The Canadian embassy in Tokyo will no longer be processing immigration applications. All applications which would have previously been sent to Tokyo must now be sent to Manila. Considering the difference in processing times as shown below, I am sure many potential Japanese visa applicants are probably saying しまった. Type of Application Tokyo Processing Time… Continue Reading
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Canadian Immigration Permanent Resident Application Approval Rates
From the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Report. I assume the Applications Processed (excluding withdrawals) should read 336,407. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Average Rounded Applications received 424,265 458,175 452,874 421,442 424,282 436,208 435,000 Applications processed (excluding withdrawals) 352,571 36,407 339,659 437,278 408,366 374,856 375,000 Applications withdrawn 30,986 23,104 27,870 50,964 41,285 34,842… Continue Reading
Impact on 2012 National Occupation Classification List on the Federal Skilled Worker Program
Many people have been wondering whether the release of the new National Occupational Classification (“NOC”) will have an impact on future Federal Skilled Worker Program (“FSWP”) applications. One of the FSWP streams provides that someone can immigrate to Canada if they have experience in one of 29 occupations under the 2006 NOC list. Now that the… Continue Reading
Work Permit Woes
The following article appears in the January edition of Canadian Immigrant Magazine. Hed: Do I Need a Work Permit? Dek: Explaining When Work Requires a Work Permit, and When it Does Not In October, theVancouverSun ran a story about an employer who was convicted of misrepresentation. The individual had told his employees to falsely… Continue Reading
Who Can Help You with Immigration Matters
The following article appeared in the November issue of Canadian immigrant magazine: Who Can Help You with Immigration Matters Understanding the New Regulations I frequently receive e-mails from individuals asking if it is true that it is either illegal or impossible to immigrate toCanadawithout hiring a lawyer or a paid consultant. Some people appear… Continue Reading
Sensible Move Allows Parental Sponsorship Applications to Continue If Principal Applicant Dies
Canadian citizens and permanent residents who currently have applications to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada in processing used to face uncertainty if the parent who was the principal applicant on the immigration application passed away. Would Citizenship and Immigration Canada continue to process the application for the principal applicant’s spouse? Or… Continue Reading
Dismissed Charge Can Still Lead to Article 1Fb Exclusion
As previously discussed in this blog, Article 1Fb of the 1951 Refugee Convention provides that an individual may be excluded from refugee protection in Canada if he has committed a serious non political crime outside the country that he is seeking refugee status in. A recent line of Federal Court decisions confirms that Article 1Fb… Continue Reading
Should Santa’s Citizenship be Reconsidered?
It’s funny. I don’t remember the Minister getting all uppity about being able to read someone’s lips when they read the Citizenship Oath back when Santa Claus got to reaffirm his Canadian citizenship in 2010. You’re telling me that Jason Kenney could read Santa’s lips beneath that beard?… Continue Reading