Employers hiring a Foreign Worker The Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) was previously known as the Labour Market Opinion (LMO). The LMIA is an application once approved by Service Canada allows the employer to hire a Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW). If the employer does not obtain a Positive [...]

NAFTA Work Permit NAFTA is an agreement between three countries that allows a worker from any of these countries to go and work in any of the three countries that are party to the agreement of NAFTA. It makes the job of a worker to get a visa [...]

Who needs to meet Financial Requirements to Sponsor Family to Canada? When sponsoring a loved one to Canada one of the requirements is meeting the financial obligations as the sponsor. The sponsor must show that he/she meets the minimum necessary income or Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO) for a given [...]

Canadian Citizenship Changes Since June 11, 2015 there have been changes to obtaining your Canadian Citizenship. One of these changes include being physically present in Canada for four years over the six year period. Prior to the change you only had to be physically present in Canada three [...]

Reasons your Spousal Sponsorship gets Refused Many times applicants file their own Spousal Sponsorship Application without thoroughly doing their research of the requirements they need to meet or they fail to provide sufficient supporting documents with their application. When starting an application without much knowledge in the area [...]

Federal Skilled Worker FSW Prior to January 2015, the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program provided a list of 50 qualifying occupations. However, on January 1, 2015 the new and improved online Express Entry Immigration system was introduced under the Economic Class. Under Express Entry, the updated Federal Skilled [...]