Category: Immigration Blog

Blog on Canada and United States immigration matters provided by Toronto Lawyer Jeff Jiehui Li

Cut immigration applications to fix backlog: Is this our only option?

Cut immigration applications to fix backlog? This is what Jason Kenny, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada said to the House committee on citizenship and immigration recently. (For a detailed report on this, follow http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/10/20/pol-kenney-immigration-cut-applications.html) I am saddened each time I hear…

BC Provincial Nominee Program: Business immigrants encouraged to invest in regional communities

VICTORIA – The provincial government is taking steps to further encourage business immigrants to invest in communities in regional B.C. through the BC Provincial Nominee Program. This is one of a series of steps as part of a commitment in…

Canadians still support high immigration levels: study

The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) based in Montreal has released its report on how open Canadians are for immigration and immigrants. Below are two links highlighting IRPP’s research findings: Canadians still support high immigration levels: study http://bit.ly/nVdcxm…

Proposed Citizenship Act amendment: Upfront evidence of language ability required

On October 15, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published notice in the Canada Gazette with respect to a proposed amendment of the Citizenship Regulations (Regulations). If passed, the amendment will require adult applicants to provide upfront evidence of their…

Restaurant and food service manager: Halfway toward skilled worker cap

As of October 11, 2011, CIC has received a total of 2,768 eligible federal skilled worker applications. For National Occupation Classification (NOC) # 0631, 260 applications have been received, that is more than halfway toward the 500 cap on the…