A new guide for immigrant women has recently been released by the province of Manitoba. The guide was developed by a committee of community and government representatives. It offers advice on resources and services and provides information on issues such as legal rights, child care, and housing. “The guide takes into account the unique settlement experiences [...] [...more]
Canadian immigration policy recognizes the fundamental importance of assisting immigrants reunite their families [...] [...more]
Most applicants are shocked to discover that if any family member is inadmissible – whether accompanying you to Canada or not – then the applicant is inadmissible as well. This is certainly one of the least understandable of immigration rules. If your family member will not accompany you to Canada, then why should it matter if [...] [...more]
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration announced $1.4 million in funding for mentorship programs to help immigrants in Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge. The funding will expand the Host program, which matches newcomers with Canadian volunteers as mentors to practise language skills, get contacts in their field of work and adjust culturally to life in Canada. Host programs at [...] [...more]
Canada needs to take a fresh approach to immigration if it wants to avoid worsening labour shortages, the federal finance minister has been told. Attracting and retaining skilled workers from abroad was a key issue at a private, invitation-only forum held near Ottawa last week with Jim Flaherty and Canadian business leaders and academics. More than [...] [...more]
In recent years, the top students at any given board in Greater Toronto have been just as likely to be immigrants as Canadian-born. In the Toronto public board, all three top students this year are immigrants. Top student Wang enrolled in ESL when she arrived from Xian, China, in 2002. The Peel District School Board’s top spot [...] [...more]
After the CPC begins processing the application for permanent residence – You will not receive a refund. After CIC has a issued a visa, or your relative or family member has already become a permanent resident – You cannot withdraw your sponsorship; you are obliged to support your relative or family member. [...more]
Fro the time your sponsored family members or relatives become permanent residents of Canada, you must support: * your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner for three years; * dependent children under age 22 for 10 years or until age 25, whichever comes first; * dependent children aged 22 or over for three years; and * other relatives for [...] [...more]
You may sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, or dependent children with no dependent children of their own, if you are a Canadian citizen living abroad and provided you will return to live in Canada once your family members become permanent residents. [...more]
Only a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who does not have a spouse, common-law partner, child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece in Canada, and who does not have a family class relative to sponsor, may sponsor one relative regardless of relationship. [...more]
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