My Niece Cannot Visit
Q: I came to Canada from Venezuela in 1999 and received my Canadian citizenship in 2004. I have always worked and paid my taxes accordingly. Some of my family visited me in…
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17
Oct
2010
Posts by blgpc_web
25
Sep
2010
Changes Working? Skilled Worker Backlog is Decreasing
As I wrote earlier, the government is working on fundamental improvements to the regulation of immigration consultants, new citizenship legislation and the Live in Caregiver program. Significant changes to the foreign worker…
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25
Sep
2010
Tamils have been the Focus, but Changes in the Law Should
The plight of the Tamil refugee claimants has made all the headlines but some of the changes recently passed by the Harper Government before the summer recess should garner equal attention. Canada…
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14
Sep
2010
H&Cs and TRPs – What Now?
The Balanced Refugee Reform Act. 2001, c. 27 Bill C-11 received royal assent on June 29th, 2010 and it makes significant changes to the process for making a claim for refugee protection…
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9
Sep
2010
Recent Study – Confirms Important Role of Lawyers
In a very interesting study entitled: A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada – A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada, (FCC) JON…
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9
Sep
2010
Two Successful Decisions . . . Good for the Soul
I was involved in two complex matters this week where in the end the Federal Court (deportation case) in one case and the Immigration Appeal Division (medical case) in the other made…
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2
Sep
2010
Things Are A-Changing!
The sheer pace of immigration law in 2010 and the number of changes to the law is staggering. To name a few: The investor program is on hold and being reworked, There…
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18
Aug
2010
Appeals
Q: I sponsored my parents and dependent sister(mental retarded – unmarried – age 45) in december 2003 for permanent residence. My application was rejected in 2007 due to dependent mental retarded sister….
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9
Aug
2010
Parental Sponsorship
Q: I was sponsored by my husband last October. I got a job and I am still employed. Unfortunately, for my husband, he was sick and was out of work and on EI…
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23
Jul
2010
Fake Marriages
Q: I am a Canadian citizen whose daughter is thinking of marrying a wonderful man overseas. I have been reading the recent reports about fake marriages. I know the immigration department can…
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