Visa Caps “Lite”
Last week, it was revealed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is trending towards using “Trusted Institution Status” instead of caps on visas.* The idea is not to decrease the number of visas overall, but to allow “trusted” institutions to access expedited visa processing. Why is this important? One, visa processing isn’t really a 12-month thing. Processing clusters during certain points of the year and IRCC doesn’t want to hire seasonal staff to compensate for these points. Two, several