By Stephen Fogarty A new wave of talented young citizens of Ireland aged 18 to 35 will be coming to Canada starting in April and May under the latest incarnation of the Working Holiday Program (WHP) through the International Experience Canada initiative between Canada and Éire, the Republic of Ireland. The quota of places available [...]
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Let’s welcome a new wave of young Irish to Montreal!
Stephen Fogarty appointed as
Honorary Legal Advisor to the Embassy of Ireland in Canada
Fogarty Law Firm is pleased to announce that the Irish Ambassador, His Excellency Dr Ray Bassett, has appointed Stephen J. Fogarty, member of the Bar of Quebec and of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario), to the post of Honorary Legal Advisor to the Embassy of Ireland in Canada. The appointment took place in [...]
2013 brings important changes to Canadian Working Holiday Program for Irish citizens
By Stephen Fogarty Montreal, December 13, 2012 On-line applications are expected to open in January for the 2013 International Experience Canada / Working Holiday Program for Irish citizens aged 18 to 35 wishing to visit and work in Canada. The launch date was to have been January 15th. That has now been delayed due to [...]
New residency rules for Canadian Citizenship applications
Legislation is expected in autumn 2012 to close a loophole which had allowed persons who apply for citizenship to request that days spent outside of Canada be counted to satisfy residency requirements. Under the current rules, a permanent resident may apply for citizenship if he or she has, “within the four years immediately preceding the [...]
Major changes coming to Canada’s Citizenship legislation
On Friday, 20 April 2012, I attended a luncheon hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in Montreal at which Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, the Honourable Jason Kenney, announced two major changes coming to Canada’s Citizenship legislation. The luncheon’s start was delayed by close to half an hour by so-called “immigrant rights” protesters who [...]