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Canada will start targeting draws for skilled immigrants in 2023
As a foreign national currently in Canada or wanting to move to Canada, you may be looking at the many different pathways to obtain permanent residence status. As some of them can take a long time to process, many foreign nationals have been interested in the Express...
Labour Market Impact Assessment
As an employer in Canada, you may be struggling to find workers for your business. You may end up wanting to hire a foreign worker to fill the job available. Obtaining a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is one method that an employer can do to hire foreign...
Flagpoling
The term flagpoling refers to a process where a foreign national goes to the border, leaves Canada heading towards the United States, but then turns around to re-enter Canada and make an application for temporary status at the Port of Entry. This is commonly done by...
Upcoming Changes to Travel to Canada (Oct. 1, 2022)
The federal government has made the decision to remove their COVID-19 measures at the border, effective Saturday, October 1, 2022. If you are planning to visit Canada, whether as a visitor, a worker, or a student, then these changes will affect you! Effective October...
Business Work Permit Options for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
There are many different business immigration options available for foreign business owners and entrepreneurs who wish to expand and establish themselves in Canada. We will explain two of those unique pathways, being the C11 Entrepreneur Work Permit Route and the C12...
Global Talent Stream
Bring Foreign Workers to Canada Faster with the Global Talent Stream Are you an employer looking to bring a Temporary Foreign Worker (“TFW”) into Canada? Is that TFW related to an Information Technology (“IT”) position? You might qualify for a special pathway called...
Criminal Inadmissibility
Foreign nationals with a criminal history may be denied entry or removed from Canada if criminal inadmissibility is established. This can impact the foreign national if they have family, friends, job prospects, or assets in Canada. The only remedy is to establish...
Entering Canada with a DUI
Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), s.36 states that foreign citizens can be criminally inadmissible to the country upon “having been convicted outside Canada of an offense that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offense under...
Immigration opportunities in Manitoba as a Francophone candidate
Coming to Canada: Immigration opportunities in Manitoba as a Francophone candidate: In 2019, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship ("IRCC") announced its strategy to achieve a goal of 4.4% French-speaking immigrants outside of Quebec by 2023. This...
Update: Public Policy exempting certain visitors in Canada from immigration requirements
As we know COVID-19 has impacted everyone’s lives. Concerning immigration, foreign nationals, especially temporary resident visitors, have been impacted because of their inability to travel to Canada or who have not been able to leave Canada. A temporary public policy...
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