Articles 2020

In the Income Tax Act, a professional corporation (PC) is defined to mean a corporation that carries on the professional practice of an accountant, dentist, lawyer medical doctor, veterinarian or chiropractor.

School is going well. I’m getting good marks in English and my other classes. My family wants me to go to university, but where? What to study and where to go?

During the last year the streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Manama, and Madison were recently heaving with protesters who were demonstrating their personal commitment to change.

In their quest for a way to immigrate to Canada, foreign nationals typically consider the traditional processes available through business immigration, such as the Foreign Skilled Worker program.

Given the fierce competition within the global marketplace for human capital and Canada’s current and future needs to replace its aging workforce, attracting talented young foreign nationals to come to Canada is both a daunting challenge and an ever-growing necessity.

When a foreign national applies to extend his or her stay in Canada before the expiration of the foreign national’s status in Canada the foreign national can legally stay in Canada until the application to extend the status is decided. This is called "implied status".

Examining the definition of “dependent child” within the context both of a family-class sponsorship and of an accompanying family member and, in particular, will explore the rules relating to dependency in the case of students.

Foreign students in the united states fall into a range of categories: there is a general one (F-1), another specifically for vocational students (M-1) and yet another category for exchange visitors (J-1) into which students often fit.

Not so very long ago, I was consulted by a young American lady at the suggestion of her criminal defence lawyer. Having pitched my professional tent at the intersection of “immigration” and “crime”, so to speak, I thought criminal counsel had made a pretty good choice in referring her to me.

Foreign nationals who want to study in Canada require a study permit to do so according to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and related regulations.