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Is Canada the best place to immigrate to? (A Response to a Quora Reader)

by Max Chaudhary | Aug 5, 2016 | Immigration Law

Toronto immigration lawyer’s point of view on the above question is circumscribed by the location, i.e., being located in an urban setting in Canada. A significant factor when determining which country would be  the best place to immigrate, would include whether...

Job Offers to Support an Immigration Application under Express Entry

by Max Chaudhary | Jul 26, 2016 | Immigration Law

Foreign nationals who seek to enhance their chances of success for immigration to Canada have many options.  One such option is obtaining a job offer in Canada.  The job offer must be supported by an Labour Market Impact Assessment, or an analogous process that is...

Consular Offices/ Embassies and Canada Immigration

by Max Chaudhary | Jul 15, 2016 | Blogs

A key player in obtaining a visa to Canada is often a consular office or Embassy of a country.  The consular office of importance is often the one corresponding to your own country of citizenship, or of a country you resided in for more than six months. Your own...

Renewing Your Permanent Resident Card

by Max Chaudhary | Jun 29, 2016 | Blogs

A permanent resident card is subject to maintenance.  Like an automobile, the amount of maintenance depends on how the card is being used.  For example, if you obtained permanent residency in Canada and then never left Canada for five years, there is relatively little...

The Challenges of Sponsoring a Spouse for Immigration to Canada

by Max Chaudhary | Jun 1, 2016 | Immigration Law

There is often a chain of immigration that has its origins in one individual, perhaps named Bob, or Bilal, or Bhavik, or Bao, or Boris (hereinafter “Bob”).  Bob may have immigrated to Canada as a skilled worker.  Bob gets married to a foreign national who is sponsored...

English and French Language and Immigration to Canada – What Amount of Skill is Needed?

by Max Chaudhary | May 17, 2016 | Blogs

[slider]The Express Entry system constitutes the gateway to filing a skilled worker application to live in Canada permanently. It is apparent that (at least with respect to the Canada Experience Class category), the minimum level of English or French language skill...

Passports and Benefits They Confer: International Experience Class

by Max Chaudhary | Apr 26, 2016 | Immigration Law

Depending on your country of citizenship, as well as your age (usually under 30 or under 35 years), you may be eligible for an International Experience Class visa. General Information is at Become a candidate – International Experience Canada. The program is...

Provincial Nominee Programs – An Efficient Pathway for Permanent Residency to Canada

by Max Chaudhary | Apr 11, 2016 | permanent resident

PNP programs aim to serve the needs of the province that administers them. If the skills of a person seeking admission to a province happen to cohere with the economic aims of the province, then the chances of being nominated for immigration are greater. A nomination...

Work Experience for Express Entry

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 24, 2016 | permanent resident

As the Express Entry system captures all of the skilled immigration to Canada, including Federal skilled worker in Canada experience class, the heart of the application is arguably, the work experience acquired by the applicant. The system is also geared towards...

Maintaining Student Status When Your Situation in Canada Changes

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 23, 2016 | Immigration Status Transition

The immigration department does not want student aged young people to be able to gain entry to Canada on a study permit and work in Canada unless they are actually studying as intended in their study visa application. Study permit holders must be enrolled in studies...

A Divorce and its impact on a Visa to Canada

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 22, 2016 | Immigration Law

If you applying for a visa to be sponsored as a spouse or common-law partner to Canada, one issue may be marital history, specifically whether a divorce has been obtained. Questions may arise such as the reason for the divorce, and the subsequent marital partner’s...

Low Income cut-off 2015

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 21, 2016 | Blogs

he level of analysis Toronto Immigration lawyers use when assessing the  Low Income cut-off has become more than merely looking up a table.  The amounts for parents are 30% higher than the amount also known as the Minimum Necessary Income, for the sponsorship of a...

Criminal Admissibility and Visas to Canada

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 19, 2016 | Delayed or Refused cases

With increasing information sharing between governments, violations of the law can be more easily shared between governments.  Such convictions may be easier for Canada Border Services Agency officers to detect.  However, applying for a visa with some form of criminal...

Immigration Detention

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 18, 2016 | Blogs

Immigration detention may often occur when there is a breakdown in communication between a person holding (most often) a study or work visa and the immigration authorities.  For example, the failure to keep an address updated with the immigration department (and/or...

Do You Need a Lawyer for Express Entry

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 16, 2016 | Immigration Law

Express Entry is characterized by ease of processing (for the immigration department), and as little accountability to the public as possible.  One way accountability is reduced is by the fact that an Express Entry profile is not an application, but rather, data about...

Should you file Express Entry on Your Own, Without a Lawyer?

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 15, 2016 | permanent resident

The immigration department actively encourages you to file applications on your own at the links Do I need to use an immigration representative for my citizenship application? , as well as Do I need a representative to help me apply? . Further, one of the main...

Post-Graduation Work Permit Application

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 14, 2016 | Work Permit

The Post-Graduation Work Permit application must be submitted to the immigration department within 90 days of meeting the requirements for graduation from a suitable post secondary school in Canada.  Meeting the requirements may be evidenced by you receiving a letter...

Passport Validity and Canadian Visa Issuance: Six Months Minimum, The More The Better.

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 13, 2016 | Blogs

When applying for a visa, the expiration of a passport can be an issue that delays processing, or worse, results in some unexpected hassles.  In the context of permanent resident applications, visa offices typically require at least six months duration on a passport...

After Express Entry: The Invitation To Apply

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 13, 2016 | Blogs

Candidates often seek to save money when filing for immigration to Canada by putting up an express entry profile on their own. Subsequently, an invitation to apply is issued by the Canadian government. The self-filed express entry profile then must be supported by...

Avoiding Delays in your Permanent Resident Application

by Max Chaudhary | Mar 11, 2016 | Blogs

Putting up an EE  profile is (when the CIC portal is working), not inherently difficult. It is like uploading a summary of your resume, in small pieces.  The premise behind the Express Entry profile is that you are giving enough information to CIC to determine where...