Government initiatives are not always explained clearly even in the best of times. COVID-19 has multiplied our stress factors, and this combined with a constant stream of new measures by the Canadian government to deal with the pandemic, has led to a lot of confusion Read More
Valentine’s Day: a great time to think about sponsoring your loved one to join you in Canada. Do it right to avoid problems and delays. Read More
Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the end of “conditional permanent residency” for certain sponsored spouses and common-law partners on April 28, 2017. Previously, certain sponsored persons were obliged to live together in a conjugal relationship with their sponsors for at least two years after arriving in Canada to retain … Read More
Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, is the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the Member of Parliament for York South-Weston, in Ontario. He was sworn into office on January 10, 2017. Mr. Hussen arrived in Canada as a teenage refugee from Somalia, via Kenya, in 1993. A lawyer and social … Read More
Major announcements were made by the Canadian Immigration Minister Honourable John McCallum on December 7, 2016 regarding sponsorship of spouses to settle as a permanent resident of Canada. Mr. McCallum used a day care centre as backdrop to emphasize the importance of family reunification (see image with this article from … Read More