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...

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...