Proposed Changes to the Skilled Worker Category “Immigration is key to economic growth and prosperity,” said Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenny. Following the controversial immigration reform in March 2012 proposing to wipe out a waiting list of more than 280,000 foreign workers and returning $130 million they paid in processing fee, Minister Kenney [...]
Did you know it’s Fraud Prevention Month? Don’t become a victim of immigration fraud!
Don’t become a victim of immigration fraud in Canada Despite new regulations and restrictions implemented and proposed by the Canadian government over recent months, shady immigration consultants and other people attempting to abuse the system are still taking advantage of those who want to immigrate to Canada. Ways to prevent becoming a victim of immigration [...]
Canadian Government re-vamps Entrepreneur Immigration Program
New Entrepreneur Immigration Program to be announced by end of 2012 Last year, the Canadian government cancelled the immigration entrepreneur program with little notice after 10 years. The program had a 10,000-application backlog before it was cancelled. Now, in an interview with the Globe and Mail last week, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney [...]
Immigration Lawyer Michael Niren in Yahoo News
Yahoo News Canada recently published an article titled, “Should Canada’s immigration policy favour poor and oppressed or educated and rich?”, with commentary and debate from a number of immigration experts including our own immigration lawyer Michael Niren. He said: “Canada’s immigration history is based on family reunification. This means that a main objective in immigration [...]
Immigration Minister Kenney considers doing away with older immigration applications
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said on Wednesday that simply getting rid of the backlog of immigration applications using legislation might be an option, similar to what New Zealand did in 2003 – basically putting all of the “old ones” in the same pool with new ones, where potential immigrants to Canada are [...]
New Restrictions for Spousal Sponsorship Applications now in force
Below is a summary of the recent changes to Spousal Sponsorships for Canada introduced by Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney and the Conservative Government. Please note these sponsorship restrictions affect spousal sponsorships but do not affect any other type of sponsorship application. Further, these changes are aimed at sponsoring spouses who were themselves sponsored to come to [...]
New Point System for 2012 Skilled Worker Program
Federal Skilled Worker Points to be harder to get? At a recent appearance in Toronto, Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced that the points system for the Federal Skilled Worker Program is being revised to favor better language skills and people younger in age. Applicants need a certain number of points for [...]
Citizenship and Immigration Canada to change spousal sponsorship rules
Spousal sponsorship changes on the way According to this Winnipeg Free Press article, the government of Canada is bringing in new regulatory changes that would force a sponsored spouse to live with their sponsoring spouse for at least two years before they can receive their permanent residence status, or they will be deported from Canada. [...]
Government Considering Removing Birthright Canadian Citizenship
Immigration department looking at ways to prevent foreign women from giving birth on Canadian soil to claim citizenship Birthright citizenship – automatically granting Canadian citizenship to anyone who is born on Canadian soil no matter where their parents hail from – may soon become a thing of the past. According to this Woodstock Sentinel article, [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Applications under radar
If you are planning a marriage to a Canadian citizen in order to immigrate you better be prepared to live together for at least two years, better yet truly be in love, or you will find yourself facing possible deportation from the country. Proposed Changes to Spousal Sponsorship Cases The Citizenship and Immigration Department’s proposed [...]
Immigration Applications going online. Beware
Seems like the Canadian government is catching up with the times. Many immigration applications are now going online which means applicants are instructed to complete them on the web rather than print them out, fill them in and snail-mail them to immigration centres. This online application approach of course has its obvious benefits: paperless process, [...]
Prime Minister’s Office intervenes and orders Afghan interpreters’ immigration applications reviewed
Late last year, our own immigration lawyer Michael Niren was interviewed on CFRB radio and by CBC News about the inability of the Canadian government to make good on its promise to Afghan interpreters who put their lives on the line helping Canadians in Afghanistan - these interpreters qualified for visas to come to Canada. [...]
How to Speed Up Your Permanent Resident Application for Canada
No amount of money can “fast-track” your permanent residence application According to this Ottawa Citizen story, a woman who acted as a “connection” during her stint as an operation manager at Citizenship and immigration Canada is on trial and facing 28 different charges for defrauding the government. According to the article, a man would offer [...]
Toronto Rabbi accused of Immigration Fraud though Immigration Law Firm in NYC
According to the Toronto Star a Rabbi in Toronto is accusing of committing immigration fraud for which he has been extradited. The allegations are that Rabbi Avraham David, a dual citizen of Canada and the US, duped thousands of immigration applicants though his immigration law firm in New York. Rabbi David allegedly came to Canada in 2006 [...]
Immigration Fraud Costs two Men Up To $100,000
Two men face fines of up to $100,000 or five years in jail for immigration fraud Two men in Nova Scotia, one a Canadian citizen and one a permanent resident, are facing up to $100,000 in fines or up to five years in jail for helping people get Canadian citizenship and permanent resident status in [...]
