Mar 26, 2020
Ravi Jain and Michael Hughes
In the wake of the spread of COVID-19, immigration lawyers have been confronted with an abundance of new directives from the Government of Canada. ...
Mar 23, 2020
Valerie Kleinman
As we continue to venture into unchartered waters surrounding COVID 19, the Canadian Government has implemented measures to help contain the virus...
Feb 14, 2020
Whether you are moving across the city, across the country or around the world, nothing says true love more than packing up your life and mo...
Feb 5, 2020
Here are 5 frequently asked questions we, at Green and Spiegel, get about the residency obligation:
1. What is my residency obligation as a...
Feb 4, 2020
As the third case of Coronavirus has just been confirmed in Canada, there have been drastic measures taken by public safety officials regard...
Jan 30, 2020
Kelly Goldthorpe
The 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus that was first identified in Wuhan, China. The source of the virus is unknown but symptoms of those who h...
Jan 29, 2020
Michael Hughes
Immigration issues continue to dominate Canadian politics, and acutely so in Quebec. The 2018 provincial election in Quebec saw the unprecedented r...
Jan 24, 2020
In 2013, the federal government launched a pilot program designed to attract innovative and skilled entrepreneurs seeking new opportunities to Cana...
Jan 22, 2020
Peter Salerno
Express Entry
Although candidates in the Express Entry pool who had a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 438 were issued an Invitation to...
Jan 13, 2020
Kelly Goldthorpe
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex recently announced that over the course of this year, they intend to divide their time b...
Dec 20, 2019
Kelly Goldthorpe
Family reunification continues to be a top priority for the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. This priority is codified in secti...
Dec 4, 2019
Increasingly, our office is encountering cases in which travelers or immigration applicants at the border have their cell phone, laptop, iPad or ot...
Oct 16, 2019
Tim Golden
It has been a year full of changes for U.S. immigration, and at the conclusion of the U.S. Fiscal Year 2019, we have decided to focus on the curren...
Sep 25, 2019
Trusted traveller programs have grown exponentially over the past decade. The most common of these programs is NEXUS, which provides cardholders wi...
Sep 18, 2019
Hilete Stein
Express Entry is becoming more popular by the day. Just this year, IRCC invited 63,400 candidates to apply for permanent residence through the syst...
Sep 6, 2019
The writ has not been dropped yet, but Canada’s political parties are already in campaign mode. Perhaps more so than usual, immigration is fe...
Jul 30, 2019
Peter Salerno
Rising Express Entry Scores
Candidates waiting in the Express Entry system to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence could ha...
Jul 16, 2019
Alexander Toope
Introduction:
As a result of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision released on May 10th, 2019—Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Prepa...
Jun 18, 2019
On June 15, 2019, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced two new pilot programs for caregivers: the Home Child Care Provide...
May 29, 2019
An overview of the reporting obligations for Canadian Residents
As the summer season is right around the corner, many Canadian residents will be re...