Articles 2019

Obscure though some of the new policy around recruitment of temporary foreign workers may be, the author tries to understand reasons for the changes. To the extent he can, he clarifies new requirements for Labour Market Opinions and suggest ways of getting them approved.

With the PCISA in effect, by the time refused refugee claimants are finally eligible for a PRRA, they would likely already have been deported to their home country. What's at stake?

Recent changes in criminal and immigration law make it more important than ever for practitioners in both areas to communicate. These authors comment on new criminal laws about pardons for convictions, immigration amendments about deportation and a Supreme Court of Canada decision.

Starting in 2013, temporary applicants from certain visa-requiring countries and territories who seek to enter Canada will have to provide biometric data before arriving in Canada.

A foreign spouse with landing papers could live here no matter what happened in the couple’s relationship, as immigration regulations stood prior to October 2012.

The 2009 Annotated Citizenship Act is part of Carswell’s “Statutes of Canada Annotated” series.

The Executive continues its efforts in working on behalf of the Ontario Bar Association Citizenship and Immigration Section.

So many new immigration laws have taken effect in the past twelve months that the government’s accomplishment, in creating and passing them all, calls out for response.