Working Through Canada’s Immigration Backlog
Over the past few years, Canada’s immigration application backlog has been growing at unprecedented rates. Part of this is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many government offices slowed down their…
Over the past few years, Canada’s immigration application backlog has been growing at unprecedented rates. Part of this is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many government offices slowed down their…
Announcements: Throughout Canada, employers are trying to fill hundreds of thousands of vacant positions. Increasing immigration numbers is incredibly important to ensure Canadian employers can continue to find and keep…
What is medical inadmissibility? Anyone applying to visit, study, work, or live permanently in Canada will be assessed on whether they are medically inadmissible. If you, or someone in your…
On January 31, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that the government will return to the standard processing time for immigration applications by the…
Anyone planning to immigrate to Canada should know how much money it actually costs to do so. The answers to some of our most frequently asked questions regarding immigration fees…
Work permits and work visas allow you to work and earn a living in Canada. Different immigration programs in Canada have different types of work permits and work visas. While…
Canada’s New Pilot Project In 2019, the Canadian government announced a pilot project that would allow the sponsorship of undeclared relatives in specific circumstances. The program has now been extended…
On Monday, September 20, Canadians re-elected a Liberal minority government. For the past several months, those wishing to migrate to Canada have had to deal with extreme uncertainty regarding the…
How long are Canada’s immigration processing times? A pressing question for our clients is how long the Canadian immigration process takes and what can be done to speed it up.…
Permanent Resident Visa holders can now travel to Canada as of June 21, 2021 Effective June 21, 2021, permanent resident visa holders will be eligible to travel to Canada. This…
Effective January 31, 2021, the Canadian government is requiring people entering Canada by air to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for three days after arrival, at their own cost. Those…
Effective January 7, 2021, the Canadian government has implemented a new requirement that all people travelling to Canada must provide a negative Covid-19 test before entering the country. This applies…
December 4, 2020 As Canada enters into the second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus, travel restrictions remain in place for those wishing to enter the country. While Canadian citizens and…
As of November 2020, Canada has been in the grip of a second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus. This means that travel restrictions introduced in March during the first wave…
According to John McCallum, Canada's Minister of Immigration, Canada needs to substantially increase the number of new immigrants it takes in every year in order to compensate for an aging…
Statistics Canada figures show that Canada has reached an important milestone in its reliance on immigration, in that it has become completely dependent on immigration for further labour market growth.…