Five Tips to Paper Trail Like a Canadian Immigration Lawyer!
I have been very busy. Still there are no excuses I realize I owe about a billion posts for my one month hiatus. This represents the beginning of my seeking for forgiveness from my faithful readers/followers. Introduction I wanted to put out a post today that will help self-represented litigants dealing with immigration. I have […]
The Problem of Employer Reference Letters for Economic Immigration under Express Entry
The importance of employer reference letters in today’s economic immigration system cannot be understated. The current Express Entry process is largely applicant driven through self-declaration, up to and until the point a decision is made. With the Applicant essentially able to select the dates and self-select the National Occupation Code (“NOC”) to match their work […]
On Illegal “Ghost Immigration Consultants”: An Ethical Crisis that Needs to Be Urgently Addressed
Beyond the well-documented issues of Vancouver’s real estate industry, I have come to realize that there is also a major ethical crisis in the immigration industry. As a society, we are turning a complete blind eye to the swarm of highly unethical, untrained, unqualified, and ultimately illegal practitioners purporting and holding out themselves to be immigration professionals. […]
Previous Unauthorized Work and the Application of Regulation 200(3) IRPR at the Port of Entry
Mock Fact Scenario An Applicant shows up to the Port-of-Entry (after a quick trip to the Untied States) applying for a new work permit or attempting to enter on the basis of an existing work permit. During their secondary examination by Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”), it is uncovered that the Applicant may have been […]
‘Actively Pursuing Studies’ – Possible Port of Entry Issues
As I mentioned in a post written in September 2015, the requirement that a study permit holder “actively pursue studies” in Canada while holding their study permit creates major challenges. When I first wrote my post in 2015, I imagined that exclusion orders issued pursuant to Immigration and Refugee Protections Act s.29(2) + s.41(a) would occur […]
Why Canada Should Create a Social Capital Investor Immigration Program for Student-Aged Entrepreneurs.
For as much scrutiny as Canada’s Federal Investor Immigration Program (“FIIP”) has come under, perhaps we have overlooked the real potential that encouraged investor immigrants can bring to Canada. Contrary to the position taken by Candice Malcolm in her piece “Canada is subsidizing foreign millionaires”I would place just as much, if not more, of the blame […]
Deadlines and Timelines – A Case for Starting the Immigration Process Early
I am often asked by my friends/clients what I would look for if I was choosing an immigration lawyer for my own private matter. What important considerations would I make? I think my first advice to those individuals would be to start the process early. There really never is “too early”, but there is certainly […]
