Snow Path Immigration Consultancy

04/01/2026

Canada Ends Open Work Permits by 2026 — What Every Worker and Employer Must Know..

21/12/2025

THERE IS A PAUSE FOR THE CAREGIVER PATHWAY 🇨🇦 🙏 🙏 🙏

From the 🇨🇦 Canada website:

Ottawa, December 19, 2025—As part of our 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan, we’re making our immigration system more responsive to the needs of the country by making sure that we have the skilled workers needed to fill labour gaps. Many home care workers—who provide essential support to seniors, children and people with disabilities—have already applied for permanent residence through pilot programs.

Due to ongoing high demand, interest in the Home Care Worker Immigration pilots continues to exceed the spaces available, leading to longer wait times.

In order to prioritize processing of existing applications, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will pause intake until further notice. This means that the pilots’ intake will not re-open in March 2026.

IRCC will continue to process applications received to date, in line with the Immigration Levels Plan.

While we understand that this will be disappointing for prospective applicants and their families, this pause will prevent further inventory growth and support our goal to bring immigration back to sustainable levels. Any future updates on the program will be shared publicly.”

06/12/2025

💭 Wat mensen zien:
"Een RCIC helpt mensen naar Canada te verhuizen."
💭 Wat mensen niet zien:
De slapeloze nachten, de zware verantwoordelijkheid en de emotionele achtbaan die gepaard gaat met het in eigen hand houden van iemands toekomst.
Als RCIC zit ik vaak tegenover cliënten met dromen die groter zijn dan woorden – ouders die willen herenigen met hun kinderen, studenten die hopen een kans om te zetten in een toekomst, gezinnen die onzekerheid ontvluchten voor stabiliteit.
Maar achter elke goedkeuringsbrief schuilt een verhaal van veerkracht en strijd.
✔️ Het gezin dat twee keer werd afgewezen voordat we de juiste weg vonden.
✔️ De student die het bijna opgaf na een fout in hun aanvraag.
✔️ Het huilende telefoontje wanneer iemand eindelijk hoort: "Je bent goedgekeurd."
Het is niet alleen papierwerk. Het zijn mensenlevens verweven met complexe beleidsregels. En het moeilijkste? Empathie en eerlijkheid in evenwicht brengen. Soms moet ik de woorden zeggen die niemand wil horen – niet omdat ik geen medeleven heb, maar omdat integriteit dat vereist.
Dit beroep stelt je geduld, je kennis en vooral je hart op de proef. Maar elke keer dat een cliënt zegt: "Je hebt mijn leven veranderd", word ik eraan herinnerd waarom ik voor dit freelance beroep heb gekozen.

08/11/2025

Applicants shouldn’t be concerned about Canada’s new cancellation rules as long as they apply in good faith with valid and genuine documents. The most important thing is honesty and accuracy throughout the process. If you choose to handle your own application, make sure you understand the requirements thoroughly — misrepresentation, even unintentional, can lead to serious consequences.

Visa or permit cancellation isn’t something to take lightly — it can lead to loss of status, removal, and long-term immigration challenges. Applicants should always maintain transparency and compliance, and seek professional advice if cancellation is being considered. Sound guidance can make all the difference.

17/10/2025

🇨🇦 The skilled worker system in Canada? It’s broken. And no one’s fixing it.

Immigration used to be predictable:
✅ Express Entry draws every 2 weeks
✅ Clear selection scores
✅ Occupation lists that made sense
✅ PR pathways for international students

Now?
Our nation-building machine is malfunctioning.

I’ve been through enough of immigration messes:

❌ Courier wars in Mississauga
❌ Portal crashes mid-submission
❌ Group refugee designations
❌ Entire batches of applications returned like clockwork

But this time it feels different.

There’s no direction.
No clarity.
Just uncertainty (with and a lot of political point-scoring.)

If you’re a skilled worker right now?
I don’t envy you.
Your options are painfully limited.

And here's my POV: you might need to wait it all out.
(Or learn French… I know. I KNOW.)

But here’s the good news:
You can wait it out legally and stay compliant in Canada if you plan it right.

Let’s map out your survival strategy before the next policy shift knocks everything sideways.

📩 DM me if you want to talk timelines and legal pathways.

04/10/2025

Is it true that the HCWP "not working in Canada Stream" is now closed?

Yes, the "applicants not working in Canada" stream of the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots (HCWP) has been closed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The stream, which would have allowed caregivers from outside Canada to apply, was listed as closed on September 29, 2025, and never opened for applications.

What This Means

• No HCWP Applications from Abroad:
Caregivers living outside Canada can no longer apply for permanent residency through the HCWP.

• Focus on In-Canada Applicants:
The HCWP program is now only accepting applications from workers already in Canada.

• Other Immigration Pathways Exist:
Caregivers outside Canada still have other options, such as applying through Express Entry, particularly for occupations like Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 33102), under the Healthcare and social services category.

