Posted by: Alexa Woods On August 16th, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney welcomed two of the first applicants to achieve permanent resident…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo Fee for Labour Market Opinion Effective July 31, 2013 employers must pay a processing fee of $275 for each position requested to cover the cost of a…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo Until Friday, the test that immigration officials used for refugee applications to decide whether or not an applicant has been complicit in war crimes was unclear when…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Alexa Woods Since the launch of the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa program in December 2011, more than 20,000 visas have been issued. With an 85% approval rate, over 1,000…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Alexa Woods The Canadian government has recently made a commitment to help resettle up to 1,300 Syrian refugees during 2013 and 2014. An urgent appeal from the United Nations High…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Fabiola Arevalo Canada Border Services Agency has recently learned that persons claiming to be employed at the CBSA’s Border Information Service have been calling Canadians and requesting personal information and…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo Communication to Federal Skilled Worker Appellants Dear Appellants: If Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has not contacted you with respect to the termination of your application there…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo In a discussion on Power and Politics, Conservative Member of Parliament Chris Alexander for Ajax-Pickering defended fellow conservative MPs, James Bezan and Shelly Glover in regards to their…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo OTTAWA, June 28, 2013 – The Federal Court has issued an Amended Notice to the Parties and the Profession regarding the Fast-Track Pilot Project (Immigration) that was launched on…
Continue ReadingPosted by: Mario D. Bellissimo Obligations for certain persons making an application under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act The purpose of this Operational Bulletin (OB) is to notify officers of the coming…
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