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Work Permits for Information Technology Workers
Posted on November 19, 2009If you wish to immigrate to Canada and apply for permanent residence and your occupation does not fall within the current restricted list of qualifying occupations, you'll need work experience in Canada first before applying for permanent residence.In order to get work experience, you'll need a work permit...
Is Diabetes a Bar to Canada Immigration?
Posted on October 07, 2009I am often asked whether diabetes makes an applicant medically inadmissible to Canada. As with many medical issues, the answer is "it depends."Diabetes is not - generally speaking - a bar to immigration if there is no nerve end damage and it can be controlled with diet, medication or insulin...
Canadian Economic Recovery Means Opportunities for Foreign Workers
Posted on September 28, 2009The recession in Canada has come to an end. A recent report by he Toronto Dominion Bank has stated that Canada's economy will grow by a robust 2.5 per cent next year due to improvements in the housing sector, consumer spending, exports and commodity prices...
New PNP on the horizon for the Northwest Territories
Posted on August 21, 2009This news release from CIC is important for the current immigration system. With the significant restrictions on skilled worker applicants, Provincial Nominee Programs are crucial in affording a way into the country for those who can not qualify federally...
New Visas Required for Mexican and Czech Citizens
Posted on July 15, 2009Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced - without warning - that Mexican and Czech citizens now require a temporary resident visa before entering Canada.During the peak of tourist season and the depths of the recession, this government decision makes little sense...
Happy Canada Day
Posted on July 01, 2009Happy Canada Day!For newly arrived immigrants, this is a holiday to remember as the country gets out and celebrates Canada's 142nd birthday. For potential immigrants, we hope you can join us next year!
Canada Immigration and Vulnerable Workers
Posted on June 18, 2009The Canadian government is taking welcome steps to protect workers who are vulnerable to exploitation once they arrive in Canada:Government of Canada introduces amendments to protect vulnerable foreign workers from human traffickingOttawa, June 17, 2009 ? The Government of Canada will today reintroduce amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to help protect vulnerable
Canadian Employers Hiring Immigrant Workers
Posted on June 17, 2009CIC is moving towards a system where many immigrants will have to find a Canadian employer as part of the immigration process. To this end, CIC is making it easier for employers to hire potential immigrants:The Government of Canada introduces new resource for employers interested in hiring internationally trained workersOttawa, June 16, 2009 ? A new resource to help guide employers through the
New Saskatchewan Immigration Program
Posted on June 16, 2009The current restrictions on skilled worker applications means that applicants have to get creative and look at provincial programs. Although most people intend to live in Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, other cities and provinces offer potential immigrants an entry into Canada...
Conjugal Sponsorships and Canada Immigration
Posted on June 14, 2009This is a big topic on which I've written in the past. I would like to address one question I get from so many people: "Why does Citizenship and Immigration Canada approve so few conjugal applications?"There are some people who think that CIC targets conjugal applications for rejection...
Sponsorship and Medical Inadmissibility of a Family Member
Posted on June 08, 2009Too often an immigration sponsorship application is rejected because a family member (whether accompanying the applicant or not) is deemed medically inadmissible. The test is whether the individual will or might reasonably cause excessive demands on the health care or social service system when that person arrives in Canada...
Speeding Tickets and Canada Immigration
Posted on June 03, 2009Many potential immigrants come across the criminal inadmissibilty provisions of our immigration rules and wonder if their vehicle speeding tickets will prevent them from immigrating to Canada. Surely such tickets are an offense?Generally speaking, speeding tickets will not make you inadmissible...
A Good Reason to Immigrate to Canada
Posted on May 06, 2009Mercer has completed its 2009 ranking of the best quality of life cities in the world. Vancouver, BC came in fourth, a fraction behind Vienna, Zurich and Geneva. The good news for immigrants is that the cost of living in Vancouver is much less than those European cities...
Canada Best Prepared for Economic Downturn
Posted on April 23, 2009BBC News' Stephanie Flanders writes about how Canada is weathering this economic downturn better than any other G20 country. This bodes well for immigration and for continuing to attract new immigrants:I know you can't bear the suspense. The award for "Best Prepared Country Going Into the Crisis" goes to...
Canada Immigration and Young Workers
Posted on March 23, 2009The new Ministerial Instruction makes having employment experience in Canada that much more important in order to immigrate to Canada. If your occupation does not fall within the narrow list of occupations in the Ministerial Instruction, you will need Canadian employment experience (or fit within other categories)...
When Can a Permanent Resident Sponsor for Canada Immigration?
Posted on February 23, 2009I get a lot of questions from new permanent residents asking when they can start the sponsorship process for parents or other relatives.For sponsorship applications that require a sponsor to meet the low income cut off (such as sponsoring parents) that sponsor will need to 12 months of Canadian income, no matter how many assets that sponsor immigrated to Canada with...
New Citizenship Rules from Immigration Canada
Posted on February 11, 2009A new law will come into effect on April 17, 2009, amending the Citizenship Act. The new law will give Canadian citizenship to certain individuals who lost it and to others who will be recognized as citizens for the first time. Citizenship will be automatic and retroactive to the date of loss or date of birth, depending on the situation...
The Most Unique Way to Immigrate to Canada
Posted on January 07, 2009Andrew Duffy of the Ottawa Citizen writes today about the most unusual way I've seen to immigrate to Canada. Mile-high baby granted Canadian citizenship Andrew Duffy, Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, January 07, 2009OTTAWA -- Canada has its first mile-high baby: Ottawa has granted citizenship to Sasha, the child born to a Ugandan woman on an international flight over Canada...
New Rules for Skilled Workers and Canada Immigration
Posted on January 03, 2009With the mini "constitutional crisis" over, it appears that Minister Jason Kenney's instructions to Visa officers regarding the processing of skilled workers will stand. Note that these instructions are effective retroactive to February 27, 2008. Unless you fall within the new criteria for federal skilled workers, your application will not be processed and your application fee refunded...
More News from Canada Immigration
Posted on November 30, 2008Here's the latest news from Canada Immigration. It shows that this new government is committed to continue advancing immigration and improving processing times in the years ahead: Minister Kenney announces immigration levels for 2009; Issues instructions on processing federal skilled workers Ottawa, November 28, 2008 ? Canada will stay the course on immigration in 2009, welcoming between
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Can I apply for adjustment of immigration status if I am a student studying in the US?
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