by egerhard | Dec 12, 2017 | Borders Law Firm Updates
This past June, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration issued a report called Starting Again: Improving Government Oversight of Immigration Consultants. The report reviews the ways in which immigration consultants are currently...
by egerhard | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Supreme Court of Canada came to a decision this week in a case that asked whether a person can lose their permanent residence status after being convicted of a crime and receiving a conditional sentence – that is, a sentence to be served not in prison but in the...
by egerhard | Sep 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
As of August 31, 2017, immigrants and citizens of Canada may request that their gender be identified as “X” (Unspecified) rather than “M” or “F” on passports and immigration documents. IRCC is not yet able to print documents with this designation, so until the system...
by egerhard | Aug 17, 2017 | Borders Law Firm Updates
If you work in the agricultural or construction sector in Ontario, you may be eligible for the new “In-Demand Skills” stream. This path to immigration is available to those who have a permanent, full-time job offer for the one of the following positions:...
by egerhard | Jul 30, 2017 | Borders Law Firm Updates
This week the Federal Court came to a decision in the case of Alvin Brown, who spent more than five years in immigration detention before being deported. Brown’s lawyers presented the court with a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the laws that...
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