Posts by Michael Niren

Are you a foreign national who has married a United States citizen? Do you want to immigrate to the Untied States as the spouse of a United States citizen or permanent resident? You can apply for permanent residency in the United States when your spouse applies to sponsor you for permanent residency of your own.  […]

The United States is an important hub of international business, and as a result many foreign companies have offices there. In some circumstances, these businesses may have to transfer workers from foreign offices to the United States offices. However, even if it is the same company doing the transfer they are required to obtain a […]

Did you know that when a United States citizen or United States permanent resident marries a foreign national, the United States citizen or permanent resident can sponsor that foreign national for a green card? This method of immigration is called spousal sponsorship, as the United States citizen or permanent resident sponsors the foreign national to […]

Did you know that you can obtain a visa for the United States through investments? If you invest in a business in the United States, you can obtain an E-2 investor visa. There are several different requirements for obtaining an E-2 visa for the United States. For example, applicants will need to demonstrate that they […]

Did you know that if you are an employee of a foreign company and your employer decides to transfer you to the United States, you will still require a United States work visa? The visa for this particular situation is called the L1 work visa, and this visa is also available for business owners who […]

The United States has a visa for foreign nationals who wish to expand their business to the United States, and this is a special type of United States work visa called an L1 visa. This visa is also available for foreign workers who are being transferred to the United States by their employer.  However, like […]

Immigration through marriage is called spousal sponsorship. The United States allows United States citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their foreign spouses to come to the United States as permanent residents. This can be an extremely worthwhile application for married couples.  However, there are also a few things that you need to be aware of […]

If you’ve been looking into United States visas, you may have found out about the E visas, which are for traders and investors. There are two types of these visas: the E-2 visa for investors, and the E-1 visa for traders. However like all visas, E visas have requirements to the USA that must to […]

Canada suspended the Immigrant Investor Program in the summer of last year to help the government tackle a massive backlog of applications. The program, which was extremely popular, allowed foreign nationals to invest at least $800,000 with the government in order to immigrate to Canada, something that provided an additional $2 billion to the Canadian […]

The federal government has announced that it will be reducing the maximum age of dependent children of immigrants to Canada to 19 from the current 22. This will make an estimated 7,000 or so dependent children ineligible to come to Canada, as this is the approximate amount of dependents that come to Canada annually over […]

The Toronto Star has reported that a seven-page outline of a plan to change the definition of a dependent child says the government will be reducing the accepted age of dependent children from 22 to the age of 19 after January 1st, as well as removing the previous exemption that allowed children over the age […]

  Did you know that there are work visas available for people who want to invest in or start a business in the United States? People who want to work in trade or investment in the United States can apply for an E-visa. Understanding E Visas for the United States E visas are for traders […]

Update: This article refers to the year of 2013/2014. If you are interested in learning more about the current Parents and Grandparents program, please visit our page on the Parent and Grandparent program in 2020. As you may know, the Canadian Government put the sponsorship of parents and grandparents on hold, allowing them to apply […]

Niren and Associates have been featured in the Top Choice Magazine in an article called Challenging Change: Facing the Fear of Changing Your Career Path. The article is available at the Top Choice Magazine website. Niren and Associates have also won Top Choice Awards for 2010, 2011 and 2012 with another nomination for 2013. The […]

At the moment, there is no retiree visa for the United States – although such a visa it would no doubt be very popular. As it stands now, Canadians who wish to spend time in the United States as retirees cannot stay there year-round.  Canadians who spend their winters in the United States – affectionately […]