Starting July 2018, Canada will collect the biometric information of anyone that applies for a visitor visa, study permit, work permit, permanent residence, or refugee or asylum status, with some limited exemptions….
Continue ReadingIRCC recently announced that caregivers who have not acquired two years of work experience by 29 November 2019 will not be eligible for permanent residence. In other words, foreign nationals arriving in…
Continue ReadingOur client met the requirements of the Express Entry Program, under the Canadian experience class, and filed an application for permanent residence, receiving a high CRS score. However, there was a roadblock…
Continue ReadingOur office assisted a client from south Asia seeking refugee protection in Canada. The client initially arrived in Canada and claimed refugee protection several years ago. This case presented some difficulty, as…
Continue ReadingOur office assisted a client with work permit extension application. We submitted the Bridging open work permit application based on her pending permanent residence application under the Express Entry. We worked diligently…
Continue ReadingBellissimo Law Group is proud to announce a recent successful outcome in Federal Court challenging a Start-Up Business Class (SUBC) permanent residence visa refusal. This is the first time an SUBC application…
Continue ReadingImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) raised the age limit for dependent children in immigration applications to under 22 years of age, as of 24 October 2017. The increased age limit enables…
Continue ReadingImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently made some clarifications with respect to the Canadian Interests – Significant benefit – Entrepreneurs and self-employed work permit category. This work permit category consists of…
Continue ReadingDespite living in an increasingly globalized world, most of us live no further than a train commute from work. Our jobs don’t take us far outside of our home cities except for…
Continue ReadingA family applied for permanent residence in 2014 and IRCC was of the opinion that their youngest child, who is on the autism spectrum, would cause a strain on Canada’s social services….
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