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The Canadian immigration system is greatly concerned with family reunification and this is one of the cornerstone categories for offering permanent resident status to foreign nationals. However, sponsoring your loved…
According to an announcement that was made last year, immigrants who were sponsored by their spouses to come to Canada will no longer be required to stay in the relationship…
Sponsorship applications can be done when the sponsored person is in Canada or outside of the country. IRCC provides different requirements to such situations. First, you’ll need to determine which…
Foreign nationals being sponsored by a Canadian spouse or partner may be in Canada as temporary residents during this process. Most will initially enter the country as visitors or students…
Sponsorship applications are thoroughly scrutinized by immigration officers to determine the genuineness of the application. More often than not, applicants include supporting letters or personal statements to talk about their…
Ending a serious relationship such as marriage is already difficult enough. It may be more of a headache when living as an immigrant in a foreign country and you are…
After getting married, you have the choice of retaining your maiden name or changing your last name to your spouse’s last name. Some people will do this informally but retain…
If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident in the country, you can sponsor family class immigrants to come and visit or live in Canada. Sponsored family members…
When it comes to common-law sponsorship in Canada there are many misconceptions that should be clarified. To help demystify these misconceptions let us begin by defining what a common-law partnership…
The immigration department is taking steps to make application processing fair and transparent for all. As a result, they have made changes in the parent sponsorship Canada making it easier…
It is possible to do so if your partnership with your significant other meets all of the criteria for sponsorship. For instance, as of March 2, 2012, if you entered…
According to the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, individuals who are citizens or have permanent residence status in Canada can sponsor their family members to come to Canada…
The spousal sponsorship program was designed to reunite families by enabling spouses of Canadian citizens or permanent residents to immigrate to Canada. Every year, CIC receives thousands of applications for…
The federal government must act on its promise to fix the Express Entry system for international students seeking permanent residence, according to Toronto immigration lawyer Matthew Jeffery. The Liberal government…
Recent cuts to wait times for spousal sponsorship applications should just be the beginning, according to Toronto immigration lawyer Matthew Jeffery. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Minister John McCallum…
Recent changes to the Citizenship Act that make it easier for permanent residents to become citizens strike a good balance between the need to modernize the legislation while retaining the…
