till March 17, 2021 to allow applicants to find a new job.

Details in the below link:

Program delivery update: Facilitative measure for paper-based Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applications with a job offer stream – Canada.ca