On 1 April 2015, Citizenship introduced new processing standards. Applications received after this date are expected to be processed within 12 months, whereas applications filed before 1 April 2015 are to be…
Continue ReadingTechnically speaking, there is no set income requirement to sponsor a spouse, common law, or conjugal partner to Canada. In contrast, while Canadian citizens or permanent residents seeking to sponsor parents or…
Continue ReadingOn June 11, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act will come into effect. Earlier this week, we highlighted the citizenship revocation provisions in the Act. The acquisition of citizenship itself has also become more difficult…
Continue ReadingThe Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act has introduced considerable changes to Canadian citizenship landscape. While the Act received Royal Assent on 19 June 2014, not all provisions are currently in force. Most recently,…
Continue ReadingIn today’s world, there are many ways to create a family. For an increasing number of parents, adoption has become a means to welcome children into a loving home. An interesting issue…
Continue ReadingRead the submission of the Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Law Section on the proposed changes to…
Continue ReadingOn April 22, 2014 Chris Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, and Costas Menegakis, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister announced that in 2013 Canada issued more than 270,000 visitor visas , over 29,000 study permits and granted permanent residency to more than 34,000 Chinese citizens.
Continue ReadingOn 6 February 2014 the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. The Act proposes to fundamentally transform the meaning, scope and processing of Canadian citizenship. The important details, found within a complex set of proposed amendments necessitates a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the legal consequences of allowing mass changes to everything from eligibility to appeal in a larger-than-life overhaul of the legal landscape surrounding citizenship as we now know it in Canada.
Continue ReadingThe Honourable Peter B. Annis, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, is appointed a judge of the Federal Court to replace Mr. Justice D. Near, who was appointed to…
Continue ReadingThe Government in Council recently proposed amendments to the Citizenship Regulations. These new changes would require applicants to provide evidence of language proficiency such as language test results or proof of completion…
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