The Aval Visa Journal
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Why your application hasn’t entered the review queue
Ask where your application stands and you will be told something general: “in progress.” Inside IRCC, a PR economic application passes through…
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Why your Start-Up Visa file has not moved: IRCC’s own explanation
Programme status: paused. IRCC lists the Start-Up Visa Program as Paused. The final route — holding a valid 2025 commitment certificate and…
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603,730 post-graduation work permits, by field of study
Between January 2023 and November 2025, Canada issued 603,730 post-graduation work permits. IRCC has released that figure broken down by field of…
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PGWP refusals in 2025: the number most reports get wrong
New IRCC data on post-graduation work permits offers a tempting headline: the refusal rate in one stream climbed from 12% to 21%.…
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How often does Canadian security screening actually fail an applicant?
Every applicant stuck in security screening asks the same question: what share of files actually fail? Until now there was no published…
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Security screening referrals peaked in 2019, not 2024
The common claim is that Canadian security screening gets heavier every year. IRCC’s own data does not support that. The real picture…
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What Canadian security screening actually is
“Your application is undergoing security screening” is a line thousands of applicants have found in their GCMS notes without ever being told…
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Iran leads the world in Canada’s security screening referrals
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has released, under the Access to Information Act, a dataset that has not been analysed publicly until…
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Finland Tourist Visa: Requirements, Documents and Costs
Everything about the Finland tourist visa: the conditions, the documents, the fees, the reasons applications are refused and how to put a…
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