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As I write new content and catch up on my forced hiatus (I was locked out of my own blog), I’d like to share a
In an earlier post last year I predicted that the Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA program) may end up being akin to “visas for the visa-exempt.”
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,
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,
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
There is no doubt that Canada’s electronic Travel Authorization (“eTA”) regime, set to go into full legal effect a little over a month from now,
We’re extending the CIW (Corporate Immigration Week) to the end of the month! R. 204(a), of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (“IRPR”) provide certain Professionals exemptions
Will Tao is an Award-Winning Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, Writer, and Policy Advisor based in Vancouver. Vancouver Immigration Blog is a public legal resource and social commentary.
My name is Will Tao and I am a Barrister and Solicitor practicing exclusively in the field of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law. I work for a full-service Canadian immigration and refugee law firm called Heron Law Offices based in Burnaby, B.C.
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Acknowledges that he lives and works on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
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