Delays in Initial PR card issuance

New permanent residents of Canada receive their initial permanent resident card usually about eight weeks after landing at a Canadian Port of Entry.  However, recently, due to a change in photograph size, the receipt of permanent resident cards may become delayed. The...

Canada Student Visa Requirements

An applicant for a student visa must be a student. Sounds dumb, I know. What I mean is that a Canadian visa officer must be satisfied that a person seeking a study visa to Canada will carry out the intended studies in Canada. An officer determines this by, among other...

How to Get Visa for Canada from India

Obtaining a visa for Canada from India may be simpler in some respects, depending on the type of visa being sought.  If you are deemed to be a business traveller, a visitor visa may be issued by the New Delhi or Chandigarh visa office in about two business days....

Immigration Canada Visitor Visa Application

Visitor visa applications are in some respects very very difficult to obtain depending on the demographic that the person seeking the visa possesses. For example, if the person is under the age of 35, without significant financial ties, such as a decent paying job in...

Permanent Resident of Canada Travelling To USA

Having a permanent resident card is evidence that you possess permanent resident status. It is not a guarantee that you can enter Canada. At best, it allows for ease of boarding an airplane to Canada. After you disembark, you may find that a Canada Border Services...

Processing Delays: what can be done?

An application for a visa in Canada is subject to published processing times. However, those processing times are not always reflective of an individual’s case processing. Often times, the immigration department’s published processing times speaks to “80% of cases”,...

Do It Yourself Immigration – The Risks

For those self-filing their application for a visa to Canada (aka Do It Yourself-ers) , an additional basis to refuse your case may arise: if you fail to declare that you hired someone advise you on the application.  The relevant law is in the Immigration and Refugee...

Adding a Common Law Partner to an Existing Application

If you have an application for a visa to Canada, being permanent resident, or a temporary visa, you may have changed your life in a significant way.  Some life changes must actually be reported to Canada’s immigration department if your application is still pending....

Authorization to Return

An authorization to return or “ARC” is necessary if you’ve been deported from Canada. One required document is the certificate of departure, which is issued right before you leave Canada as a deported person. Some individuals end up in a situation...

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