Bringing your Parents to Canada - Tres Alternativas a Parental Sponsorships
El programa de patrocinio parental del IRCC a menudo deja a los solicitantes decepcionados e inseguros de qué hacer a continuación. Aquí...
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A New Pathway to PR for Ukrainian Citizens
Today, on October 23, 2023, Canada is set to open a new pathway to permanent residence for Ukrainians living in Canada. After wrapping up...
Chances of Success of Refugee Claims Made by American Trans Citizens
UPDATE: April 2024 The legal landscape for trans people in the U.S. has only become more volatile since the publication of this blog in...
Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada – Updates
On April 4, 2022, the Government of Canada announced helpful changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program which will work to address...
Travel Options for New Permanent Permanent Residents Without Permanent Resident Cards
Recently there has been huge backlog from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in delivering initial Permanent Resident...
How a Mandamus Application Can Speed Up Your Delayed Immigration Case to Canada
Common Reasons Why Canadian Immigration Application Cases Are Delayed Immigration applications can be delayed if the application is...
How to Keep your Canadian Permanent Resident Status
When it comes to maintaining your permanent resident status in Canada, the number to remember is 730. You must be in Canada for at least...
Family Sponsorship Immigration: How to Sponsor Family to Canada
Now is a great time to start thinking about family class sponsorships. Under the government’s new 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan,...
Two Significant Immigration Programs Ending August 2021
August 31st, 2021 not only marks the unofficial end of summer, but also the expiry of two important immigration programs. On this date,...
Representations concerning Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Canada is doing the right thing by trying to minimize the impact of our discriminatory laws that refuse people with health conditions...
What is the easiest way to immigrate to Canada?
Globalnews.ca has recently published a report of the Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index (NBI) which has recorded that Canada is ranked...
Temporary public policy granting permanent residence to refugees working in the health sector
The government of Canada has implemented a policy granting permanent residence to qualified refugee claimants working in Canada’s...
Are friends the new family?
Can a gay man sponsor his straight female friend as a conjugal partner? Can conjugal relationships only be determined based on sexual...
Re-imagining Advocacy: The Year of the Virtual Hearing
28th Immigration Law Summit – Day Two (November 27, 2020) Introduction 2020 has led to the rapid rise of the virtual hearing. There is no...
Love in the Time of COVID: Spousal Sponsorship Developments and Strategies
Michael Battista, B.A., LL.B Battista Migration Law Group Certified as a Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law Law Society of...
Can I sponsor my partner after marrying on Zoom?
The implementation of travel restrictions and lock-down measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has inevitably led people around...
Pathway to Permanent Residency for Refugee Claimants working on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
On August 14, 2020 the Canadian government announced a new program that will allow refugee claimants and refused refugees who work in the...
Can a child seeking refugee protection be forced to return from Canada to their other parent?
On July 29, 2020 the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) made an important determination: Ontario’s family courts cannot grant a custody...
Citizenship and Assisted Human Reproduction - The Modernization of the Definition of a "Parent"
As of July 9th, 2020, Canadian parents can pass on citizenship to their children born abroad even if they are not biologically related to...
How COVID Impacts Persons Living with HIV
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to shortages in the availability of many vital, life-saving drugs for other diseases including persons...
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