Permanent residency

Canada granted permanent residence to nearly 24,000 fewer people during the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, but the decline was far from even across countries of citizenship.

IRCC data shows total permanent residence granted fell from 246,580 to 222,625, a decrease of 9.7%.

Turkey recorded the largest increase, with permanent residents granted rising from 1,050 to 2,995, an increase of more than 185%.

Iran, Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Mexico, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Ghana, Nepal, Bangladesh, and several other countries also recorded increases.

India moved sharply in the opposite direction.

Permanent residence granted to Indian citizens fell by 15,405, from 68,690 to 53,285.

That single decline was equivalent to about 64.3% of Canada's entire year-over-year reduction.

The data reflects country of citizenship, not where people physically lived before receiving permanent residence, meaning many may already have been in Canada before becoming permanent residents.

So copper, copper colored, it's a copper colored lady says, um, "Hey Jose, uh, I have a temporary residency.

It will be four years in March to apply for my permanent residency." So in March, she has to apply.

Four years in March.

Okay, sweet.

So and we, yeah, March she has to get her permanent residency.

Mm-hmm.

Now, um, what can I-

Oh, by-

How do you turn a temporary digital nomad visa into a permanent European passport?

Well, both countries offer a very clear, stable path to permanent residence.

As long as you maintain your legal status and meet the continuous living requirements, meaning you don't leave the country for too many months out of the year, you can become a permanent resident in either Spain or Portugal after five years.

But permanent residence just means you can stay.

It isn't a passport.

What about actual citizenship?

But when you're limited to a certain visa, they're very strict on staying in your lane and doing only a particular task or job.

So three years is the requirement to apply for permanent residency.

But I think in 2027, they're going to make that five years, right?

Yeah.

So this is probably an episode that we can do in the future as well to do with permanent residency.

But this...

They've changed so many things now.

So depending on the type of visa that you started on, it varies how many years it takes to get to permanent residency.

You see skills? Nobody can take skills away from you.

Even if you move from the UK to Canada, we have a lot of our students that now got their PR.

And when they move to Canada, they were able to use the same certifications to get a job In Canada, we have, like one of our students got construction project manager in the US recently as well.

Your skills, nobody can take it away from you.