Employers that break the rules of Canada Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the International Mobility Program face stiff new consequences, announced Canada’s Minister of Employment and Social Development Pierre Poilievre. The announcement follows claims by Quebec Labor Minister Sam Hamad that his federal counterpart agreed to talks aimed at easing frustration from some businesses that [...]
The number of high-net-worth-individuals (HNWI) applying for secondary citizenship abroad is on the rise, according to new research Around 8 000 South African dollar millionaires have left the country over the past 15 years looking for citizenship abroad. They tend to flock towards countries with warmer climates– with the exception of the UK – like [...]
Canada currently collects a digital photograph and 10 fingerprints to verify the identity of foreign nationals from 29 countries and one territory for visa application to Canada. The federal government's move to expand its power to collect biometric information on visa application to Canada is giving rise to privacy concerns and [...]
Parents scramble, nanny agencies close as Ottawa effectively cancels live-in caregiver program ... Statistics obtained by the Association of Caregiver and Nanny Agencies Canada under an access to information request show the federal government has been approving as few as three and as many as 63 foreign caregiver applications each month since December, compared to 700 to [...]
THE redesigned BC Provincial Nominee Program application are being accepted again effective July 2, 2015. The BC Provincial Nominee Program application has reopened after a 90-day pause that allowed the PNP to be redesigned so the Province could maximize the impact of its allocation of 5,500 nominees from the federal government for 2015. The redesign shifts the program’s [...]