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As you are all aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the travel industry to a virtual halt and there has been an impact on immigration services.    Canada has announced several special immigration, visa and border measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the travel restrictions in place, Canada is still accepting immigration applications.  This […]

 The COVID-19 virus pandemic takes center stage when one asks what is the latest in immigration legal issues.  The government announced an Order in Council pursuant to s. 58 in the federal  Quarantine Act. The significant provision from that OIC is as follows: s. 2 Any foreign national, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the

 The IRCC has made some major announcements in regards to topics of interest. The government made some further clarification announcements on their web site at the following web link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation/eligibility.html The essential criteria that one must have to be able to apply for a post graduation work permit, can be summarized in the following point

The Labour Market Impact Assessment (or LMIA) is an application that is completed by a Canadian employer who desires to hire foreign workers from outside of Canada. There are many steps that the employer must take such as mandatory advertising and recruitment activities so as to exhaust all options domestically to hire Canadian or Permanent

The Covid-19 virus is a continuing and evolving situation. The PM of Canada made another announcement this morning about the fact the US-CANADA border is going to close very soon. The question for many is what about applicants who have received their PR information package and wish to travel to Canada to land? The airports

Please know that COVID-19 is very much affecting all immigration applications. Please note in summary what is happening is the following: all international flights are only being allowed to land at Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal airports Only Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents are being allowed to enter all non citizens and non residents are

We want all of our clients and new clients to know that our law firm is open for business and we are practising social distancing at our firm. It is preferable to conduct all meetings and interviews via phone, skype, or zoom applications. If a client needs to be seen urgently we will make arrangements

The program at the University of Toronto is awesome. The professors are very knowledgeable and the discussions amongst the class are very engaging. Learning about software licensing, financing technology through venture capitalism (vc’s) and the importance of controlling one’s private information. The program continues to July, 2020. i travel to Toronto every two weeks for

The provincial government, by way of the Economic Development and Training Minister Eichler, just made this recent announcement. The number of immigrant landings in Manitoba in 2019 reached 18,905, the highest for any year in the province’s 150-year history, Economic Development and Training Minister Ralph Eichler announced today. “As a significant driver of economic and

The new immigration minister is currently reviewing the program for sponsorship of parents and grandparents. They are considering new forms and a new process but we don’t have details yet. They anticipate a delay until APRIL, 2020 before announcing the new program. Please wait for further details from our law firm at that time or