{"id":9875,"date":"2026-01-02T09:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/2026\/01\/02\/the-10-biggest-canadian-immigration-policy-changes-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:33:18","slug":"the-10-biggest-canadian-immigration-policy-changes-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/2026\/01\/02\/the-10-biggest-canadian-immigration-policy-changes-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 biggest Canadian immigration policy changes of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCanada\u2019s immigration system has undergone sweeping changes in 2025. Over the course of the year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made many major announcements\u2014from substantial changes to Express Entry to new restrictions on spousal open work permits. Taken together, the changes indicate a more targeted approach to permanent residence (PR)\u2014prioritizing specific skills and occupations<br \/>\nThe post The 10 biggest Canadian immigration policy changes of 2025 first appeared on CIC News.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s immigration system has undergone sweeping changes in 2025. Over the course of the year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made many major announcements\u2014from substantial changes to Express Entry to new restrictions on spousal open work permits. Taken together, the changes indicate a more targeted approach to permanent residence (PR)\u2014prioritizing specific skills and occupations [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/the-10-biggest-canadian-immigration-policy-changes-of-2025-0164104.html\">The 10 biggest Canadian immigration policy changes of 2025<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/\">CIC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/the-10-biggest-canadian-immigration-policy-changes-of-2025-0164104.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCanada\u2019s immigration system has undergone sweeping changes in 2025. Over the course of the year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made many major announcements\u2014from substantial changes to Express Entry to new restrictions on spousal open work permits. Taken together, the changes indicate a more targeted approach to permanent residence (PR)\u2014prioritizing specific skills and occupations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cic-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}