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Immigrants’ Cash Might be Diverted, Program changes could cost Quebec An investment pipeline to Quebec worth hundreds of millions of dollars might be diverted to other provinces as Ottawa overhauls an immigration-investor program that offers citizenship for cash. The redesigned program for affluent foreign investors, which takes effect July 1, extends to the rest of […]

The province of Quebec is presently entitled to full control over selection of applicants for immigration to Canada with an intended destination within that province. Once issued by Federal authorities, however, landing documents have generally allowed applicants to land as permanent residents of Canada at any port of entry. A basic tenet of the Charter […]

This newsletter will be best viewed in a fixed width font, such as Courier. The contents of this newsletter may be redistributed in whole, with the express condition that no changes be made to the content within. This newsletter, edited by David Cohen, and published strictly in an electronic format, contains information pertinent to applicants […]

This newsletter, edited by David Cohen, contains information pertinent to applicants for immigration to Canada in the various categories. The information contained herein is a compilation of recent postings on the misc.immigration.canada newsgroup, and appendices which will vary in content from issue to issue. Visitor Visa Requirement Q. I am a new H-1 holder. I […]

This newsletter, edited by David Cohen, contains information pertinent to applicants for immigration to Canada in the various categories. The information contained herein is a compilation of recent postings on the misc.immigration.canada newsgroup, and appendices which will vary in content from issue to issue. __________________________________________ 1.1 FBI Clearance/Buffalo One Step Policy Q. Does anyone know […]

Informal Assessments: A memorandum was recently issued to all overseas visa offices under the title of Informal Occupational Assessments. Several key issues were addressed which may be of great importance to many applicants. One of the main issues which is addressed in the first part of the memorandum is that of CCPE/CCTT evaluations. The content […]

The contents of this newsletter may be redistributed in whole, with the express condition that no changes be made to the content within. __________________________________________ 2.1 Skilled Worker Historical Performance Statistics Post/Months/Cases Abidjian/37/1 Accra/0/0 Ankara/27/7 Bangkok/20/2 Beijing/1/3/22 Belgrade/0/0 Bogota/13/41 Bonn/13/47 Bucharest/8/3 Budapest/-/- [Buenos Airies/Santiago]/16/3 [Buffalo APC/Detroit]/20/202 Cairo/16/9 Colombo/12/19 Damascus/19/41 Guatemala/0/0 Havana/0/0 Hong Kong/16/369 Islamabad/28/18 Kiev/0/0 Kingston/11/2 […]

This newsletter, edited by David Cohen, contains information pertinent to applicants for immigration to Canada in the various categories. The information contained herein is a compilation of recent postings on the misc.immigration.canada newsgroup, and appendices which will vary in content from issue to issue. 1.1 Absence Following Landing Q1. I believe that one has nine […]

This newsletter, edited by David Cohen, contains information pertinent to applicants for immigration to Canada in the various categories. The information contained herein is a compilation of recent postings on the misc.immigration.canada newsgroup, and appendices which will vary in content from issue to issue. 1.1 Work Experience/Intended Occupations Q. Will work experience as an assistant […]