{"id":4406,"date":"2026-10-16T05:23:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justandtrueimmigration.com\/blog\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:25:17","slug":"canada-immigration-news-express-entry-changes-announcement-expected-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justandtrueimmigration.com\/blog\/canada-immigration-news-express-entry-changes-announcement-expected-today\/","title":{"rendered":"CANADA IMMIGRATION NEWS | EXPRESS ENTRY CHANGES ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4406\" class=\"elementor elementor-4406\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ec068 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7ec068\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31764de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31764de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canada\u2019s Immigration Minister, <strong>Lena Metlege Diab<\/strong>, is scheduled to announce changes to the Express Entry system in Kitchener, Ontario, on <strong>16 October 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 p.m. IST)<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The planned changes aim to help Canada attract skilled talent and support economic growth. However, the specific policy measures have not yet been confirmed in the information available for this report.<\/p><h4>Important Points<\/h4><ul><li><p><strong>Announcement date:<\/strong> 16 October 2026.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Scheduled time:<\/strong> 11:00 a.m. ET \/ 8:30 p.m. IST.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Who may be affected:<\/strong> Skilled-worker candidates and other Express Entry applicants.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Current status:<\/strong> Specific changes remain unconfirmed.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 CANADA IMMIGRATION PROFILE ASSESSMENT<\/h4><p>If you are considering study, employer sponsorship or skilled migration to Canada, your occupation, experience, visa pathway, location and family circumstances can all affect the available options.<\/p><p><strong>Just &amp; True Immigration Law &amp; Services<\/strong><br \/>Immigration Lawyers | Legal Guidance | Profile Evaluation<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcde +91 96575 00008<br \/>\ud83c\udf10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justandtrueimmigration.com\/\">www.justandtrueimmigration.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s Immigration Minister, Lena Metlege Diab, is scheduled to announce changes to the Express Entry system in Kitchener, Ontario, on 16 October 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 p.m. IST). The planned changes aim to help Canada attract skilled talent and support economic growth. However, the specific policy measures have not yet been confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-guides","category-latest-updates"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4345,"url":"https:\/\/justandtrueimmigration.com\/blog\/new-zealand-immigration-news-visitor-visa-application-system-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":4406,"position":0},"title":"NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION NEWS | VISITOR VISA APPLICATION SYSTEM UPDATE","author":"Just &amp; True","date":"October 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Immigration New Zealand has completed a previously announced transition of specified visitor visa application forms from its older online system to the enhanced Immigration Online platform. 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