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Canada facing Construction Worker shortage, Skilled Worker Immigrants needed
Skilled Worker Immigrants needed for construction work in Canada An estimated 300,000 new construction workers will be desperately needed in the next ten years according to the Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Construction Association, Wayne Morsky. Morsky told the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association this spring that while mentoring programs that pair older construction […]
First Stop for Permanent Residence Applications: The Central Intake Office (CIO) in Nova Scotia, Canada.
How a Permanent Residence Application works In an effort to increase efficiency for Canadian Permanent Residence Applications, the Central Intake Office (CIO) in Sydney was created to reduce the backlog. The objective of the CIO is to reduce the enormous backlog of over 1 million people waiting for years. Here are the nuts and bolts […]
Update your Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications
Updating Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications When it comes to Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications or H&C Applications as they are often called, it is important to update them on an ongoing basis. Humanitarian and Compassionate Application cases can take over 2 years to process so there is ample opportunity to update them while they wait in the […]
7 Success Secrets for New Canadian Immigrants
Here is some important information for new Canadian immigrants that is very useful for those who have just arrived in Canada from another country. Adjusting to life in a new country can seem easy but it can actually be quite difficult and present obstacles. We have provided several tips and advice for you so that […]
Citizenship and Immigration Canada cracks down on Marriage and Adoption for Immigration Purposes
What You Need to Know About “Adoption for Immigration” A small mention proposing new regulations on family relationships for immigrants was mentioned in Saturday’s Canada Gazette about ‘adoption for immigration in Canada. The Canada Gazette is a publication put out by the Government of Canada that contains information on notices for the public, hearings and […]
Do I Need a Lawyer for Immigration?
Value of an Immigration Lawyer 2021 Often we are asked this question: “Do I need an immigration lawyer?” So we asked the CEO and founder of VisaPlace, Michael Niren to answer this question for us. Below you can find his answer to why someone would need to hire an immigration lawyer. The typical scenario runs […]
Canadian Study Permits, US Student Visas and Cross Border Education
It’s that time of year again, and college acceptance letters are beginning to arrive for nervous students who have applied to their institution of choice. Sometimes,that institution is in another country, and Americans and Canadians are more often than not choosing to obtain a Canadian or US student visa to attend school across the border. […]
Changes to the Skilled Worker Occupation List: Canada announces “Action Plan for Faster Immigration”
Changes to the Skilled Worker Priority List may be coming….Again Those who are eligible to apply for permanent residence under the Skilled Worker Program could be risking their eligibility if they wait too long, because the Action Plan for Faster Immigration that was announced on March 16th by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney […]
10 Reasons Why Immigrants Choose to Settle in Toronto
Toronto is a great place to live. Many native Torontonians sadly take our fair city for granted. Sometimes, it takes recent immigrants to remind us about how good we have it. Many immigrants have come from places which are lacking in basic infrastructure, culture and general standard of living. They cherish their new found home […]
Does having Canadian Adoptive Parents result in Automatic Canadian Citizenship?
Canadian Citizenship for Adopted Kids Last week, a hearing began for a teenager who is under threat of deportation back to his native Congo for committing a crime. Immigrant young offenders, unlike their age of majority counterparts, are not typically deported when they commit a severe crime. The teenager was recently released from a juvenile […]
Canada Improves Student Visa Approval Rate and Processing through New Stream
As of June 2018, the Student Direct Stream (SDS) Programme has replaced the Student Partners Programme (SPP) from 2009. When the SPP was introduced, the number of Indian students enrolled in Canadian colleges and universities doubled in just one year, due to higher acceptance rates from the schools and more Canadian study permits issued. It […]
Canadian Citizenship Fraud Allegedly Perpetrated By Immigration Consultants
As reported by Joe Friesen of the Globe and Mail, approximately 300 applications for Canadian citizenship directed to a single address in Mississauga, Ontario are subject of an RCMP Investigation. The suspicion is that applicants who live abroad may have retained the services of unscrupulous Immigration Consultants to file these applications naming a fake address. […]
Rules for Immigration to Canada Relaxed for Haitian Applicants
New Rules for Haitian Immigrants As has been reported, the Canadian government has introduced new rules to ease the immigration of Haitians affected by the tragic earthquake. The earthquake, which was over 7.0 on the Richter scale, has left the country with devastation that was “instant, utter and widespread,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said last […]
Changes to the Live in Caregiver Program Announced
New Changes to the Live in Caregiver Program Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney said on Sunday that changes have been proposed to the rules that govern live-in caregivers. The proposed changes include that employers will have to cover the costs of the caregivers’ travel to Canada, their workplace safety insurance and any […]
Leaving Canada for More Than 6 Months With a Canadian PR Card
Many times individuals who are living in Canada with a Permanent Resident card will want or need to leave for a specific reason and plan to return to Canada once that trip is over. We then receive messages from those concerned that they will face complications when returning to Canada, just like this one: “I […]
