Archives for July 2011

Earlier this month, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney launched a series of consultations with stakeholders and the public to discuss the issue of Canadian immigration levels. [Read more…]

While consultations are being held by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) regarding the number of immigrants Canada should accept each year, the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) are accepting more immigrants than ever. CIC plans to admit approximately 40,000 immigrants under the PNP in 2011, more than five times the number accepted in 2005. [Read more…]

Last month, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that two of the Federal Business Immigration Programs had changed. A moratorium was placed on the Federal Immigrant Entrepreneur Program and the number of applications accepted for the Federal Immigrant Investor Program from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 was limited to 700 applications. Within a couple of days, the cap limit for the Investor Program was reached. Fortunately, this does not mean an end to Canadian Business Immigration. The province of Quebec offers Entrepreneur and Investor Programs for applicants looking to obtain Canadian Permanent Residency.  >> Read the full article on Canadavisa.com…

The following is a summary of developments concerning Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last few weeks. [Read more…]

Say what you will about our Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, just don’t call Jason Kenny lazy. It has been less than two months since his Conservative Party won a majority government and in that short time he has made a number of game-changing pronouncements. Two of these appear below along with my comments. More will follow in next month’s blog.  >> Click here to read the full blog post…