Posts by Michael Niren

Canadian immigration and military deserters A bulletin published by Citizenship and Immigration Canada on July 22nd states that “persons who have deserted the military in their country of origin may be inadmissible to Canada”. Michelle Robidoux of the War Resisters Support Campaign, a support organization for Canadian war resisters, told the Postmedia News on Monday […]

When you apply for a Canadian visitor visa there is a chance it could be denied for no apparent reason. The reason lies beneath a section of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations that allows officers to reject the visitor visa application without explaining why. If your Canadian tourist visa was refused without a refusal […]

TN Status Application goes well thanks to Niren and Associates Hi Fadi, Thanks for your guidance for preparing my TN status application. I know, it would not have been possible without your help.  Your suggestion for getting the evaluation of my academic credential and professional experience, help preparing the offer letter and help me prepare […]

Canadian Foreign Workers should beware of shady immigration consultants Unscrupulous immigration consultants have been widely reported on in the media of late, taking advantage of immigrants and taking their money while offering little in return and in some cases, nothing in return. They finally received enough attention for the government to propose new rules to […]

Entry to Canada possible thanks to Niren and Associates Hello Mr. Niren, I wish to draw your attention to the outstanding service provided to my company and by one of your associates. The Niren Team has gone far beyond the call of duty in assisting me in securing the necessary paperwork to access urgently needed foreign worker assistance for […]

Conrad Black, once a Canadian who renounced us citizenship to become an English Lord finds himself in very unusual legal waters from an immigration perspective. As someone with a criminal conviction, he would be considered inadmissible to Canada as a non-Canadian citizen. This means that despite the fact that Lord Black was born in Canada […]

New Canadian language testing requirements The Canadian Bar Association said last week that the changes made to processing permanent residence applications in Canada are “underhanded and abusive” and even circumvent  the law. Previously under Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, applicants had a choice between taking International English Testing System (IELTS) or Test d’evaluation de Francais […]

TN Visa approved thanks to Niren and Associates I wanted to thank immigration lawyer Fadi Minawi for his representation. He was a great asset for me to obtain my  TN Visa. He helped put my all my documents together and prepared me thoroughly. I can’t thank him enough. He helped me approach the border with confidence […]

Dr. Ashish Marwaha, a British doctor whose degree comes from Oxford University, told CBC News that he’s ditching Canada because of delays and immigration red tape preventing him from working in British Columbia as a doctor. Marwaha missed his chance to apply for residence (all doctors who graduate must complete residency) because his immigration paperwork […]

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 […]

Temporary Residence Permit obtained thanks to Niren and Associates We had the privilege of representing a Skipper who required a Temporary Resident Permit (TRP)  in order to enter Canadian waters off Vancouver. The applicant was on his boat during his journey from Hawaii to Vancouver, Canada and could not receive faxes or emails. It would take him 14 […]

Only 14 per cent of schools accept children of non immigration-status parents Social Planning Toronto, an organization dedicated to improving quality of life through social planning in the city, recently went undercover to see if Toronto-area Catholic schools will accept children of non-status immigrant parents. Researchers pretended to be family members of non-status children living in […]

Haitian visa fast-tracking in Canada In a news conference in Ottawa on July 13th, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced that the special visa fast-tracking program introduced right after the devastating earthquake in Haiti has reunited many Haitians with their families in Canada. Since the earthquake six months ago, Citizenship and Immigration Canada […]

// How to come to Alberta through the Provincial Nominee Program It is well known that under the Federal immigration system, Family Class sponsorships in Canada are restricted to spouses, common law partners, parents and grandparents (and dependent children). If you are a member of the family class, you may be eligible to be sponsored […]

The  Obama administration officially took legal action against the Arizona immigration law that unfairly targets minorities living in the state. The government filed a lawsuit that said the influx of charges against harmless people who do not have United States Visas would  create massive backlogs in their immigration enforcement system, which is reserved for dealing with people “who pose […]