Close to a year ago today on February 24, 2021 I wrote a blog entitled: New COVID-19 Strains Causing Pains for Immigration Canada: Undocumented Canadian Immigrant Programmes is Now the Time? It…
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Public statements made about authorized representatives on websites for Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) focus their communication on unlawful and/or unscrupulous practitioners. Although the aim…
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I am excited to present at the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l’immigration’s (AQAADI), thirtieth anniversary conference next week on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on IRCC’s discretionary…
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Each year we see so many people who are facing misrepresentation allegations because they legitimately misunderstood a question on a temporary resident or permanent resident application form. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
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Since COVID-19 many of us cannot travel the way we used to, see people as often or like as we used to, so it got me thinking about the world of law…
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We challenge a number of negative decisions from requests for permanent residence on Humanitarian and Compassionate (“H&C”) grounds pursuant to section 25 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. We also file…
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We see so many individuals each year that are unaware that when they claimed refugee (protected person) status they also received a conditional removal order that quietly, without any further notice, without…
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A growing emerging issue is the opportunity Artificial Intelligence (AI) may unintentionally provide for unscrupulous fraudsters to game the process or offer tools for a generation of what I refer to as…
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On Friday May 28th, 2021 I will be presenting at the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Law Symposium on the topic of the use, applicability and implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in immigration…
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Much has been written about the policy changes to the Owner/Operator Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) effective April 1st, 2021. Some argue it is the demise of the program. Some argue the…
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