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 [...]
RS Immigration Corporation has produced another successful Canadian citizenship application. Congratulations to the young woman and her family on the success of their Canadian citizenship application. We at RS Immigration are particularly excited about the success of this Canadian citizenship application because of its short time frame for approval. It was submitted in February, 2015 and the [...]
Graphic - Canada citizenship application decision-making process This graphic shows changes to Canada citizenship application decision-making process. Canada citizenship application Canada’s previous decision-making model for citizenship applications was a three-step process: an application went from a citizenship officer to a citizenship judge and then went back to a citizenship officer. Under this model, [...]
Justin Trudeau recently announced that if elected prime minister he would allow travellers from Mexico to come to Canada visa free. Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? What Justin and his speechwriters may not realize, however, are the significant security implications this would have on our Canada Visa immigration system. Mexico is in the midst of [...]
https://youtu.be/k8QHWWFHadI The 18-year-old Markham student is hoping Canadian Immigration Minister Chris Alexander will see the four-minute clip, “Waiting for a Miracle,” and reverse the department’s decision to force them to leave. Their deportation, scheduled in December, was suspended after the federal court agreed to review the immigration department’s rejection [...]
On June 11, new requirements were made mandatory for Canadian citizenship. In many cases it has become more difficult to obtain citizenship. The new requirements for Canadian Citizenship have been in force since June 11, 2015. One of the most important changes is the requirement that an individual must now be physically in Canada [...]
exerts from the star.com, Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter, Published on Tue Jun 23 2015 http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/06/23/how-much-do-you-love-me-for-immigration-canada-532-pages-of-proof-isnt-enough.html The Ottawa couple filed 532 pages of emails, photos, cards, love letters and FaceTime logs as part of their spousal sponsorship application. Then immigration asked them - twice - for more evidence that their union is legitimate. Maria Canella and [...]