In teaching my class of would be immigration practitioners I always enjoy the first few classes as we embark upon the counter intuitive exercise, sometimes, of being a legal professional. A practitioner…
Continue ReadingSome questions I received I thought I would answer for the benefit of all our readers. Q: My sister applied to the Manila visa post under the Live-in Caregiver program. At the…
Continue ReadingQ. I enjoy reading your section in 24 Hours every week. I have a question regarding immigration. I have a niece who is 17 years old and is a Canadian citizen, but…
Continue ReadingAlthough I am usually consistent with my weekly immigration blog the last two weeks have been challenging. Between our National Legal Conference and various cases I have been burning the candle at…
Continue ReadingThe Auditor General’s Report indicates there are 41,000 illegal immigrants the Canada Border Services Agency cannot locate. A key question is how to deal with illegal immigrants in Canada? Some lobbyists cite…
Continue ReadingThink long and hard before you entrust your immigration, refugee or citizenship case to just anyone. One of the hats I wear is immigration counsel for COSTI Immigration Services – one of…
Continue ReadingIn the middle of all these immigration changes and many of the concerns there is some really good news for international students. The changes to the international student immigration program include extending…
Continue ReadingGoing back to my discussion about illegal workers I have been asked a lot lately at the office and through my immigration newspaper column in 24 HOURS! what is an illegal worker….
Continue ReadingBefore I return to our discussion of illegal workers because of the number of questions I am receiving I wanted to return to the discussion surrounding the proposed immigration changes. As you…
Continue ReadingI have had many questions surrounding this issue and have also been asked if Citizenship and Immigration Canada has done this before? The answer is yes. I presented on this issue before…
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