Balancing Expedient Processing and a Second Chance for Potential Economic Immigrants to Canada
With Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada’s (“IRCC”) 2016 Level’s Plan as mandated by the Government of Canada, one of the challenges I am beginning to see is IRCC’s struggle in balancing expediency with the need for leniency in the event of honest mistake. With the economic immigration target having decreased by 25,600, an Express Entry system that will […]
How I Would Spend 24-Hours in Vancouver #CBAIMM16
Four hundred and ninety of my colleagues and friends from across Canada will be descending on Vancouver in a matter of hours to participate in the CBA’s National Immigration Law Conference (hashtag: #CBAIMM16). I am assuming many of you will be busy Thursday to Saturday in the Downtown core attending all the great events and […]
Expressly Challenging: A Numerical Analysis and Three Takeaways from IRCC’s 2015 Express Entry Report
On April 1, 2016, Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) released it’s Express Entry Year-End Report tracking the progress of its economic immigration management system, Express Entry, since its inception in 1 January 2015. Acknowledging the program’s growing pains throughout the report, overall IRCC seems to insist that Express Entry has met its objectives so […]
Is Canadian Immigration Overemphasing the Financial Sufficiency of International Students? – Policy Discussion
Based on StatsCan numbers, in 2015/2016, International Students to Canada pay on average $21,932 a year in tuition fees, compared to $6,191 a year paid by their domestic colleagues. I have heard in some circles, the talk of a “1 international student pays for 4 domestic students” a ratio that appears to be close to […]
Not-So Hidden Prejudice: Visa-Office Specific Document Requirements and Chinese Applicants
Canada’s historic mistreatment of Chinese migrants through immigration policy and law, though under-appreciated, cannot be understated. It began with the introduction of the Chinese Head Tax in 1885. This led to the Government to carve out the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923. It was not until 1967, that race and ethnic origin were removed as a […]
What To Do About 20,000 High Risk International Students? – Government Policy Making and it’s Important Implications
Based on the most recent publicly-available figures, as of 31 December 2014, there were somewhere in the neighbourhood of 336,502 international students with valid permit in Canada (see: November 2015, IRCC Presentation). From an internal policy document obtained through Access to Information (“ATIP”), we know that prior to the national launch of the Designated Learning Institution (“DLI”) […]
Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) Releases Their 2016 Immigration Levels Plan
In what can be considered the equivalent to the immigration law version of draft lottery day, the IRCC has released it’s projected numbers of permanent resident applications processed in 2016. The report/background begins by laying out how this year’s targets differs from last year’s targets: Economic Immigration Targets One of the first things you notice […]
