by Administrator | May 21, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced at the Vancouver International Airport the expansion of the China Transit Program (CTP). This program allows eligible Chinese travellers to fly to and transit through Canada visa-free when they...
by Administrator | May 20, 2015 | Citizenship, Employer, Family, Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News, Parents, PR, Protection, Study, Trouble, Work
As anticipated, an electronic travel authorization is coming into force as of August 1st, 2015. From August 1st, 2015, it is only voluntary for travellers with no entry visa requirement to Canada to have Electronic Travel Authority (eTA). As of March 15th, 2016, it...
by Administrator | May 15, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
The word from CIC is “soon”. As a dictionary definition, that means “in or after a short time” or “in the near future”. Unfortunately, that’s where we are on the timeline for having the new Citizenship Act. When it received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014, the...
by Administrator | May 14, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
“Over 50% of this year (2015) target economic immigrants would be met by the backlog from previous years and the remaining space would be filled by those invited through Express Entry.” (paraphrased) -Chris Alexander, Canadian immigration minister. Since...
by Administrator | May 12, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
On the morning of May 12, 2015, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honorable Steven Blaney, introduced The Removal of Serious Foreign Criminals Act (Bill C-60), which proposes amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that...
by Administrator | May 12, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has an annual target number of immigrants they plan to allow into Canada. For 2015, this number is between 260,000 and 285,000 – which is a rough number rather than a quota. CIC is seeking to select about 65% of this...
