Canada Immigration Blog

In 2015, Canada implemented the Express Entry Program which allows individuals as well as families across the globe to immigrate to the country within just a few months and can become lawful permanent residents. The process is completely electronic and managed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Applications are reviewed and approved based on factors such as the skill and experience of the applicants. Through the Express Entry program, Canada hopes to foster growth of its skilled labor workforce.

What is the Process for Express Entry to Canada?

The entire application process for Express Entry can be easily accessed online.
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What are the eligibility requirements to permanently immigrate to Canada?

Neighboring Nation Canada welcomes many new residents from the United States every year.  Canada is a beautiful and progressive Nation with free healthcare and friendly people. It is easy to see why about 250,000 immigrants enter the country and become permanent residents each year.  While Americans can visit freely, those who want to move to the country may be surprised to find that immigrating to Canada can sometimes be a complex process. Our Read more . . .

Effective February 14, 2019, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) revised the Post-Graduation Work Permit (“PGWP”) program. Now, students have 180 days from the time the school issues final marks to apply for PGWP, in contrast to 90 days earlier.
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The government of Canada will invite more than a million individuals to become permanent residents of Canada over three years from 2019 to 2021! This multi-year Immigration Levels Plan, an ambitious initiative of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC),
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British Columbia, (hereinafter “BC”), Canada’s westernmost province, is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. Although BC happens to be Canada’s third most populous province, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (hereinafter “BC PNP”) offers three ways for you to become a permanent resident of BC: Skills Immigration; Express Entry BC and Entrepreneur Immigration. Your skill level, (as determined by the National Occupational Classification), your job, or your international student status are some of the most important determining factors in the application process.
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The Canadian Parliament recently announced that it was going to add more than one million new permanent residents in next three years (2019-2021). It is foreseeable that more than half of the new permanent residents will arrive on one of the three economic programs in the Express Entry program
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Kanada ve ABD göçmen avukatları, 1994 yılından bu yana Kuzey Amerika'da sınır ötesi çalışanların kabulünü kolaylaştıracak yararlı bir araç olan NAFTA'nın geleceğinden endişe duyuyorlar. ABD Başkanlığı kampanyası boyunca Başkan Trump,
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Canadian and U.S. immigration lawyers have been concerned about the future of the NAFTA, a treaty which has been serving as a useful vehicle to facilitate the cross-border admission of foreign workers in North America since 1994.
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O governo do Canadá se pronunciou recentemente sobre a sua visão a respeito de casamentos falsos e a sua relação com o patrocínio fraudulento de direito à cidadania. 

Você se lembra do filme "Green Card", estrelado pelo ator Gérard Depardieu, no qual ele faz o papel do protagonista, um francês que casa com uma cidadã americana somente para obter a residência permanente nos EUA (o chamado "green card”)?

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Ms. Malka is a Managing Lawyer (Licenced in Ontario by the Law Society of Upper Canada, but practicing from the USA) at Canadian Law Group (a Canadian Immigration Firm in New Jersey).

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Canada has just pronounced itself on how it views marriage fraud and its relationship to false sponsorships.

Do you remember the movie “Green Card,” starring Gérard Depardieu, in which the protagonist from France (Depardieu) married a U.S. citizen solely to obtain permanent residence (the “green card”) in the U.S.A.? Of course, à la Hollywood, in that movie the applicant ended up truly falling in love with the sponsor and they lived happily ever after. However, in real life, when there is marriage fraud, this almost never happens.
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