Alberta Pilot Project for Spouses and Common-Law Partners of Long-Haul Truck Drivers This pilot program has been extended until July 31st, 2013. IMPORTANT: All relevant work permits must be coded with Special Program…
Continue ReadingWork Permit applications for Temporary Foreign Workers for businesses in sectors where there are reasonable grounds to suspect a risk of sexual exploitation of some workers This Operational Bulletin provides operational instructions…
Continue ReadingSkilled Foreign Workers looking for work are now able to apply for a multitude of occupations under the Temporary Foreign Workers pilot program. The Temporary Foreign Workers pilot program was originally launched…
Continue ReadingAccording to a bill introduced on June 20, the government will be able to deport non-citizens who have been convicted of a serious crime that constitutes 6 months or longer for sentencing….
Continue ReadingMandatory minimum sentences are significant part of the government’s “tough-on-crime” legislation; From 1998-2008, the mandatory minimum for a conviction under section 99 of the Criminal Code of Canada was one (1) year imprisonment. In…
Continue ReadingSince the beginning of the year, Canada has issued over 500,000 visitor visas. Canada’s tourist season is now in full swing, and by the end of the year, one million visitor visas…
Continue ReadingFollowing the new rules laid out by Harper Government this week, temporary foreign workers in the sex trade industry will not be able to find work with Canadian Employers. The change is…
Continue ReadingOn June 28, 2012, Minister Jason Kenney announced that Bill C-31, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act had received Royal Assent. The Act brings further reforms to the asylum system which will provide…
Continue ReadingNumerous initiatives were implemented by the IAD during the 2011-2012 fiscal year to manage the case inventory through innovative adjudicative and case management strategies. The IAD maximized on opportunities to resolve appeals…
Continue ReadingIAD Statistics as of March 31, 2012 6,737 appeals were filed from April 2011 – March 2012. The IAD experienced a 12% drop in the number of appeals filed in comparison to…
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