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flag Canada is limiting 2026 student visas and pausing key immigration streams due to system overload.

flag Canada has capped 2026 international student visas at nearly 310,000, despite a planned intake of 155,000, and now requires provincial attestation letters with personal details for study permits. flag Permanent residency applications for startup and self-employed immigrants are paused starting January 1, with no reopening date set. flag The migrant caregiver stream, previously scheduled to reopen March 31, 2026, will remain closed until March 30, 2030, due to high backlogs. flag Processing delays are significant, with caregiver applications taking 21–33 months and startup visas exceeding 10 years. flag These changes, published in the Canada Gazette on December 20, 2025, aim to manage system capacity. flag A new bill, Bill C-12, nearing passage, would grant broad powers to pause immigration processing for public interest reasons, including security or fraud, with parliamentary oversight required.

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