Canada may look at making more temporary migrants permanent

We may see the TR to PR pathway program extended in the coming weeks. According to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, Canada may extend the deadline of the TR to PR program created this year to give temporary residents a route to permanent residency, and is considering expanding the program’s eligibility to include refugee claimants.

Canada is trying to bring in a record 401,000 new permanent residents this year. About 70% of the 222,275 people granted permanent residency by Aug. 31 had been temporary residents, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

“Canada may extend the deadline of a program created this year to give temporary residents working in key sectors a route to permanent residency, and is considering expanding the program’s eligibility to include refugee claimants, Canada’s immigration minister told Reuters on Thursday.”

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