Express Entry Draw
In today’s all-program Express Entry Draw, Canada issued 5,500 invitations, minimum CRS 507.
US Immigration – Update Addressing the US visitor visa backlog
On November 17, 2022 the Department of State announced efforts to address the current backlog and wait times for visitor visas to the United States, with a goal nearing pre-pandemic processing trends. To help alleviate the backlog efforts have been made in the past year to help reduce appointment wait time, many of which include…
The Department of State Released its December 2022 Visa Bulletin
The December 2022 Visa Bulletin is now available and highlights important priority dates for the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. As of late, priority dates for Indian and Chinese nationals in the EB-3 category are currently seeing progress, while most family-based categories remain the same.
Express Entry Update: November 22
Candidates waiting for invitations to apply or relying on a future Open Bridging Work Permit (filed after a PR application is submitted) are encouraged to maintain their temporary status while waiting to be invited to apply. The number of invitations being issued in each draw is steadily climbing, with a correlated drop in the number…
US Immigration Labour Department Prevailing Wage Processing Updates
As of October 31, 2022, the Labour Department announced updates to processing times for permanent labour certification applications and prevailing wage determination requests. Based on the current trends, PERM processing times have taken longer, with the average processing times for adjudication being 249 days, while audit reviews are 368 days. PERM applications filed in February…
The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan. This multi-year plan has one of its primary focusses the needs of Canadian business to attract and foreign workers to fill positions in key sectors inlaying health care, skilled trades, manufacturing and technology. In 2021, Canada welcomed…
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Day 2 of ‘open borders’ for travel to Canada
What does this mean? If you are fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen) and meet the requirements for travel – testing, being asymptomatic etc. – then you should be permitted to travel Canada for ‘discretionary’ reasons. What does that mean!? Until yesterday (or August 7 for US citizens)…
Honoured to be recognized by my peers for inclusion in the 16th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for 2022.
Wonderful to be recognized for our firm’s work in immigration. We love serving our clients and look forward to helping many more Canadian and US companies and families to achieve their immigration goals.
