Posts by Travis P

Grimsby, Ontario is a beautiful town nestled between the shores of Lake Ontario and the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. Homes on tree-lined streets with wonderful vistas of the surrounding vineyards make Grimsby a great destination to begin your journey exploring Niagara. The Town of Grimsby is committed to providing a high level of service to members of the […]

Express Entry Draw March #138 The Express Entry Draw took place on March 4, 2020, which was the 138th Express Entry Draw. The draw offered 3,900 ITA to those with a cut-off score of 471. This was the #138 Express Entry Draw and the first draw of March. The next express entry draw is expected to occur […]

Hundred thousand newcomers immigrate to Canadian cities every year. The Canadian cities can be attractive with their many job offers and site seeing but some Canadian towns can offer just as much if not more! Macleans.ca created a ranking system that suggests there are many small Canadian towns that offer the same benefits of a […]

Data from the Department of Homeland Security shows that legal immigration to the United States has declined by more than 7% between 2016 and 2018. This data excludes refugees from the numbers of immigrants coming into the US. What Areas of US Immigration Are Down? Much of the decline can be linked to the lower […]

Beginning Monday afternoon on February 16, Indigenous Canadian citizens protesting a natural-gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, blocked access to a border crossing in eastern Ontario. This resulted in Thousand Island Bridge and the border in that area itself being shut down for about 3 hours. For hundreds of years, the Wet’suwet’en have laid claim […]

The “wealth test” was approved by the Supreme Court last week. The new ruling creates a wealth test for immigrants based on their age, health, education, income and other assets. If you do not appear to have enough financial stability, US immigration officials can use this information to deny applicants who are seeking to enter […]

Express Entry Draw February #137 The Express Entry Draw took place on February 19, 2020, which was the 137th Express Entry Draw. The draw offered 4,500 ITA to those with a cut-off score of 470. This draw was the largest draw of 2020. This was the #137 Express Entry Draw and the second draw of February. Improving […]

The Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (NSPNP) regularly searches the IRCC’s Express Entry pool to find candidates who may meet the criteria of one of Nova Scotia’s Express Entry immigration streams. The NSPNP collects individuals from the Express Entry Pool to personally invite them to live and work in Nova Scotia. If you are interested in living and working […]

If you have been deported from the United States for any reason it could have devastating repercussions. During your deportation or removal, the agent officer will tell you how long you must stay outside of the US. Typically a border or immigration officer will require five, ten, 20 or forever until you can return. Depending […]

On February 1, 2020, the United States announced that six more countries would be added to the existing travel bans. These countries are Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Tanzania. This ban means that citizens of these nations will not be able to immigrate to the United States. The ban is set to go into effect […]

An Iranian graduate student who planned to attend Michigan State University was detained at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday, denied entry into the United States, then returned home, his attorney said. Alireza Yazdani, 27, was on a flight leaving Detroit on Monday, a day after he was detained and questioned by authorities. He had been […]

Express Entry Draw February #136 The Express Entry Draw took place on February 5, 2020, which was the 136th Express Entry Draw. The draw offered 3,500 ITA to those with a cut-off score of 472. This was the #136 Express Entry Draw and the first draw of February. Improving Your CRS Score If you need help improving […]

A whistleblower, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, has written an email about a recent U.S. crackdown at the border. Whistleblower: a person who exposes secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within a private or public organization. The Whistleblower sent the email to Len Saunders an immigration lawyer. […]

The Canadian Express Entry system works by assigning a point value to biographical information about you. These points are tallied and you as a part of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) and you are awarded a score. This score is known as your CRS Score. Every time an Express Entry draw occurs, the draw announces […]

On Friday, February 1st, President Trump added six more countries to the list of nations that face travel restrictions to the United States. These new countries include Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Tanzania. They are added to the Travel Ban list from 2017. The majority of the countries on the Travel Ban list have substantial […]