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Canada Increases Francophone Immigration Targets for 2026 – Great News for French Speakers!

The Government of Canada has just announced that it surpassed its 2025 target for Francophone...

UPDATE: RURAL COMMUNITY IMMIGRATION PILOT (RCIP) 2026

 🇨🇦 Official IRCC Update – January 13, 2026 RCIP is a new economic immigration pathway...

UPDATED FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITY IMMIGRATION PILOT (FCIP) 2026

📌 Economic immigration program applicable only to designated Francophone minority communities outside Québec 📆 Official...

CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT & THE FIRST-GENERATION LIMIT (FGL) 2026

📅 The temporary measure related to the First-Generation Limit (FGL) expired on December 15, 2025....

PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS SPONSORSHIP (PGP) 2026

📌 As of January 1, 2026, IRCC will not be accepting any new applications under...

NEW MEDICAL COST THRESHOLD & RISK OF REFUSAL ON HEALTH GROUNDS 2026

Starting January 2, 2026, IRCC has updated the “excessive demand” cost threshold for Canada’s health...

IEC 2026 – MAJOR UPDATE FROM IRCC ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE CANADA PROGRAM

 📍 IRCC Update – December 24, 2025 The International Experience Canada (IEC) program, commonly used...

STUDY PERMIT CANADA – SHORTENED PERMIT DURATION FOR PREREQUISITE PROGRAMS

 📍 Official IRCC update – December 22, 2025 IRCC has released updated processing guidelines for...

STUDY PERMIT CANADA 2026 – FULL REVIEW PROCESS FROM THE VISA OFFICER’S PERSPECTIVE

At SICON, we’ve consolidated the full study permit application assessment process based on the official...