Can your country of origin affect your visa application?

Credit to Author: Steven Meurrens| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:33:40 +0000

An unfortunate reality of Canada’s immigration system is that one’s country of citizenship can impact the likelihood of success in a visa application. When it comes to visitor visas, study permits and work permits, certain source countries consistently have higher approval rates than others. 

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Growing backlogs at IRCC: What 2022 will bring for Canadian immigration

Credit to Author: Steven Meurrens| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:41:20 +0000

In order to understand the options that IRCC has in 2022,  it is important to understand that the government has no choice but to find a way to deal with the current backlog.

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Canada welcomes the most immigrants in a single year

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:03:15 +0000

In 2021, Canada welcomed over 401,000 permanent residents, the highest number of newcomers in any year in Canadian history, surpassing the previous record from 1913.

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Despite coronavirus, Canada needs immigrants

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:37:05 +0000

Last week Canada announced its 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan as the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis was escalating. Indeed, the announcement was overshadowed by the major economic and social turmoil that the coronavirus is having in Canada and abroad. Here at home, Canada, just like most countries, appears headed towards a recession. COVID-19 has led to a […]

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Canada to welcome up to 390,000 immigrants in 2022

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:33:26 +0000

Canada will welcome more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. This was unveiled today in the federal government’s 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan. Canada continues its approach to gradually increase immigration levels. This is likely to give stakeholders time to adequately plan to support a larger population. Whereas Canada welcomed 320,000 […]

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Tips for recognizing and rejecting Fraud

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:51:39 +0000

Did you know that March is Fraud Awareness Month in Canada? This is an opportunity to highlight the importance for Canadians to recognize, reject and report fraud. Statistics from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canada’s central repository for information about fraud, finds that, in 2019 alone, Canadians lost over $98 million to fraud. The Centre estimates […]

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What can happen to permanent residents convicted of criminal offences?

Credit to Author: Steven Meurrens| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:57:14 +0000

Immigrants to Canada are typically aware that if they are convicted of certain criminal offences that they could lose their permanent resident status. When immigrants are charged with criminal offences, immigration lawyers and criminal defense counsel will often work together as needed to ensure that those charged do not lead to deportations.  It is therefore […]

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How the Federal Court will review visa refusals going forward

Credit to Author: Steven Meurrens| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:03:51 +0000

Significance of the recent decision that a person born in Canada to undercover Russian spies is a Canadian citizen On December 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Alexander Vavilov created a revised framework for the standard of review in judicial review applications. This case […]

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Temporary pause to the sponsorship program for parents and grandparents for 2020

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:21:31 +0000

The federal government has announced a temporary pause to the popular Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship Program for 2020. The program will not be accepting new applications at this point. The Program usually opens for application once a year, which is often in January. According to the Ministerial Instructions on Parents and Grandparents announced on the […]

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