Immigration News and Guides for UAE Residents - Page 4

A UAE trade licence does not automatically transfer once you land in Canada, but it can count toward permanent residence through a specific process. This guide covers the Federal Skilled Trades Program, the Express Entry channel built for electricians, plumbers, welders and other tradespeople, and what a UAE-licensed tradesperson needs to line up first. At a glance The Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) is one of three programs managed through Express Entry, alongside the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and the Canadian Experience Class, and unlike the FSWP it has…

Is a study permit still worth it after the cap? Canada has been deliberately shrinking its international student numbers every year since 2024, not just once. Study-to-PR is still a real route in 2026 — but it now runs through a rationing system, a shrinking pool of spaces, and a tougher post-graduation timeline than it did three years ago. Here is the honest version, built only from IRCC’s own published rules. At a glance IRCC’s 2026 study permit target is 408,000, down 16% from 2024’s 485,000 and 7% from 2025’s…

If you work in accounting, audit or financial analysis in the UAE, there is no Express Entry category for your occupation in 2026. A finance profile is selected on its Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score or through a provincial nomination, and the 2026 rounds show how high that bar sits. Two dates make this worth planning now: Ontario closed its Express Entry-linked streams on 25 June 2026 in favour of a job-offer stream, and registering with CPA Ontario by 31 December 2026 keeps you in the current certification program before…

If you are an engineer or IT professional in the UAE planning a Canada PR application, the first thing to know is that the Express Entry STEM category, the route most people still search for, has not issued an invitation since 11 April 2024. As at August 2026 the routes that are actually running are the general Express Entry pool combined with French, or a provincial stream that still targets engineering and tech and now requires a job offer. This guide sets out the numbers behind each route so that…

If your degree was awarded outside Canada, you need an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) before Express Entry will give you a single point for it. From the UAE, the ECA is usually the document that sets the pace of the whole profile, because no assessor starts work until it has received official records that come from your university or arrive in a sealed, institution-stamped envelope. (IQAS accepts a sealed envelope couriered by the applicant, so ‘sent to them directly’ by the university is not true for all five organisations; the…