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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….
What Do I Do If I’m Stuck Outside of Canada Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has made us all think about how to travel safely and about the possibility of falling ill or experiencing some other type of emergency while abroad. The question of what to do and who to call can even become a matter of life and death in the most extreme of cases,…
Top 10 Best Cities to Settle in Canada as a New Immigrant
So you’ve applied to come to Canada as a permanent resident but you don’t know exactly where you should live. Everyone has heard of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, but who knows if those are really great cities to start your new life. This list looks at big cities in Canada that are most accessible to…
USMCA Visa (formerly NAFTA Visa – North American Free Trade Agreement)
Please Note: NAFTA has been replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has been ratified as of March 2020. The USMCA does not affect NAFTA visa policies. The North American Free Trade Agreement known as NAFTA was a trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The goals of the North American Free…
