Recently, the United Nations Refugee Agency made an appeal to countries to resettle an additional 100,000 Syrian refugees across the world. Last week, Canada responded. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced on 7…
Continue ReadingMr. Bellissimo was recently quoted in an article from The National Post on the effects of the medical inadmissibility section in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and how it highlights inconsistencies within our immigration…
Continue ReadingThe landscape of Canadian immigration has undergone fundamental change over the last several years. To reflect the evolution of this system, Mr. Bellissimo has made significant updates to his publication previously entitled…
Continue ReadingEvery year Quebec City hosts the largest winter carnival in the world called Carnaval de Québec. This year the carnival will take place from January 30th to February 15th, and is expected…
Continue ReadingOn 29 December 2014 the Toronto Star revealed the results of their CIC Access to Information request. The Toronto Star had inquired as to processing errors made by CIC staff, and in…
Continue ReadingBellissimo Law Group is incredibly excited to announce the release of Mr. Bellissimo’s new book, entitled Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Inadmissibility – Criminal Law Edition. This unique publication offers extensive practical guidance on navigating…
Continue ReadingIn immigration law, the state of world affairs has a direct impact on the work that we do and the clients who we help. Events unfolding in parts of the Middle East…
Continue ReadingAlong with the New Year come changes. One important change to be aware of is the price increase for processing citizenship applications. The new processing fee effective January 1st is $530, which is…
Continue ReadingMore than 260,000 people have been welcomed to Canada in 2014. This year happens to be a record high for the number of new Canadians welcomed to Canada. Since 2006, Canada has…
Continue ReadingPermanent residents who have been found to have misrepresented themselves are able to appeal this determination to the Immigration Appeal Division. If the appeal is successful, then the misrepresentation is overcome and…
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