NEW PATH WAY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR UKRAINIANS
[26-October-23 16:28:23]-New Program introduced will be in effect until October, 2024. In Response to the continued crises caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Government...
2023
2020
PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS – Series Part 3 of 3
[14-July-20 23:12:35]How do you maintain Canadian PR status? Residency obligation (1) A permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year period. (2) The...
PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS – Series Part 2 of 3
[14-July-20 23:11:06]When does a Permanent Resident lose status? If we read the proper section of the Act, it is quite clear: Permanent resident (1) A person loses...
PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS – Series Part 1 OF 3
[14-July-20 23:07:10]Are you still a Canadian Permanent Resident? Why are we looking at this question? With the present COVID pandemic, we are getting many inquiries from...
GREAT NEWS FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENTS WHO ARE OUT OF STATUS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
[14-July-20 21:08:58]A new public policy announcement today, July 14, 2020, allow temporary residents who are out of status after January 30, 2020 to restore their status...
2 or 5 Year Ban for Misrepresentation ?
[2-January-20 17:25:30]The current legislation sets the period of inadmissibility to Canada for persons who have been found inadmissible due to misrepresentation to five (5) years. The...
2019
Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications (s.25 IRPA) – Understanding the Legal Test – Post Kanthasamy
[17-September-19 21:20:20]This month, the Honourable Justice McHaffie granted the judicial review of DAMIAN v. MCI IMM-5202-18, 2019 FC 1158. Wennie Lee who litigated the matter before...
IMMIGRATION ECONOMIC INITIATIVE – Temporary public policy issued to provide permanent residence to out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area, July 5, 2019.
[3-August-19 12:35:40]In the stated Objectives of Canadian immigration law, found in s.3 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, there are several references to the...
SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIPS AND APPEALS
[30-June-19 15:04:48]The overriding issue in “spousal sponsorships” is the question of the genuineness of the marriage. Clients often ask, “ we have a genuine relationship” but...
Federal Court overturns refugee decision for inappropriate application of Gender Guidelines
[11-June-19 23:14:47]The Gender Guidelines were established by the Immigration and Refugee Board, in recognition that women asylum claimants fearing gender-related persecution face specific problems at refugee...
Process for getting LMIAs should change – Law Times (Feb 4, 2019)
[24-February-19 15:33:06]The process for obtaining a Labour Market Impact Assessment must change to better reflect the reality of global commerce, according to a Toronto immigration lawyer....
2018
SECTION 39 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT – Financial Refusals
[14-September-18 18:54:01]People often believe that Canadian immigration laws are more lax than those of our southern neighbour, the United States, but in fact they are not. ...