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by Max Chaudhary | Jul 21, 2019 | Immigration Law
About Immigration Appeals An immigration appeal is a process to complain about a visa officer or an immigration officer’s decision. The complaint usually relates to the refusal of a visa or permit. In less common cases, the appeal is filed to disagree with a...
by Max Chaudhary | Jul 1, 2019 | Delayed or Refused cases
The Minister announced a forgiveness or amnesty for certain cases under the Immigration Refugee Protection Regulations affected by subsection 117 (9) (d) The policy mentions the applicability to resettled refugee, was conferred refugee protection in Canada or were...
by Max Chaudhary | Jun 15, 2019 | Temporary Status, Work Permit
Caregiver Visa Reboot: New Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker A pilot project commences on 2019-06-18 to replace the Caring for Children/Caring for People with High Medical Needs program. Under the new program a work permit will be issued only if: There...
by Max Chaudhary | Jun 7, 2019 | Blogs
You may be disappointed with the response when you try to ask a Toronto immigration lawyer a quick [sic] question. In large cities like Toronto there are lawyer ads on buses and bus shelters and billboards with words like “Free Consultation”. These are primarily for...
by Max Chaudhary | May 20, 2019 | permanent resident, Spousal or Common Law or Conjugal Partner
Have you left Canada after an (in-Canada) spousal application was filed? Persons who have filed an in-Canada spousal sponsorship are expected to reside in Canada until their permanent resident status is granted. The IRCC website states in categorical terms, There is...
by Max Chaudhary | May 6, 2019 | Delayed or Refused cases
Stakeholders like immigration lawyers used to have access to coordinates of various immigration officers such as Program Managers. The divulging of such coordinates has become less common. It is becoming the norm that immigration lawyers have to crowdsource (from...
by Max Chaudhary | Apr 22, 2019 | Permanent Resident Loss
Canada Border Services Agency or IRCC officers may be interested in a relationship you had before you landed. Specifically, if you sponsor a spouse after entering Canada on a visa, an officer may form the impression that you were in a common-law relationship for one...
by Max Chaudhary | Feb 15, 2019 | Immigration Status Transition
The issuance of a Post-Graduation Work Permit is subject to policy. Policy is not law. Rather policy consists of non-binding guidelines an immigration officer may use to assess a work permit. In reality however, officers would interpret the Post-Graduation Work...
by Max Chaudhary | Jan 30, 2019 | Temporary Status, Work Permit
The global reach of the internet provides a window on the various frauds that are attempted to facilitate illegal entry to Canada. One somewhat common method is the fake job offer. I have come across such specimens from would-be work permit holders. Some fake job...
by Max Chaudhary | Jan 3, 2019 | Delayed or Refused cases
The Canada Border Services Agency shall receive $7.46 million to facilitate removals from Canada. The goal is to remove 10000 persons who have exhausted their rights of appeal in Canada during the year 2019. That money would allow Canada Border Services Agency...
by Max Chaudhary | Jan 3, 2019 | Immigration Law
The utility of online lawyer reviews, if accurate, is high; it is a low or no cost way of ‘kicking the tires’ before taking the plunge of hiring a lawyer. Such reviews purport to provide an easy way of navigating the quality of lawyers in Toronto, North America and...
by Max Chaudhary | Aug 20, 2018 | permanent resident
The Government has increased the allotment of parents sponsorships to 17000 per year, up from 10000 per year. Like most anything related to immigration, this increase appears to be a compromise between those who view family reunification as benefit to Canada and...
by Max Chaudhary | Feb 27, 2018 | Blogs, Canadian citizenship
Citizenship revocation changes On February 5, 2018, the Canadian government changed the citizenship revocation process to add more accountability to those facing the revocation of their Canadian citizenship. This marks a turning point as compared to the previous...
by Max Chaudhary | Aug 10, 2017 | Blogs
This article will briefly review what is required to apply for a study permit from outside of Canada. We remind the reader that this does not necessarily apply to everyone seeing that the Canadian Immigration Law is complex and therefore this article should not be...
by Max Chaudhary | Jul 31, 2017 | Temporary Status
I have a visitor Status in Canada can I apply for a work permit in Canada? A lot of people contact us and ask us if they can apply for a work permit with their visitor visa or their visitor record. The answer is not as straight forward seeing that there are various...
by Max Chaudhary | Jul 26, 2017 | Delayed or Refused cases
Permanent Residence is technically not “permanent” in the sense that a person may lose their status if they don’t comply to some requirements. Section 2 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Act) defines a permanent resident as “a...
by Max Chaudhary | Jul 6, 2017 | Blogs
Immigration Consultants and Ghosts in Canada Photo Credit: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/7/176209-licensing-professional-software-engineers/abstract Unlicensed consultants – or “ghost” consultants – cause problems to the immigration system because they tend to...
by Max Chaudhary | Jun 28, 2017 | Immigration Misrepresenation
Photo Credit: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deportations-jamaica-honduros-1.3490185 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are vested with the authority to issue various Removal Orders. There are three...
by Max Chaudhary | Jun 7, 2017 | Immigration Law
source: https://afth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SPRING-SUMMER-ISTOCK-Bi-racial-family.jpg The sponsorship of an adopted child or other relative can be an exciting and joyful prospect. There are many important factors to consider if you are hoping to sponsor...
by Max Chaudhary | May 29, 2017 | Blogs
Express Entry Draw of May 26, 2017 – FSTC lowest to Date The Express Entry draw of May 26, 2017 was, for the Federal Skilled Trades Category (FSTC) and not the Canada Experience Class or the Federal Skilled Worker Class, the lowest ever at 199 points. The FSTC...
