If you have entered Canada on a visitor visa (aka a tourist visa, aka a temporary resident visa), your visitor visa is often valid for a maximum of six months. However, during month five of your visit to Canada, you may like what you see in Canada. Canada is...
An application for a Post-graduation work permit of three years duration is available to those foreign nationals who study at an appropriate school in a program of at least two years duration. One question that arises is whether the duration of the minimum two years...
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....
The phrase ‘best evidence’ is used in legal proceedings and refers to the premise “that no evidence was admissible unless it was “the best that the nature of the case will allow””. This means putting one’s best foot forward in presenting documents to the...
A lot of laypersons may be surprised to find out that some work visas are not based on law but on policy. Policy is the least strong in the hierarchy of Law/Regulations/policy. Some work permits based on policy include Post-graduate work permits, Ontario’s...
One of our clients filed a PR card renewal application. He met the days i.e. a minimum of 730 in the past five years. However, part of the basis for his meeting the minimum 730 day threshold included being employed full-time abroad for a Canadian based company – in...
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