Immigration officials made mistakes when processing Spousal Sponsorship applications A Nigerian couple is receiving an official apology from Citizenship and Immigration Canada after many mistakes were made when processing their visa application. Gideon Christian was doing his doctoral studies in law at the University of Ottawa but is becoming frustrated and was getting ready to [...]
New proposal for Spousal Sponsorships for Canada
Sponsored spouses must be in relationships for two years After months of consultations with the public across Canada on preventing marriage fraud for immigration purposes, the federal government has put forth a new proposal for spousal sponsorship applications: those coming to Canada to be with someone already in Canada would have to be in a [...]
Sponsorship Appeal for Permanent Residence Successful: A New Years Surprise
Dear Kevin I hope you are doing well and hope you are enjoying your time with your wife and the baby. Please note that we received the positive decision [on your appeal] from the Immigration Appeal Division and I have forwarded this decision to the High Commission in Singapore requesting that they continue processing your wife’s [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Refused and successfully Appealed
Spousal Sponsorship refusal overturned thanks to Niren and Associates To Katherine Yang, Because of your hard work and experience for our Sponsorship Appeal case we are together forever after a long time. Thank you Katherine very very much. You are really kind, the world is a nice place because of people like you. We are [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Immigration fraud may mean changes to the system
Spousal Sponsorship process changes may be on the way Countries like Australia and England require that a sponsored person live with their spouse for three years before being given permanent resident status, which is what a Toronto-area MP said he’d like to see implemented in Canada to help prevent marriage fraud. Bramalea-Gore-Malton Liberal MP Gurbax [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Appeal Successful: Husband and Wife to be Reunited
Spousal Sponsorship Appeal successful thanks to Niren and Associates Immigration Law Firm I am very very thankful to Katherine Yang forever. She handled my sponsorship appeal so well that it succeeded. She had worked very hard and very closely on my file. It was impossible without her strong effort and understanding. Her submission was so great and considerable. [...]
Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren and Spousal Sponsorship Petitions
Spousal sponsorship and the Tiger Woods debacle Huh? I knew you would say that. Unless you are on a desert island, you have heard about Tiger’s alleged transgressions concerning marital infidelity. As an immigration lawyer dealing with legal issues on a daily basis, I nevertheless get transfixed by the same gossipy headlines that everyone else [...]
Immigrant Sponsors Debt Ruling requires Provincial Government to act Fairly
Immigrant sponsors not required to pay back debts that aren’t theirs A landmark ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal held that Immigrant Sponsors are not automatically required to pay back immigrant debt of the relatives they sponsored despite having signed an immigrant Sponsors Agreement. Rather the Province now has to proceed with the debt [...]
Sponsorship Application Refused because of my Previous Marriage
Hello Mr. Niren, I would like your opinion on my sponsorship. My husband was refused because of my previous marriage. Canada Immigration jumped to the conclusion that my second marriage is not bona fide because of my previous marriage was brief . I have reapply with more proof that my marriage is genuine. What do [...]
Sponsorship Appeal was Successful but I'm Still Waiting.
My appeal was allowed through the IAD (Immigration Adjudication Division) on 2 August 2008 and the Canadian High Commission opened my file after 3 months of the decision. They said that they did not get letter from IAD that my appeal is allowed. I then submitted the same letter to them and they advised that [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Refusals are too High
As reported by Torstar News, government documents reveal that just under 50% of spousal sponsorship applications are refused from certain regions such as southern China, Western Africa. In other areas refusal rates are also unacceptably high. MP Olivia Chow calls this high refusal rate “cruel and arbitrary”. I cannot agree more. At our office, we [...]
My Sponsorship Application was Refused. What can I do?
What can you do if your sponsorship application was refused? Q. I received a letter from Canada Immigration that my immigration application for sponsorship of my wife was refused. What should I do now? A. Depending on what immigration office or consulate that you specifically you filed your original sponsorship application, you may have some [...]
