The hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal that took place over two days on June 23 and June 24th in Toronto has been concluded and the Court has reserved a decision….
Continue ReadingOn 20 June 2014, Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced that effectively immediately, the moratorium on the food service sector’s access to the TFWP has ended. They also…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Court of Canada has extended a pilot project created to tackle immigration backlog in the court system until the end of the year. Created last June, the federal court says that…
Continue ReadingIn 2010, the federal government implemented a program designed to provide newcomers to Canada with internship opportunities. The program, the Federal Internship for Newcomers (FIN), provides Canadian newcomers with temporary work experience…
Continue ReadingNew amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations have been released in the latest issue of the Canadian Gazette and will come into force on August 1st, 2014. These updates include a revised definition of “dependent…
Continue ReadingIn an interesting piece seen on CBC News, international students who graduate from a Canadian university will be given the chance to begin the immigration process in Nova Scotia, so long as they…
Continue ReadingGoli Amirpour says she paid former lawyer Angelina Codina $24,000 to bring her brother and his friend to Canada from Iran. But a year later, Codina, who was disbarred for bilking Legal…
Continue ReadingClick here to read the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Law Section’s letter to Minister Jason Kenney on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, summarizing comments made by members during our annual conference on May…
Continue ReadingClick here to read the Canadian Bar Association’s response to Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander’s remarks regarding Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act. For the CBA’s finalized submission on…
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