CETA Finally Comes into Effect & Helps Business Visitors On September 21, 2017, a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU) came into effect. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for businesses, their employees, service suppliers, independent professionals, and business visitors to work in Canada [...]

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 [...]

Arranged Employment for Permanent Residency through Express Entry Route The Canadian Express Entry system allows employers in Canada to offer permanent jobs to foreign nationals so they can immigrate to Canada under the skilled workers class. Candidates for the Express Entry system who have a job which is [...]

US citizen travelling to Canada The winter is here and you and your family living in Washington decide to take a road trip north of the border into Canada to spend some good quality time with your family. While packing your bags you realize that your passport has [...]

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Is it Better to Hire an Attorney for Immigration Matters? Yes, it is always better to gain professional help in certain matters. An immigration lawyer is a lawyer who specializes in immigration related issues. Immigration lawyers assist people when they want to immigrate alone or with families to [...]

What is the Express Entry Express Entry is a new system created to manage application under the economic immigration programs. These programs include Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program and Canadian Experience Class. There are two steps required in applying for Express Entry. Creating an online [...]

Benefits of Being a Canadian Citizen According to therichest.com, a reliable website, which assessed countries members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) to select the best place to live in 2014, Canada is the third best country among them. With a long history about how [...]

What H&C is: The cases that do not fall under the more common applications for permanent residence either within family class or economy class are considered under H&C (humanitarian and compassionate considerations). These are generally unique, complex, and favourable cases decided on an exceptional basis. The H&C class [...]