Immigration
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January 23, 2024
Ottawa won’t appeal decision striking down 1st-generation limit on Canadian citizenship by descent
The Liberal government says it won’t appeal a recent Ontario Superior Court judgment which declared unconstitutional a Citizenship Act provision that purported to prevent Canadian citizens born abroad from automatically passing citizenship on to their children who were also born abroad.
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January 23, 2024
International students: Two-year cap, post-graduation and spousal restrictions | Annsley Kesten
On Jan. 22, 2024, the Canadian government announced new measures with respect to the international study permit program.
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January 22, 2024
B.C. court finds Chinese judgments unenforceable citing breach of natural justice
The B.C. Supreme Court has held that two Chinese commercial judgments are unenforceable, finding that there was a breach of natural justice as the defendants had insufficient notice of the relevant claims.
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January 22, 2024
Ottawa caps int’l study permit intake at about 360,000 for 2024; reforms work permit eligibility
The Liberal government says it is capping Canada's annual intake of international students for 2024 and 2025 in order to "stabilize" Ottawa’s burgeoning and fraud-plagued international student visa system which has contributed to higher demand for housing and social services in Canada.
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January 22, 2024
2023 in review: Key changes to Canadian immigration, part one
In 2023, the Canadian government introduced a series of significant changes and updates that reshaped policies governing entry, temporary residence, and pathways to permanent status in the country.
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January 22, 2024
What to do about January workplace absences
The beginning of the year presents many business opportunities: the perfect moment for scaling up and enlarging teams, setting ambitious goals and revising processes. However, it’s also a time when there are notable increases in employee absences.
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January 18, 2024
Help wanted: Effective leadership at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario | Brian Cook
The position of associate chair of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) is vacant for the fifth time in as many years. Reporting to the executive chair of Tribunals Ontario, a cluster of 14 adjudicative tribunals, the associate chair is effectively the chair of the tribunal, with responsibility for the recruitment and training of new members, management of the case load, development of procedural rules, as well as adjudicative and policy leadership.
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January 18, 2024
ElectoFacts launched by Elections Canada | Gerald Chipeur
ElectoFacts is a new resource that Canadians can use to verify the accuracy of information about Canada’s federal electoral process.
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January 16, 2024
Ottawa unveils ‘new’ policy and program support for francophone immigration outside Quebec
The federal government has rolled out a francophone immigration policy and support program for francophone immigration outside Quebec.
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January 15, 2024
How high is the hurdle for an EB-1 green card?
Every day, I field calls from individuals and professionals looking to come to or stay in the U.S. permanently. The volume of these inquiries has only increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as individuals were forced to choose where they prefer to live due to restrictions and constrictions to cross-border travel. Likewise, U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) has seen increased volumes of green card benefit applications, resulting in longer average processing times. USCIS’ average processing times for regular processing of employment-based immigrant worker petitions increased by nearly 40 per cent from 2019 to 2022.