https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com Best Immigration Lawyer Vancouver, Best Immigration Lawyer Canada, Canada Immigration Lawyer | Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre, Vancouver BC Wed, 29 May 2024 15:01:21 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/favicon.png https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com 32 32 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/canadas-immigration-program-and-adam-smith-grappling-with-the-laws-of-supply-and-demand/ Tue, 28 May 2024 14:45:02 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=5996 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/irccs-parents-and-grandparents-program-reopening-soon/ Tue, 14 May 2024 15:09:21 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=5992 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/canadas-immigration-year-ahead/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 05:15:49 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=1494 The beginning of a new year is often a time to contemplate what to expect in the coming months.  ]]> https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/can-i-bring-the-family-an-overview-of-canadas-approach-to-family-members-in-the-permanent-and-temporary-immigration-streams/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:40:33 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=1465 An overview of Canada’s approach to family members in the permanent and temporary immigration streams.]]> https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/whats-the-best-way-for-me-to-sponsor-my-spouse-already-in-canada/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:13:16 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=1308 The question of how to sponsor your spouse who is already in Canada seems like a rather simple one. Indeed if you put that question to a CIC call centre representative, their answer is almost always as follows: "If your spouse is in Canada you use the Inland Spousal sponsorship category but if your spouse is outside of Canada, you use the Family Class category". As in most things to do with our Canadian immigration system, the answers to such questions are never that straightforward. Let's review the differences between the Family Class and the In-land Spousal categories. ]]> https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/what-ever-happened-to-speedier-processing-times-for-parents-and-grandparents/ Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:54:33 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=1283 Canada's Family Class immigration program has historically allowed for Canadians to be able to sponsor their parents and grandparents. However, in November of 2011, Canada's immigration program for parents and grandparents was suspended to allow for a backlog of nearly 165,000 applications to be finalized. The Minister of Immigration introduced the "Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification" increasing processing levels from approximately 15,000 parent and grandparent applications per year to 25,000 applicants for each of 2011, 2012 and 2013. ]]> //canadian-visa-lawyer.com/sponsor-my-family-to-canada/#new_tab Sat, 03 Jan 2015 05:08:22 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=839 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/introducing-canadas-new-and-improved-caregiver-program/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:48:01 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=812 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. ]]> https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/are-you-ready-to-sponsor-your-parent-or-grandparent-for-2015/ Sat, 08 Nov 2014 02:47:03 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=810 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. ]]> https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/minister-kenney-welcomes-parents-and-grandparents-once-again/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:27:04 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=783 At the time the program was frozen, there was a backlog of approximately 165,000 cases pending for consideration and processing levels at that time were 15,000 applications per year. In November of 2011 Minister Kenney increased the processing levels to 25,000 parent and grandparent applications per year and also introduced the new Super Visa to allow parents and grandparents to come to Canada on a more flexible basis for up to 10 years and allow individuals to stay in Canada for up to 2 years at a time. The Minister’s recent announcement introduces Phase 2 of the “Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification” and is targeting even faster processing times to avoid further backlogs in the future, and ensure that Canadian families have the sufficient financial resources to support their family members for a longer period of time. This second phase of the “Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification” features the following:]]>