Immigration, Citizenship, and Culture Blog

Immigrant Investor programs of Canada and Quebec: recent developments
By Stephen Fogarty • October 21, 2010

This blog serves in part to update the previous article Canada toughens its Immigrant Investor Program: will a counterintuitive strategy succeed? which we posted on July 14, 2010. Under the Canadian immigration system, a person who qualifies for and is accepted under the Immigrant Investor route automatically becomes a Permanent Resident of Canada. Other than maintaining residency requirements applicable to all Permanent Residents, no conditions are attached. The immediate family of the Investor obtains Permanent Resident status at the same time. The program has proved very popular over the years and significant benefit to Canada has resulted from the investments made by the approved candidates. Read More

PR Card renewal: a procedure to be taken very seriously
By Stephen Fogarty • September 30, 2010

In early 2004 the Canadian government started issuing Permanent Residency Cards (PR Cards) also called by many persons “Maple Cards” or “Maple Leaf Cards”. A PR Card normally has a five-year validity. There are many hundreds of thousands of PR Cards in circulation, of which large numbers are close to expiring, or have already done so. (See image of a specimen PR Card at left.) Our experience is that many permanent residents of Canada do not spend the necessary time and effort when applying to renew their PR Card.  In fact, there are many possible negative consequences that can result from this process.  PR Card renewal is very important business which must not be taken lightheartedly. Read More

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