I had the pleasure of attending the American Bar Associations webinar, “Privacy at Risk: Searches of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry and Beyond”. Hosted by Sergio Karas, with thoughtful presentations by…
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #183. The latest draw took place on April 16th, 2021 at 21:35:52 UTC. During this round, 6,000 Invitations to Apply have…
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IRCC has recently announced a new pathway to permanent residence for over 90,000 essential workers and international graduates who are already in Canada [1]. The new policy will focus on temporary workers…
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #181. The latest draw took place on April 1st, 2021 at 11:04:53 UTC. During this round, 5,000 Invitations to Apply have…
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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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In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a series of travel restrictions have been announced and put in place by the Government of Canada since March 2020. This article highlights some…
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On 19 March 2021, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) released its results for the 2020 year, reporting that the federal government had allocated 7,350 nominations to the province of Ontario and…
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On 5 March 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) announced that they were expanding the Sydney, Nova Scotia Case Processing Centre in an effort to reunite families faster and improve application…
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced another Express Entry Draw #179. The latest draw took place on March 18th, 2021 at 11:30:56 UTC. During this round, 5,000 Invitations to Apply have…
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Beginning in November 2020, the Canadian government introduced a number of measures to facilitate the movement to Canada of Hong Kong residents holding a Hong Kong Special Administrative Passport or British National…
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