Law Students

Canada - "A haven for villains"
A critical article in the Economist regarding Canada and its 'lax' abd 'dysfunctional' immigration and refugee policy. The article points at Canadian refugee claimant Ahmed Ressam and the current backlog of 50,000 individuals against whom removal orders are pending: ...

Blawg of the Day -- Canadian Immigration Blawg
This week's Canadian law blog deals with immigration: the Canadian Immigration Blawg is published by Raj Sharma, a former immigration officer and now practicing immigration attorney in Calgary...

Work Permits And Labour Market Opinions
Joshua Sohn, Immigration Lawyer with Embarkation Law Group in Vancouver discusses work permits and Labour Market Opinions. Anybody who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident needs authorization to work in Canada...

How A Refugee Can Bring His Or Her Spouse To Canada
Mike Bell, Immigration Lawyer with Bell Riley Achtari Despatis & Setzer of Ottawa, explains how a refugee can bring his or her spouse to Canada. If someone has convention refugee status and they have a spouse overseas, they need to indicate on their application that they have a spouse overseas that they want included in their [...

Violent Refugee Released
Paula Simons writes on a violent refugee, Samuel Martin Luin, who after completing his sentence for raping a woman in Edmonton, was released from detention by Immigration Division Member Paul Kyba...

How Suresh haunts Bill C-3 and Section 2 of the Charter
A central objective and guiding principle in Canadian immigration policy has been the management of migration flows. At the core is a balance between two broad interests; state sovereignty and security versus the basic human right to mobility and to shelter from persecution...

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Immigration FAQs
Facts about Immigrating to the USA

Green Cards
Ways to get a green card

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

General Naturalization Requirements
From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
allegedly overcharged for immigration application fees.

Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Division of Immigration Health Services
allegedly drugged deported immigrants with sedatives.

Canadian Government
allegedly used Canadian soldier as test subjects for nuclear explosion radiation exposure.

Immigration Fees
Nationwide Class Action Gets Green Light

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop