As the federal government continues its drive to reduce the number of temporary residents in Canada amidst continued high costs of living, continued housing unaffordability, and increasing unemployment, particularly amongst youth[1], it has announced new measures[2] to do so. The government target is to reduce the number of temporary residents from 6.5% of Canada’s total […]
On August 11, 2024, a new public policy[1] from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) took effect which provides a further avenue for Ukrainians who came to Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (“CUAET”) to remain in Canada as workers or students. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, approximately 300,000 Ukrainian citizens and permanent […]
The Government of Québec, with the cooperation of the Federal Government, has announced that beginning September 3rd, 2024, there will be a six (6) month pause of low-wage Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications in the Montréal region. Low-wage LMIAs are applications where the wage for the position falls below the provincial median wage, which […]
After feedback and lobbying from various countries, veterinarians, industry partners, and the public, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has walked back from some of its requirements for dogs from countries that are rabies-free or with a low risk of rabies, including Canada. Specifically, dogs entering or returning to the United States from such […]
To prevent the spread of dog-borne rabies in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has announced new requirements for dogs entering the United States that will take effect on August 1, 2024. Even though Canada is listed as a country which is dog rabies-free or low risk by the CDC, new […]
Effective July 1, 2024, the immigration provisions of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (“CUFTA”) came into effect. This now brings new avenues for citizens and permanent residents of Ukraine to work in Canada or enter Canada as business visitors. The CUFTA’s immigration provisions contain similarities with other free trade agreements- like the Canada-United States-Mexico-Agreement, the […]
An individual is a Canadian citizen under section 3 of the Citizenship Act[1] (the “Act”) by right (ie. typically by birth or decent) or by a grant of citizenship under section 5, (ie. typically to a permanent resident after certain conditions are met). In addition to these usual paths to Canadian citizenship, subsection 5(4) provides […]
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) has announced that international student graduates can no longer apply for a post-graduation work permit (“PGWP”) at a port of entry when entering Canada. This also means an end to applying for PGWP by way of flagpoling – a legal practice of leaving Canada and re-entering in order to […]
End of the Second-Generation Born Abroad Rule and Lost Canadians Following the Ontario Superior Court’s ruling in Bjorkquist et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 7152 (CanLII), in which the Court deemed unconstitutional the ineligibility to Canadian citizenship of those born outside of Canada to a Canadian parent who had been born outside […]
Over the course of two (2) weeks, starting on May 21, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) will invite 35,700 potential sponsors to apply to sponsor their parents or grandparents. However, only those who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020 are eligible to be invited. The intake for new expressions of interest […]