Why the Stream Was Closed

• High Application Inventory: IRCC currently has a large inventory of caregiver applications, with over 34,400 applications already received.

• Shift in Program Focus: There is a shift to focus on candidates who are already in Canada.

To find out your eligibility for other immigration options, visit

The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.

03/10/2025

As of February 28, 2025, it will no longer be possible for a tourist in Canada to receive an LMIA-supported work permit from within the country, as the temporary public policy allowing visitors to apply for work permits from inside Canada expired on that date. After this date, you must meet the standard eligibility criteria, which generally require you to apply for a work permit from outside Canada.

It means:

• If you are a tourist in Canada and an employer wants to offer you an LMIA-supported position, you will generally need to apply for the work permit from outside Canada after February 28, 2025.

• You are not automatically eligible to switch from visitor status to a work permit from within Canada after this date.

• IRCC ended the policy on August 28, 2024, before its planned expiry date to recalibrate temporary resident numbers and maintain the integrity of the immigration system.

08/09/2025

Between 2025–2027, Canada is tightening immigration checks for all visitors. Even with a valid visa or eTA, tourists may face detailed interviews, closer document inspections, and secondary airport screenings. Officers can now question travelers at any stage before departure, on arrival, or while in Canada, and travelers must carry updated proof of hotel bookings, return tickets, and financial means.

New powers will let officers cancel visas, permits, or eTAs if misuse is suspected or if eligibility changes. Small inconsistencies in documents, sudden changes in travel plans, or unclear trip purposes could trigger extra checks. Biometrics like facial recognition will also be expanded, and more air transit passengers may need an eTA.

To avoid delays or refusals, travelers should prepare honest answers, keep documents consistent with their original application, and apply for required permits early. With processing times already reaching up to 120 days in some cases, planning is now more important than ever.

If you believe your VISA application should be showcased in the most favorable light when submitting to immigration, feel free to book our services. DM/PM is the key!

14/08/2025

🇨🇦🇨🇦 CONGRATULATIONS TO MY CLIENT ON HIS PR APPROVAL, UNDER AIP-NOVA SCOTIA. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST!

05/08/2025

🎯 “I’ve already taken 3-4 consultations… still no clarity.”

That’s what many applicants are telling me these days.

Work permits with just 4-5 months left.
No active PNP, AIP, LMIA support or RCIP applications...
Not eligible under the Francophone programs(no CLB 5 in French).

👉 Out of desperation, they keep booking consultations… hoping for some hidden shortcut.

Let’s talk honestly.
If you’re in this situation, these are your real options:

🔹 Apply for a visitor record - helps you stay in status, but you can’t work.
🔹 Start a new study program - but no new PGWP after that.
🔹 Return home, and work on your profile - a valid and strategic option.

📌 Some of my clients have already gone back. But none of them are sitting idle.

They’re:
- Improving IELTS
- Gaining skilled foreign work experience
- Learning French
- Targeting eligible category based jobs
- Preparing for a strong comeback

Also...

- If you have a common-law partner or are considering marriage within Canada - and your partner has 16+ months of valid work permit or study permit, you might be eligible to extend your stay on that basis.

- Having a Canadian-born child does not automatically mean you can extend your stay or get PR. That applies only in very exceptional cases.
Don’t fall for these false hopes.

💡 CEC (Canadian Experience Class) is valid for 3 years.
Even if you go back, your Canadian work experience still counts.
What matters is your score, not your location.

So whatever you do, don’t wait until the last week.
Be proactive, not reactive.

20/05/2025

Something most people don’t know:

Since February 15, 2024, a one-year master’s degree in Canada can now make you eligible for a 3-year Post-Graduation Work Permit ( ).

Yes, 12 months of full-time study at a public DLI, and you can get the same work permit length as someone who studied for two years.

This matters because:
- You save 💵One year of tuition + living costs is significantly cheaper.
- You gain. A 3-year PGWP gives you time to build Canadian work experience and become PR-eligible through Express Entry or other pathways.
- You plan. If grad school in Canada is on your radar, this could change the game.

The cost of education in is no joke.

As someone who did a 1-year MA a long time ago (and received a 1 year work permit), this update is significant. These days, it pays off having an education + strategy.

20/05/2025

There are over 14,000 Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs).That’s a lot of choice.

So choose wisely

Don’t choose someone who sells fear.
Don’t choose someone who guarantees results.
And definitely don’t choose someone who claims to “know everything about your case” after talking to you briefly.

There are times I stop mid-consultation to say: “Let me double-check that and get back to you.” That’s not uncertainty, it’s professionalism.

Last week, I asked myself a difficult question: If something happened to me, who would I want my beloved clients to go to? Answer is not difficult actually…The best…

60% of my bookings these days are people looking for second opinions. And 50% of those?
They’ve been misled or scared by a previous agent (non-authorized), RCIC or lawyer.

Don’t let that be you. You have great options to discuss your present or future in Canada.

Choose wisely …