Find out how to apply for Humanitarian and Compassionate Consideration Humanitarian and Compassionate consideration can apply to many different circumstances when applying for permanent residency. Please note that not all circumstances can be justified and proven with supporting documentary evidence; therefore, one should recognize that these types of [...]

Coming Back to Canada without meeting the Residency Obligation Are you a foreign national looking to immigrate to Canada as a permanent resident but do not qualify under any of the permanent residence class categories? Do you believe there are compelling humanitarian and compassionate factors that should qualify [...]

Applying For Permanent Residence Card Renewal with H&C Have you been admitted to Canada lawfully as a permanent resident? Has 5 years passed since you were admitted as a permanent resident, and now it is time to apply for a renewal of your permanent resident status? If this [...]

Applying for PR with H&C Submitting an application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate (PR with H&C) consideration is arguably the most complex application to submit, aside from applying for refugee status. This is because you are asking for permanent residence without being eligible to apply. You [...]

Canada to Welcome over 1 Million New Immigrations Canada is a progressive country that values all of its Canadian citizens, permanent residents and its temporary residents. The new multi-year Immigration Levels Plan was implemented as of November 1, 2017 and includes a very ambitious target for immigrants by [...]

All Canadian Immigration Applications now Consider Children under 22 as Dependents There are many immigration applications that permit dependents to be included within the application. However, this can be challenging if the dependent is between the ages of 19 and 22 years old as previously only children under [...]

How to Fulfill your Residency Obligations as a PR As a permanent resident of Canada, there are certain conditions and requirements that must be met in order to continue to maintain the permanent residency status. The most important aspect of maintaining permanent residency status in Canada is the [...]

FAQ – Express Entry & Canadian Employers In this article, I will address a few popular questions and answers for Canadian employers who actively seeking employees through Canada’s Express Entry program. Many Canadian employers often search outside of Canada for employees. Through applying for a Labour Market Impact [...]

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 [...]