Jun 11, 2013
On June 19, 2013, the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act (FRFCA) received royal assent. The new provisions will result in important changes to...
Jun 6, 2013
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced this week that a re-testing option will be made available to citizenship applicants who fail the...
Jun 6, 2013
On June 8, 2013 the Government of Canada published a number of proposed amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations that will ...
Jun 3, 2013
Immigration Officers, stationed at 12 Canadian missions abroad, walked off the job on June 6th, 2013 in the most significant escalation since Forei...
May 23, 2013
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced on May 22, 2013 operational guidelines for implementing the four-year maximum for Temporary ...
May 23, 2013
In the May 2013 issue of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New Members? Newsletter, Green & Spiegel U.S. lawyers Karen Jensen...
May 10, 2013
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced today that it will be re-opening the Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) allowing for the s...
May 10, 2013
While the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program has come under closer scrutiny lately, criticized for granting immigrants with at least $500,000 an easy ...
May 9, 2013
The federal government has continued to implement changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in their effort to preserve the integrity ...
May 7, 2013
On May 8, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced an extension of the Pilot Project which provides for the issuance of two-year open wor...
May 6, 2013
On May 4, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada re-opened the Federal Skilled Worker Program with new selection criteria. The program introduces a new stream for applicants whose occupations fall under any one of 24 eligible occupations listed by CIC, viewable at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2013/2013-04-18.asp
Apr 30, 2013
Sweeping reforms to Canada?s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) were announced on April 29, 2013 as part of the government?s Economic Action Plan.
Apr 19, 2013
Sweeping reforms to Canada?s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) were announced on April 29, 2013 as part of the government?s Economic Action P...
Apr 18, 2013
A pause on the intake of applications to the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) in place since July 1, 2012 will be lifted on May 4, 2013 with a re-established eligible occupations stream.
Apr 8, 2013
A pause on the intake of applications to the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) in place since July 1, 2012 will be lifted on May 4, 2013 with a...
Apr 1, 2013
The MICC in Quebec has announced that the suspension of the receipt of applications under certain PR categories will be extended from April 1, 2013...
Apr 1, 2013
Demand for the H-1B visa, which permits foreign workers to work temporarily in specialty occupations in the U.S., is so high this year that the U....
Mar 22, 2013
Canada?s new Start-Up Visa pilot program for entrepreneurs and investors officially begins receiving applications on April 1, 2013, announced Citiz...
Mar 11, 2013
According to Minister Flaherty, the Government will take action to reform Canada?s Temporary Foreign Worker Program to ensure that Canadians are gi...
Mar 8, 2013
Significant changes are coming very soon to the way that job offers are assessed in the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Beginning on May 4, 2013, m...