Canadian Visas

Do you need to remain in Canada if you have a two year conditional permanent status if you have been recently sponsored by your Canadian spouse? Can you travel outside of Canada on your own? The [...]

What is “flagpoling”? An example of flagpoling is simply crossing the border to the USA, and returning to Canada to extend your visitor status. Several years ago, there was a story in the local [...]

Whether the Canadian welcome mat remains at the door or whether it is rudely yanked from under the feet of a prospective visitor depends where the visitor calls home. Each year Canada opens its [...]

Here are the six steps that employers must do to be proactive: Analyze your own business development over the next five, 10 or 20 years. Learn about the various government programs both on a [...]

More and more foreign nationals are seeking to purchase a second home in Canada either for temporary visits or for the long-term permanent residency hopes. Usually, there is no problem with a [...]

On January 1, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada introduced the express entry system – a selection method to ensure efficient processing and shorter wait times for permanent resident [...]

Can you leave Canada while the spousal or common-law application is being processed? Visitor to Work Permit Applications If you’re transitioning between visitor application to a work [...]

The BC PNP is temporarily amending the online learning requirement for the international student categories. This will allow learning to be online, with 50% of studies or more from within Canada. [...]

In January of 2017, a Canadian Immigration Officer denied an application for permanent residence through a spousal sponsorship. The Officer doubted the validity of the marriage because the [...]