Communicating with IRCC (CIC) for 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...
Failing to Disclose a Common-Law or Marriage-Like Relationship
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...
February 2019 Changes to the Post-Graduation Work Permit Policy
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...
Avoid Fake Job Offer (LMIA) for your Work Permit for Canada
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...
