Q & A: Visiting Canadian Spouse

Q. My husband is a US citizen, living and working in the USA. Due to our circumstances, neither of us are presently able to leave out home country to emigrate. However, my husband was recently refused admission to Canada as a visitor. Can anything be done? Answer: This is an unfortunate issue of timing, and […]

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News Briefs – British Columbia to Seek More Skilled Immigrants

The B.C. and Canadian governments are working on a new “made-in-B.C. strategy” for immigration that would increase the number of skilled out-of-province workers entering the workforce. Federal Immigration Minister Denis Coderre met in Vancouver yesterday with George Abbott, B.C.’s minister responsible for immigration, and said afterward the deal involves greater recognition of foreign credentials. And […]

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Immigration Department’s Appeal Dismissed

The Citizenship and Immigration department is bracing for a flood of multi-million dollar lawsuits after a panel of judges upheld a controversial ruling that said federal bureaucrats misled Parliament about severe backlogs in the immigration system. The decision, handed down on Thursday by the Federal Court of Appeal, alters the fate of more than 100,000 […]

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