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Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I immigrate to Canada?Maintaining Your Permanent Residence Status: Understanding the Process!

19 May 2015by Catherine Sas, K.C.

Once you have gone through the process of becoming a permanent resident of Canada, you are still bound by legislative requirements to maintain your Permanent Residence (PR) status. Many people misunderstand the ongoing residency requirement or confuse it with the residency threshold for Canadian citizenship. Furthermore, there are several exceptions to being physically present in Canada that allow you to still satisfy the residency requirement while being outside of Canada and people have a tendency to interpret these "exceptions" to their own advantage without truly understanding their legal significance. Let's review what it takes to maintain your PR status.

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I get a work visa for Canada?Accessing Canada’s Immigration Programs to Address Labour Shortages: What Employers Need to Know!

4 May 2015by Catherine Sas, K.C.

Canadian employers have been challenged to fill pressing labour shortages for many years and the projections are that these shortages will continue for years to come. Notwithstanding all the various opinions as to the best way to resolve our shortage of workers, immigration is universally recognized as being essential to address Canada’s immediate and long term labour force needs. For employers seeking to resolve their labour shortages, it is becoming essential to navigate Canada's immigration programs in order to keep your workforce strong and your business thriving. Here's what you can do to master the immigration game!

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I get a work visa for Canada?How do I immigrate to Canada?Express Entry and the Perils of Misrepresentation!

26 March 2015by Catherine Sas, K.C.

Canada's new immigrant selection system for economic immigrants, Express Entry came into effect on January 1, 2015 and has dramatically changed our immigration program. What used to be an immigrant driven self selection model is now a government driven selection model. The government will only choose the very best applicants and offer them an "invitation to apply" - an ITA. Without an ITA, a prospective immigrant can not apply for permanent residence to Canada. The basis upon which Citizenship and Immigration Canada ( CIC) selects which applicants to provide with an ITA, is the information contained in a profile that a potential applicant submits to the government. The higher the score an applicant receives on the ranking of their profile, the more likely they will receive an ITA. Obviously, the temptation to enhance one's profile is very real. Resist that temptation! Inaccurate information that is provided in your profile could result in a finding of misrepresentation and a five year bar to ANY application to Canada - permanent or temporary!

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I get a work visa for Canada?Working in CanadaEmployer Roadblocks for Hiring Foreign Workers Continue!

10 March 2015by Victor Ing

Minister of Immigration, Chris Alexander, continues to make the hiring of foreign workers difficult for Canadian employers. On February 21, 2015 Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) introduced new rules that require employers hiring foreign nationals under the International Mobility Programs, such as intra-company transferees and international experience class workers, to complete a new form and pay a $230 fee per worker as part of a new employer compliance program.

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I immigrate to Canada?Express Entry is not Easy Entry – Understanding Canada’s New Immigrant Selection System

11 February 2015by Catherine Sas, K.C.

On January 1, 2015 Canada's immigration program was dramatically and fundamentally changed. Overnight our immigration program morphed from an applicant driven model, to a government selection driven model. Up until December 31, 2014 an applicant could apply to immigrate to Canada,

Blog How do I immigrate to Canada?Canada’s Immigration New Year : What’s In Store for 2015

13 January 2015by Catherine Sas, K.C.

2015 promises to be a banner year for Canada's immigration program with dramatic changes in virtually every aspect of program delivery: selection of skilled immigrants, processing of inland spousal applicants, and new criteria for both business immigration and citizenship applicants. Here are the highlights of the many changes in Canada's immigration program in store for the year ahead:

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I immigrate to Canada?Investor Immigration Program to be back in Business!

16 December 2014by Catherine Sas, K.C.

The past few years have been tough ones for business persons seeking to access Canada's Business Immigration program. On July 1, 2011 the Entrepreneur category was suspended and on July 1, 2012 so was the Investor program. On February 11, 2014 the Government of Canada decided to formally terminate both programs.

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs Family Reunification in Canada How do I get a work visa for Canada?How do I immigrate to Canada?Introducing Canada’s New and Improved Caregiver Program

11 December 2014by Catherine Sas, K.C.

This past weekend Canada’s Minister of Immigration Chris Alexander formally changed what was previously known as the Live-In Caregiver Program to the new Caregiver Program. Speculation had been circulating for years that the program might be drastically changed including eliminating the Permanent Resident component. Fortunately the residency component has been maintained and the program has been modified to eliminate the need for caregivers to reside with their employers and to allow for speedier processing of permanent resident applications.

Blog Family Reunification in CanadaAre you ready to sponsor your parent or grandparent for 2015?

7 November 2014by Victor Ing

Tens of thousands of sponsored family members are admitted to come to Canada every year as permanent residents. While the majority of family members admitted are spouses and partners, the second largest category of admitted family members are the parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Blog Canadian Immigration Programs How do I immigrate to Canada?The Myth of the Anchor Baby

30 October 2014by Catherine Sas, K.C.

The concept of the anchor baby is that non-Canadian citizens will come to Canada to give birth on Canadian soil for the purpose of obtaining Canadian citizenship for their newly born children with a view to obtaining permanent residency, and ultimately citizenship for themselves.

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