We assisted a person who was being sponsored to Canada under Common-Law Spouse Class. After the application was submitted, the applicant was charged and subsequently convicted of a criminal offence in Canada….
Continue ReadingConditional Permanent Residence: A two-year waiting period The Federal government is proposing changes that would end the two-year waiting period for certain sponsored spouses and partners, and grant them unconditional permanent resident…
Continue ReadingAfter the visa office refused his application to sponsor his wife to Canada, we were retained to help with our client’s appeal. We filed volumes of evidence to the Immigration Appeal Division…
Continue ReadingAn application for permanent resident status, based on a spousal sponsorship, was approved within 6 months! The application was sent to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) in the middle of July 2015…
Continue ReadingA person married to or in a common-law relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident may be sponsored to Canada. If the foreign national is residing in Canada, the application may…
Continue ReadingAt Bellissimo Law Group we are privileged to work on behalf of many wonderful people, companies and associations. We represent people from the application stage to the Supreme Court of Canada. Every week we will…
Continue ReadingThe ‘family class sponsorship’ category covers all applications made to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to sponsor an overseas family member. These applications can be made by a Canadian citizen anywhere in…
Continue ReadingAs immigration professionals, we are tremendously fortunate to work with families from all over the world. One of the most fascinating and rewarding aspects of immigration law is learning about our clients’…
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada reopened the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship program on January 2, and will be accepting 5,000 applications in 2014. The government introduced a temporary pause in 2011 on new…
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The first 17 of 1000 Tibetans arrived in Ottawa and Toronto as a part of a new federal program that will allow them to become permanent residents of Canada.
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