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...
by Administrator | May 11, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
Why CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) has not made any more draws from Express Entry since April 17th, 2015? CIC has an annual target number (not a quota, but a rough number only) of immigrants to bring into Canada. For 2015, it is between 260,000 and...
by Administrator | May 8, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
”Immigration is the top priority of this government” Chris Alexander, Canadian immigration minister. According to the minister, Express Entry is the key element for our future immigration – it does 3 things well: 1. Comparison is allowed among...
by Administrator | May 6, 2015 | endorsement, Family, Kitchener Immigration Lawyer
Our interactions with Jennifer and her staff were very smooth and they made a very bureaucratic process very pleasant. They were responsive to our concerns or questions and got back to us very quickly, typically within 24 hours. There were a few hiccups in our file...
by Administrator | May 5, 2015 | Kitchener Immigration Lawyer, News
“Between 2004 and 2013, based on records available from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, more than a million people came to Canada to seek a new life….Here is a list of the top countries people emigrated to establish their home in Canada.” 1....
