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One of the requirements for holding a PR card in Canada is that you renew it every five years you have one. The PR card, or permanent resident card, is an important government ID that proves you are a permanent resident of Canada and that you are allowed to live or work anywhere in the [...]
5 Ways to Become Eligible for Canadian Student Permit
Every year, there are close to a hundred thousand foreign students who come to Canada to benefit from the high quality of education and learning. Some foreign-born students find Canada the best place to study English or French. In Ottawa alone the number of foreign students, who are enrolled at various educational institutions, is skyrocketing [...]
New lawsuit shines light on immigration lawyer fraud
Two lawsuits filed in Superior Court allege immigration lawyer fraud. We have written extensively about immigration fraud perpetrated by Immigration Consultants. Sadly, now it’s the immigration lawyer’s turn. According to two lawsuits filed in San Francisco Superior Court this week, an immigration lawyer defrauded thousands of people looking for a better life in the United [...]
Immigrant investor applications to be accepted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
On December 1, 2010, applications for the federal Immigration Investor Program will be accepted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The program was suspended in June 2010 because of a backlog in applications, as well as to prevent a spike in applications after recent changes were made. New qualifications for Immigrant investor applications [...] Visaplace.com Canada [...]
Spousal Sponsorship “Marriage of Convenience” issues continued…
As part of our ongoing reporting on the Canadian government’s crackdown on “Marriage of Convenience” cases for Spousal Sponsorship, here are the latest developments. In early November a woman in British Columbia was arrested on bigamy charges for being legally married to two people at once in different cities in order to sponsor two different [...]
Study says immigrants vital to Canada’s growth
A study released by the Conference Board of Canada this week has found that immigration is vital to Canada. The 60-page report was just released and is expected to inform both the Canadian government and Canadian businesses on the value of immigration. The Conference Board of Canada is a not-for-profit independent research organization that releases [...]
Canadian government targets higher immigrant numbers for 2011
The Government of Canada announced its plans for immigration in 2011 at the beginning of this month when it tabled its annual plan in Parliament, which is typically done before November 1st every year. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenny said in a media release that, “Canada’s post-recession economy demands a high level of [...]
Defense of Marriage Act deports same-sex immigrants in US
The United States 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) identifies marriage as only being between a man and a woman under federal law. This means that in the case of immigration law, which is a federal matter, same sex couples who are legally married in states where gay marriage is legal are still subject to [...]
Spousal Sponsorship Meeting on “Marriages of Convenience” for Preventing Sponsorship Fraud
Over Halloween weekend, Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney hosted a meeting in Montreal to discuss preventing “marriages of convenience” for immigration reasons in Canada. The meeting was the third such meeting on immigration held by the Minister, who has been meeting with various communities across Canada throughout the month to discuss [...]
Spousal Sponsorship gone Bad: Family and Immigration law don’t always see “eye to eye”
CBC reported last week that a Canadian man who was married to a Ukrainian woman for a short time now wants her deported. He still pays spousal support for the woman, who he met through a dating website. He applied for a visitor’s visa (temporary resident visa) on her behalf, and married her shortly after [...]
So how do your lawyers communicate with you?
Or do they? A big, perhaps, one of the biggest concerns immigration clients express is the level of accessibility they will have to their lawyers. After all people are playing thousands of dollars for legal services that will have a major impact on their lives i.e., moving to a new country temporarily or permanently. Sadly, [...]
Immigration and Refugee Board refusal sends man back to Mexico
The assistant to a journalist allegedly killed during Mexico’s drug violence had been denied refugee status. The man was the assistant to Amado Ramírez Dillane, who was prominent among Mexican journalists and covered the drug cartel violence and the activities of government officials, leaving him with a number of enemies. He was killed in April [...]
Arizona welcomes refugees but hunts down illegal immigrants
Despite the state of Arizona’s recent proposed anti-illegal immigration law that was severely modified before being passed, Arizona is becoming known as a haven for refugees from war-torn countries like Iraq, Somalia and Myanmar. The famous Arizona law had dealt with illegal immigrants, but thousands upon thousands of legal immigrants and refugees are welcome in [...]
Original Content vs. News Feeds in Immigration Blogs and Twitter
Many of you may have noticed that we don’t link to immigration news feeds. On occasion we link to immigration news stories published online but we never just “link and leave”. Anyone can do that. Without naming names, we have observed a proliferation of blogs and twitter accounts simply linking to news stories about immigration. [...]
Unpaid welfare bill prevents man from sponsoring his new wife
A man who divorced his first wife years ago and re-married in 2006 cannot sponsor his new wife because he’s on the hook for his ex-wife’s welfare bill, totaling almost $ 30,000. Ignatius Seffalaar is a baker in Saskatchewan and a Canadian citizen originally from the Netherlands. A frequent traveler for occupational reasons, he met [...]
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