Sep 27, 2018
Tim Golden and Kelly Goldthorpe
“You’re not getting into the United States today...” “I can ban you for life, if I want to…” “I don&rsqu...
Sep 17, 2018
Kelly Goldthorpe
Express Entry is Canada’s immigration application management system which came into effect in January 2015. Express Entry manages the Canadia...
Aug 31, 2018
Peter Salerno
1. Biometrics requirements
Giving up your fingerprints and a photograph before entering Canada has become the new norm for most foreign nation...
Jul 19, 2018
Canada is quickly becoming a hub for IT companies. Whether it is big and established companies or brand-new start-ups, the IT sector is booming. Th...
Jul 10, 2018
In an effort to enhance the integrity of the Canadian immigration system, the federal government began collecting biometric data from foreign natio...
Jun 6, 2018
Kelly Goldthorpe
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreement has liberalized trade between Canada, the United States and Mexico since it came into eff...
May 8, 2018
In the recent decision of Hammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 459, the Federal Court found that it can be procedurally unfair f...
Apr 6, 2018
Alexandra Cole
THE LEGISLATION
The subject of Canada’s medical inadmissibility provisions has been a hot topic on the government’s radar in recent yea...
Mar 22, 2018
Alannah Glintz
On February 27, 2018, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled 2018’s federal budget, which he described as “a plan that puts people first ...
Dec 1, 2017
Tim Golden
The current U.S. administration has now had a full year under its belt since Election Day, and it has been ten months full of surprises for those w...
Nov 16, 2017
Cristina Guida and Peter Salerno
New free trade union provides open marketplace for Canadian and European companies
The subject of free trade in Canada is increasingly garner...
Jul 14, 2017
Peter Salerno
There has been no shortage of hot-button immigration issues in the first half of 2017.
From an international standpoint, President Donald Tr...
Jun 9, 2017
Aris Daghighian
We would like to congratulate associate Aris Daghighian for winning this year’s CBA National Immigration Law Section Founders’ Award. T...
Jun 7, 2017
Canada’s Global Skills Strategy is scheduled to launch on June 12, 2017. The Global Skills Strategy is aimed at helping high-growth...
May 10, 2017
U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode was quoted in a May 10th article featured in Forbes regarding the EB-5 immigrant investor prog...
Apr 28, 2017
Cristina Guida
April 28, 2017- In response to campaign promises to remove “unfair elements” from the current Citizenship Act, the Liberal government i...
Feb 28, 2017
Kelly Goldthorpe
By: Kelly Goldthorpe
“We know that when talented researchers, innovators and leaders are able to provide their expertise, even temporar...
Feb 22, 2017
Aris Daghighian
In the wake of President Trump’s Executive Orders on immigration last month, there has been much talk in Canada of the Safe Third Country Ag...
Feb 1, 2017
We would like to congratulate U.S. practice director Jonathan Grode on his tireless work with the ACLU to help families who have been denied entry ...
Sep 30, 2016
The thanksgiving season is upon us again!
Green & Spiegel will be teaming up with the Daily Bread Food Bank collecting non-perishable it...