CANADA IMMIGRATION NEWS AND TIPS

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR CONSULTATION. Dear Ms Powell, I was trying to find some information about the changes to the temporary foreign worker programme but couldn’t find answers to my concern. My father asked me to write to you as he got sick due to the way his employer is treating him and wants to change his job but is not sure if he can. Can you please tell me, what are the changes to the programme, and can my dad change his job without getting into trouble? Thanks for your help. – MM Dear MM, The Canadian government recently published the proposed Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (temporary foreign workers), aimed at strengthening protections for temporary foreign workers in Canada and improving the employer compliance and protections of international workers who come to Canada to work under the Temporary Foreign Worker Programme (TFWP) and the International Mobility Programme. The difference between the two programmes is that individuals that ...

  FIND OUT IF YOU QUALIFY. CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP Dear Miss Powell, I have been dating a farm worker from Jamaica and we plan to get married, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are facing all kinds of complications and we are not sure how to deal with everything. Now that we are planning the wedding, he tells me that he is illegal. He said that his permit expired, but he couldn’t renew it as his passport expired. Is he now illegal? If we get married, can I sponsor him? – F.M. Dear F.M., As a general rule, all applicants to Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada ( IRCC) must have a valid, unexpired passport in order for an application to be considered. Therefore, it is imperative that your partner applies immediately to get a new passport from his home country before dealing with IRCC. Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations, a person may be deemed to be in Canada illegally, or ‘out of status’ or ‘lack status’ in Canada, for a number of reasons. An out-of-...