Q & A: Processing Duration

Q. I know they quote anywhere between 8-18 months for the entire independent applicant process, but does anyone have an idea, in reality how much time a visa office actually spends processing one file? If the Filing-AOR is any guideline, and knowing a little about what they do in that time frame (which is just […]

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Q & A: Family Class Applications

Q. I have a couple of questions I am hoping you can help me with. I am going to be marrying my boyfriend here in Canada. He is from the US. We have decided that he will be coming to live here, but I am a student, and I was wondering if I can sponsor […]

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News Briefs – Regulations for Immigration Consultants

The federal government plans to introduce regulations to govern immigration consultants. At the present time such regulations do exit and are needed to protect the public against unscrupulous immigration consultants. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the Honourable Denis Coderre recently said that “there are too many horror stories” and that the time as come […]

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Immigrants easing IT job shortfall

Tundra Semiconductor Corp. recently conducted an innovative experiment that had nothing to do with making chips. The Ottawa-based company placed a map of the world on the wall of its games room and asked its 200 employees to identify where they came from. At last count, 23 nationalities from Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe […]

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