Changes To Citizenship In 2014 a bill was passed known as Bill C-24 Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act. This bill was passed to amend the citizenship act. Amendments done under this bill are: Establishing and clarifying the meaning of being a resident in Canada Changing the period of residing in [...]

Positive LMIA Once the employer has gone through the process, applied for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), and got a positive LMIA, the employer gets a letter confirming their positive LMIA. It is up to the employer to send the letter to the employee, a TFW (temporary [...]

 Citizenship by Naturalization Process Naturalization is the legal process that transforms a permanent resident into a Canadian Citizen. In order to be naturalized, the permanent resident must apply for citizenship. Permanent residents who wish to obtain Canadian citizenship must meet certain criteria. They must: Be admitted to Canada [...]

Caregiver Program Changes The Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that their Caregiver program is been reformed with some significant changes. These changes are to help acknowledge hard work and effort that caregivers have given for families and the economy. The changes now reflect on the live in requirement. [...]

What do you do if you are refused? If you are refused you can stay in Canada while you apply for an appeal. When you apply for your appeal you will need to also make submissions for a Pre Removal Risk Assessment. While you are doing the above, [...]

Comprehensive Ranking System The Express Entry point system</strong>, known as the Comprehensive Ranking System</strong> (CRS) includes 3 parts: Core human capital, Skill transferability combos, provincial nomination and arranged employment. More details regarding Express Entry Point System are on the tables below: CORE HUMAN CAPITAL (500 MAX) Factor Maximum [...]

Are you provided with job lists for programs within the Express Entry? No, there is not any lists that are provided in Express Entry. There used to be a list of eligible occupations that were in demand by the Government under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. There also used [...]

How to obtain permanent residency: The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) is one of the three methods through which foreign workers can seek permanent residence in Canada under the Express Entry program. The other two are the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Federal Skilled Workers Program. Express Entry [...]

False Information or Misrepresentation If you have provided any information that has been proven to not be accurate or true then it could be classes as misrepresentation. Depending on the severity of the misrepresentation it may carry out some form of penalties. What happens if you are found [...]

Are there special immigration procedures for different provinces in Canada? Yes, there are. There have been certain provinces that have received authority by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to be able to select or nominate you to be able to immigrate to their province under a program called Provincial [...]

What is the Canadian Experience Class? The Canadian Experience Class allows certain foreign students who are graduates of a Canadian post secondary institution ad possess professional, managerial, and skilled Canadian work experience to apply for permanent residence. This class was created so that graduates from post secondary institutions [...]

H & C Processing Time: 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 [...]