Special Report: Government Overhauls Economic Immigration

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), earlier this month, announced major changes to Canadian immigration that will amount to an overhaul of the system currently governing economic-based immigration to Canada. The modifications are scheduled to take effect on January 1st, 2013 and will result in the selection of a different profile of Federal Skilled Workers as well as […]

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Canadian Immigration Questions & Answers with Attorney David Cohen

Every month, Attorney David Cohen will answer a few general Canadian immigration questions submitted by our readers. Here are this month’s questions and answers:

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Canadian Immigration News Briefs for August 2012

The following is a summary of developments concerning Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last two weeks.

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David’s Blog: A Bird in the Hand

This well-known proverb concludes with the words “is worth two in the bush” and it means that it is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than the mere potential of a greater one. What is left unsaid is that, more often than not, we don’t ever succeed in getting “the two in the […]

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Intra-Company Transfers: An Option for International Business

International businesses have the option to bring important employees to Canada through the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) program. The ICT program allows qualified employees to be transferred, on a temporary basis, from an international post to a Canadian-based entity. Through this program, both businesses and the Canadian labour market as a whole are able to benefit […]

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Quebec Seeks Qualified Nurses

Clickez ici pour la version français Nurses continue to be in high demand throughout Canada, due to a national shortage of qualified workers. Nowhere is this need for nurses more pronounced than in Quebec. The province, by pursuing economic and immigration-based programs, has situated itself to become Canada’s newest healthcare hotspot – but only if […]

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CIC News Case Files: Receiving a Criminal Conviction While Already in Canada

What happens when a Temporary Foreign Worker is convicted of a crime while living and working in Canada? The answer may surprise you.

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Canadian Immigration News Briefs for Mid-August 2012

The following is a summary of developments concerning Canadian Citizenship and Immigration that took place or were announced over the last two weeks.

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