English and French Language and Immigration to Canada – What Amount of Skill is Needed?
[slider]The Express Entry system constitutes the gateway to filing a skilled worker application to live in Canada permanently. It is apparent that (at least with respect to the Canada Experience Class category), the minimum level of English or French language skill depends on the degree of education that the intended job in Canada requires. Similarly, […]
Passports and Benefits They Confer: International Experience Class
Depending on your country of citizenship, as well as your age (usually under 30 or under 35 years), you may be eligible for an International Experience Class visa. General Information is at Become a candidate – International Experience Canada. The program is also known colloquially as the Working Holiday Program. Such a visa allows you […]
Provincial Nominee Programs – An Efficient Pathway for Permanent Residency to Canada
PNP programs aim to serve the needs of the province that administers them. If the skills of a person seeking admission to a province happen to cohere with the economic aims of the province, then the chances of being nominated for immigration are greater. A nomination can be an essential element towards permanent residency in […]
Work Experience for Express Entry
As the Express Entry system captures all of the skilled immigration to Canada, including Federal skilled worker in Canada experience class, the heart of the application is arguably, the work experience acquired by the applicant. The system is also geared towards encouraging younger people under the age of 30 to apply for permanent residency to […]
Maintaining Student Status When Your Situation in Canada Changes
The immigration department does not want student aged young people to be able to gain entry to Canada on a study permit and work in Canada unless they are actually studying as intended in their study visa application. Study permit holders must be enrolled in studies and “actively pursue” their course or program of study. […]
A Divorce and its impact on a Visa to Canada
If you applying for a visa to be sponsored as a spouse or common-law partner to Canada, one issue may be marital history, specifically whether a divorce has been obtained. Questions may arise such as the reason for the divorce, and the subsequent marital partner’s knowledge about the reason for the divorce. If the new […]
Low Income cut-off 2015
he level of analysis Toronto Immigration lawyers use when assessing the Low Income cut-off has become more than merely looking up a table. The amounts for parents are 30% higher than the amount also known as the Minimum Necessary Income, for the sponsorship of a spouse/common law partner. The spousal application’s relationship to the Low […]
Criminal Admissibility and Visas to Canada
With increasing information sharing between governments, violations of the law can be more easily shared between governments. Such convictions may be easier for Canada Border Services Agency officers to detect. However, applying for a visa with some form of criminal history can be done successfully, with some extra measures. It is important to determine how […]
Immigration Detention
Immigration detention may often occur when there is a breakdown in communication between a person holding (most often) a study or work visa and the immigration authorities. For example, the failure to keep an address updated with the immigration department (and/or the CBSA ) may lead to the failure to receive a letter inviting you […]
Do You Need a Lawyer for Express Entry
Express Entry is characterized by ease of processing (for the immigration department), and as little accountability to the public as possible. One way accountability is reduced is by the fact that an Express Entry profile is not an application, but rather, data about a person seeking to immigrate to Canada. The fact that the Express Entry […]