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Know your rights at the Canada / US border
If you’ve started to assume that you have few rights when crossing an international border in this age of heightened security, it might not just be paranoia. Every sovereign country reserves the right to deny entry to non-residents for any reason.
Is My Immigration Consultant Fake? How to Watch Out for Scams
As the world slowly emerges from the various lockdowns and quarantines, immigration applications and procedures will kick back in and people who have been unable to travel to Canada, or even perhaps get key documents sent, will be relieved to be able to get their immigration process moving again. But be careful. We’re not referring…
Link Your Paper Application to IRCC’s Website (CIC) in 4 Steps
While you can still apply on paper for many of IRCC’s immigration streams, the time is coming when you will have to have an online connection in order to apply for anything related to immigration to Canada. As has been made evident by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, paper applications can sometimes face obstacles or even…
Cost of Immigration to Canada from the Philippines
When you plan to immigrate from the Philippines to Canada, you of course have to spend time and effort gathering together all the documents required by the immigration authorities in Canada. This is to ensure your application has the best possible chances of being successful. But there is also something else you should be keeping…
Police Certificates for Immigration to Canada (IRCC CIC)
One document that is key to any application is that all-important police certificate. Imagine gathering what you consider all the necessary documents only to realize you’ve forgotten about your police certificate. No certificate means your application will be deemed incomplete and either returned to you or delayed for a considerable amount of time.
What is an LMIA and Which Occupations are Exempt?
A Labour Market Impact Assessment, or LMIA, is the new, more rigorous version of the old Labour Market Opinion, or LMO, which it replaced in June, 2014. An LMIA assesses the impact that a foreign worker will have on the Canadian labour market, to ensure it does not negatively impact Canadian workers. It is issued…
Top 10 Pros and Cons of Immigration
The choice whether or not to pick up your family and immigrate to another country is a big decision indeed. Weighing that question of whether or not to immigrate—or, on the flip side of things, how you as a natural-born citizen of a country should feel about immigration—is a complex one indeed. Here are just…
Do You Need a Certified Translation for IRCC?
When you immigrate to Canada or apply for Canadian citizenship, you must submit a list of documents with your application; for example birth and/or marriage certificates, or certificates of citizenship, in order to prove you are who you say you are to the officials at Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Am I Still a Permanent Resident if My PR Card Expires?
If you do not renew your Permanent Resident (PR) Card, your status as a permanent resident is not affected. If you were a permanent resident on the day before your PR Card expires (every 5 years), then you are still one on the day it expires. This does not mean that permanent residence is unconditional….
